Research Guides: International Relations Guide: International Security

Journal Databases

The following databases are useful when researching issues related to international security policy:

Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Covers significant articles, news items, and editorials appearing in English-language military and aeronautical periodicals.
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) This link opens in a new window
The Homeland Digital Security Library compiles documents relevant to homeland security policy and related national strategy. Information in the HDSL comes from federal, state and local agencies, research institutions, universities, and think tanks. Includes documents created since 2002, plus some earlier documents relevant to current initiatives. Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Grants & Training and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense & Security.

Intelligence Online
This database compiles news about corporate and government intelligence in France, Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia.

International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Full-text periodicals, news, reports, books, and proprietary background information summaries relating to terrorism and security. Combines deep background from scholarly sources with expert commentary from a range of organizations, agencies, and publishers and reviews of recent developments across the international political, military, economic, social, and technical spectrum.
Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window
Providing current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database covers about 400 titles, with the full text of nearly 300 journals and periodicals and 245 pamphlets. Includes CountryWatch's Country Review.
Military Database This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and technical literature covering a broad range of military-related topics.

See the following for authoritative compilations:

SIPRI Yearbook This link opens in a new window
Covers armaments and arms control, conflicts and resolutions, security arrangements and disarmament, as well as longer-term trends in international security. (Access to SIPRI Yearbooks from 2010 onward.)