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Al-Ahram Digital Archive (1876-2020) Al-Ahram Digital Archive includes all obtainable published issues of the newspaper from July 1876 to November 2020. Additional content is added on an annual basis. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Alternative Press Index (EBSCO) Alternative Press Index (API) is a bibliographic database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 300 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Black Thought and Culture Contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.Includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters & other fugitive material. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Chatham House online archive UBC Students, Staff & Faculty - click on "Login via your home Institution". Access is available to all residents within British Columbia via the "Points to the Past" Portal HERE. The publications and archives of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Includes analysis and research originating in the Institute as well as the transcripts of debates and speeches it sponsored. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980 Includes a wide variety of original source material detailing China's interaction with the West from Macartney's first Embassy to China in 1793, through to the Nixon/Heath visits to China in 1972-74. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online Working papers, occasional papers series from NGOs, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs related to international affairs. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
CQ Press - Sage Users need to create a Sage User Account to access Access to CQ Magazine, CQ Almanac (1945-2020), CQ Press Books, Congress Collection, Supreme Court Collection... from Sage more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Current Digest of the Russian Press A weekly selection of Russian-language press materials, translated into English. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Digital National Security Archive The DNSA is the most comprehensive collection of primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. Over 94,000 declassified documents - more than 650,000 pages - are included. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
East African Newspapers The collection includes over 800,000 pages total from three titles: Daily Nation (Kenya), The Ethiopian Herald, and The Monitor (Uganda). more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
El Caribe Digital Archive El Caribe is a Spanish-language daily newspaper published in Santo Domingo and is one of the Dominican Republic’s most influential and longest-running newspapers more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
El Mundo Digital Archive Founded in 1919, El Mundo was a respected, conservative newspaper from Puerto Rico and was widely considered a key source for news until it ceased in 1990. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
Europa World Year Book The Europa World Year Book was first published in 1926 and, together with nine Regional Surveys of the World, is renowned as one of the world’s leading reference works. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (EBSEES) EBSEES covers European scholarship on Eastern Europe, Russia, & the former Soviet Union. Journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications from 1991-2007. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports The original mission of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service was to monitor and translate radio broadcasts from foreign governments and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. It covers 1941-1996. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Gale Associated Press Collections Online Contains materials from AP Corporate Archives, AP Images, and AP Archives, including wire copy, correspondence, memos, internal publications, and more, with coverage from the turn of the century to the early 2000s. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Government of Canada Publications Canadian federal government publications collected and permanently archived by Publishing and Depository Services. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
Handbook of Latin American Studies Selective bibliography of the humanities and social sciences literature on Latin America from 1935-present. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
Informit Indigenous Collection Collection includes journals, reports and monographs from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Canada, the US and the Pacific. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Yes Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Integrum Social Networks User limit: 1 maximum Integrum Social Networks [ISN] provides 24/7 monitoring of the Russian information space for the most popular social networks and blogs, including Facebook, Twitter and Vkontakte. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Users must create an account with their UBC email to access all content. Using this link: MyData Account Setup will affiliate your account with UBC and allow full access. Logging in with the Access through your insitution link will not work, *please use the Sign in with email* option** ICPSR is a repository and dissemination service for machine-readable social science datasets with more than 500,000 machine-readable files covering 130 countries in 7,500 research studies. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
JSTOR Collection JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
JSTOR Security Studies Comprised of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Making of the Modern World Access is available to all residents within British Columbia via the "Points to the Past" Portal HERE. Tracks the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers Premium Content in the Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers collection is predominantly in Arabic, but also includes key titles in English and French. Collection includes 84 newspapers. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
MIT Press Journals MIT Press is a leading publisher of journals at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. UBC has access to select journals. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
New Naratif New Naratif's vision is to foster an inclusive Southeast Asia community where all peoples are fully engaging and participating in building democracy. Founded in 2017 more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Ask Tell me more »
NK PRO NK PRO is a one-stop resource for news, data, and analysis on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Related: NK News, KCNA Watch. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Ask Tell me more »
North American City Reports Over five million pages of in-depth surveys, reports, and research from more than six hundred North American cities and urban agencies. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
