WILG Associates

• A Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law, www.asil.org/resource/ergintr1.htm Continuously updated guide to research in the international law field consisting of eight chapters covering, for example, human rights, environment, treaties, criminal law and so on. Free.
• Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL), www.eisil.org. A database of international legal instruments, web sites, and research resources organized under 13 categories of international law.
• International Law In Brief archive, www.asil.org/ilib/ilibarch.htm. Collection of analytic abstracts of significant international law documents. Free.
• ASILEX: the ASIL Publications Database, www.dcdata.com/asil/asil.htm 2000+ record fully searchable database of published output of the American Society of International Law, including International Legal Materials, the American Journal, books, studies, reports etc. Free.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, www.carnegieendowment.org
Library, www.carnegieendowment.org/about/library/
Keigh Hammond , khammond@carnegieendowment.org, Library Assistant
Terezia M. Matus, tmatus@carnegieendowment.org, Librarian

• The Carnegie Endowment Library's web site provides extensive Internet links for international affairs researchers. There are individual pages for area studies, calendars, think tanks, government sites, and more.


The Carnegie Endowment's web site also hosts a number of regional pages which contain information, publications, and reports. Worth noting are:
• The Middle East "Arab Resource Guide".
• The Nonproliferation Project, hosting a huge array of information including links to publications, government and international organization reports, news items and articles.
• Carnegie China Net, also available in Chinese.
• The DC-based Russian and Eurasian Program also offers content in Russian.
• The Russia-based Carnegie Moscow Center has an English and Russian language web sites.

• A to Z Index of Subjects on EU Websites:  www.eurunion.org/infores/euindex.htm
• EU Policies and Legislation Overviews: www.eurunion.org/legislat/home.htm
• Key Web sites (EU and non-EU) on the Euro: www.eurunion.org/infores/euroweb.htm
• EU Press Releases & Speeches of US Interest:  www.eurunion.org/news/home.htm
• Overview of EU/US Relations:  www.eurunion.org/partner/home.htm
• EU Publications Access (including lists of free publications & videos):  www.eurunion.org/publicat/home.htm

• http://library.gmu.edu/resources/socsci/conflict.html is a conflict resolution homepage with links to periodical databases, data archives, full text articles, bibliographies, and related web sites. Databases marked with a padlock symbol are passworded and available to George Mason University students and faculty only.

• ACE Electoral Knowledge Network, a global online election policy, planning, organization, and management resource (www.aceproject.org)
• Delimitation Equity Project, redistricting and technical administration of constituency boundaries assistance (www.ifes.org/delim/index.html)
• Election Guide Project, national elections around the world, voter turnout, elections results (www.electionguide.org)
• Election Access Project, information on election participation of people with disabilities (www.electionaccess.org)
• Money and Politics Project (MAP), combating political corruption through transparency, enforcement, and accountability (www.moneyandpolitics.org)
• Election Violence Education and Resolution Project (EVER), examines the causes of electoral violence (www.ifes.org/arc-project.html?projectid=ever)
• Election Standards, examines election administration standards and norms (www.ifes.org/arc-project.html?projectid=electionstandards)
• IFES Arab Election Law Compendium, collection of the electoral law of selected ten Arab countries (www.arabelectionlaw.net)
• IFES Buyer's Guide to Election Suppliers, only comprehensive directory of companies selling election supplies, equipment and services (www.ifesbuyersguide.org)

• JOLIS Online Public Access Catalog (jolis.worldbankimflib.org/external.htm) includes paper and electronic holdings of the Joint Library and Network Libraries within the World Bank and IMF.
• E-journals website (jolis.worldbankimflib.org/Ejournals/periodicals.htm) links to full-text electronic journals on the web (some free and others to which we subscribe and not available to public) for hundreds of periodicals in subjects of economics, business, international trade and finance, and sector-related subjects of the World Bank.
• Archives: http://www.imf.org/external/np/arc/eng/archive.htm
  

African and Middle Eastern Division, African Section
Angel D. Batiste, abatiste@crs.loc.gov, Reference Librarian

• African and Middle Eastern Reading Room: lcweb.loc.gov/rr/amed
• AMED Internet Resources: lcweb.loc.gov/rr/amed/amedlinks.html
  

African and Middle Eastern Division
Marieta Harper, mhar@loc.gov, Area Specialist (Africa)

Congressional Research Service
Carolyn C. Smith, csmith@crs.loc.gov, Senior Research Librarian

• For legislative information: thomas.loc.gov

• Democracy Projects Database: www.ned.org/dbtw-wpd/textbase/projects-search.htm
• Online Catalog of the DRC: www.ned.org/dbtw-wpd/textbase/catalog-search.htm
• Sources of Funding in International Democratic Development Database: www.ned.org/dbtw-wpd/textbase/searchFunding.html
• Democracy Research Guide: www.ned.org/research/demresources/intro.html

• allows searches of short descriptions of NPR programs, many of which have a Real Audio link to play a program or segment online.

• OPIC's Investor's Information Gateway (http://www.opic.gov/links/links-main.htm) databases provide data on the countries OPIC does business with, as well as a myriad of other resources that can be of assistance to businesses contemplating investing overseas.

• usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa is an authoritative resource for foreign audiences seeking information about official U.S. policies, society, culture, and political processes.

Office of International Information
Wendy Simmons, wsimmons@pd.state.gov, Information Resource Officer for Africa

• For Africa, usinfo.state.gov/regional/af/af.htm provide current, up-to-the minute information on official U.S. government policy to foreign publics, particularly with regard to positions on multi-lateral and bi-lateral relations. Much of the information is also provided in French and Spanish translation. There are pages on U.S. politics, government, society, culture and the arts, as well as pages focusing on specific topics of regional interest around the world, as well as global issues such as climate change, biotechnology, urban development, HIV/AIDS, narcotics, population, refugee issues, etc.

• Online Journals on Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Online Reports, Policy Briefs and Other Research Papers in Peace and Conflict Studies
• Peace Agreements Digital Collection: www.usip.org/library/pa.html
• Truth Commissions (decrees, descriptions and reports): www.usip.org/library/truth.html
• Regional Resources: www.usip.org/library/regions.html
• Topical Resources: www.usip.org/library/topical.html
• Research Centers in International Relations on the Web: www.usip.org/library/rcenters.html
• Foreign Affairs Ministries on the Web: www.usip.org/library/formin.html
• International Organizations: www.usip.org/library/io.html