# The Sheridan Libraries

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# Key Resources for International Relations (SAIS)

Start your research with this multi-subject guide to recommended resources

- [Home](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=214224&p=1414201)
- [Books | Dissertations](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/key/books)
- [Articles | Papers](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/key/articles)
- [Data Sources](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/key/stats)
- [Country Research](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/key/country)
- [News Sources](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/key/news)
- [Government Publications](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/key/government)
- [Encyclopedias](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/key/encyclopedias)

## Country Research

- [Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Viewpoint](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU03175) *This link opens in a new window*

  Source for respected country analysis reports, plus industry reports and data. Click on "Geography" to search by country.
- [BMI (formerly FitchConnect)](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU07031) *This link opens in a new window*

  Search across 200 countries for country risk, defense, energy and other industry reports.
- [International Monetary Fund (IMF)](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU06281) *This link opens in a new window*

  Search for publications and data from the International Monetary Fund.
- [World Development Indicators (WDI)](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU04722) *This link opens in a new window*

  The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources.
- [Oxford Bibliographies Online](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU06931) *This link opens in a new window*

  Scholarly bibliographies covering a wide range of subjects and types of sources, from books to document collections. Countries or regions often have a bibliography. Use the search box upper right for keyword searching.
- [Political Handbook of the World](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU05147) *This link opens in a new window*

  Useful for historical context. Comprehensive country profiles chronicling national history, government, and political parties.
- [Statesman's Yearbook](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU05570) *This link opens in a new window*

  Covers 1864 - present
- [Statistical Abstracts of the World](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU07252) *This link opens in a new window*

  Statistical abstracts are issued by the national statistical offices of foreign governments and contain country-level data not easily found elsewhere.

- [Country Commercial Guides](https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides)

  Includes market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries prepared by trade and industry experts at U.S. embassies worldwide.

- [Oxford Constitutions of the World](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU07566) *This link opens in a new window*

  Contains fully-translated English-language versions of all the world's constitutions (both national and sub-national).
- [World Constitutions Illustrated](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU06383) *This link opens in a new window*

  Includes both historic and current constitutions of governments worldwide

See the Library's [Area Studies guides](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/sb.php?subject_id=42076) for specific regional and country resources

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