OECD iLibrary OECD iLibrary is a complete online collection of journals, books, and statistical series and databases published by the OECD since 1998. Use for: full-text access to books, journals and statistics from the OECD. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Open Information Portal (Government of Canada) The Open Information portal provides digital information resources from Library and Archives Canada and the Government of Canada Publications collection. Includes an Expenditure Database and Quarterly Financial Reports. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Documents Library The Documents Library includes legal decisions, reports, statements, speeches, treaties. There is a News & Press Release portal and Publications Portal. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
Our Energy Policy An energy resource library focused on aggregating and indexing more than 4,000 publicly available reports, white papers, studies, journal articles, and other materials. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
Oxford Handbooks Online The Oxford Handbooks series covers 17 subject areas and UBC Library has access to all titles in all collections. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
PAIS Index PAIS is an index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Past Masters Electronic editions of major philosophical works as well as significant works in political thought, religious studies, sociology, the history of science, economics, literature and classics. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Policy Commons Database for public policy. The Library subscribes to: Cities: Canada; Global Think Tanks; North American City Reports (trial to April 2024). At the Policy Commons site, click on Modules to access each. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Polling the Nations Searchable full text of survey questions and responses covering a broad range of issues, from polling groups such as Gallup, Harris, Roper, and more than 700 other organizations more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	This is a library-subscribed resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for terms and conditions regarding use restrictions. Please note that Canadian privacy laws do not apply to personal information you provide when using this resource. If you require assistance, please contact us here.
Post-Perestroika Newspapers The collection of 16 newspapers traces the evolution of post-Soviet Russia more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Proquest U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection (Congressional Publications) The U.S. Serial Set, along with the State Papers, includes Congressional reports and documents as well as executive agency and departmental reports from the late 18th century onward; coverage here is 1789-1969.. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Social Explorer User limit: 5 maximum Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
South China Morning Post (archive) Digitized access to the South China Morning Post - an English language newspaper published in Hong Kong - which reports on Hong Kong and other countries in Asia. Coverage: 1903 - 2000 more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Soviet-Era Ukranian Newspapers (SEUN) Comprising over 50,000 pages and five titles, SEUN includes newspapers from three cities: Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Lviv. This collection includes newspapers in both Ukrainian and Russian. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa The liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime was one of the major political developments of the 20th century, with far-reaching consequences for people throughout Africa and the world. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
The Hill Times Canada's politics and government news service. Includes in-depth coverage of federal politics and substantive policy briefings. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Yes Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
U.K. Parliamentary Papers Nearly 11 million pages documenting the business of Parliament. Ranges from 1715 to the present, with supplementary material dating back to 1688. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
U.S. Declassified Documents Access is available to all residents within British Columbia via the "Points to the Past" Portal HERE. Provides online access to more than 500,000 pages of previously classified US government documents. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
UN iLibrary The UN iLibrary is the comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for digital content created by the UN. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
UNdata Selected statistics from the entire UN system. Summary tables cover agriculture, population, industry, national accounts, energy, health, human development, trade, refugees, education, employment, and technology. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
United Nations Digital Library The Digital Library provides access to UN-produced content including UN documents, speeches, votes and public domain publications. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
United Nations Official Documents (ODS) Covers all types of official UN documentation, beginning in 1993. Provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.
University of Michigan Press ebooks Access to ebooks published by University of Michigan Press in the humanities and social sciences. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
World News Connection Archive Please EXIT when done. Archive of translated and English-language news and information compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Find literature in political science, international relations, law, and public administration and policy. About 2500 journal titles from around the world are monitored for coverage. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? No Text and Data Mining? No Alumni Access? No Tell me more »
Yearbook of International Organizations The Yearbook of International Organizations includes detailed information on over 37,000 active and 32,000 dormant international organizations from 300 countries and territories. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: UBC Only Access open only for UBC students, faculty, staff and on-site Library users (other restrictions may apply)	Research or Private Study? Yes Linking? Yes Learning Management System? Yes Text and Data Mining? Ask Alumni Access? Yes Tell me more »
Yearbook of the United Nations The principal reference work of the United Nations, with a detailed description of activities in all areas from 1946. Each Yearbook is fully indexed and includes all resolutions and citations to original U.N. texts. more info » ^ Back to Search	Access: Open to Everyone Access open for everyone (other restrictions may apply)	This is a freely accessible resource protected under copyright. Please check the resource website for Terms and Conditions regarding use restrictions.

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