International Studies: Primary Resources and Reference
Primary Resources - Films
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Films on Demand: Master Academic CollectionCollection of thousands of high-quality digital programs and video clips, covering topics in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, business and economics, and health.
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KanopyVideo streaming service with a diverse collection of academic films and documentaries. Videos can be requested through the database or using our
Primary Resources - Archival databases
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American Indian Movement and Native American RadicalismA primary source database which includes a digital collection of historical documents collected by the FBI. These FBI files provide detailed information on the evolution of AIM as an organization of social protest and the development of Native American radicalism.
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Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and CultureA collection of primary source material for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and more.
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China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980: Sources from the School of Oriental and African Studies and The British Library, LondonEnglish-language sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980. It covers all aspects of Chinese history during the two centuries of social and political upheaval that turned China into a modern power.
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Empire OnlineOriginal documents relating to Empire Studies, organized into five thematic sections: Section I: Cultural Contacts, 1492-1969; Section II: Empire Writing and the Literature of Empire; Section III: The Visible Empire; Section IV: Religion and Empire; Section V: Race, Class and Colonialism, 1607-2007. Empire Online is cross-searchable with Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange.
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Gale Primary SourcesGale Primary Sources (Formerly Artemis Primary Sources) is an Integrated search tool allowing users to cross-search several databases to which the Library subscribes. Includes: 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Indigenous Peoples: North America, Nineteenth Century Collections Online, Sabin Americana 1500-1926, The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises 1800-1926, The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, The Making of Modern Law: Trials 1600-1926, The Making of the Modern World, The Sunday Times Digital Archive 1822-2006, and The Times Digital Archive 1785-2009.
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Indigenous Peoples of North America Part 2: Indian Rights Association Digital ArchiveIndigenous Peoples of North America, Part II: The Indian Rights Association, 1882-1986, provides a record of the efforts of the first organization to address Native American interests and rights. This collection includes correspondence; organizational records; printed material (including early pamphlets and publications both by the Indian Rights Association and other American Indian and Indian-related organizations); annual reports; draft legislation; administrative files, the papers of Indian Rights Association founder Herbert Welsh, photographs (often from Western field trips), materials from the Council on Indian Affairs, and manuscripts and research notes regarding social and cultural Indian traditions.
Indigenous Peoples of North America, Part II: The Indian Rights Association, 18821986 is available with handwritten text recognition (HTR) technology. This increased search efficiency directs researchers toward relevant material more quickly, saving valuable research time and opening greater research pathways. -
Race Relations in AmericaPrimary source materials pertaining to the Civil Rights Movement, segregation, discrimination and racial theory.
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U.K. Parliamentary PapersA major resource for historical records of Britain and its former colonies, offering access to official government documents from 1688 to the present. It includes 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st-century papers, plus Hansard debates. The collection originates from the Chadwyck-Healey microfiche edition and includes over 200,000 House of Commons Sessional Papers. The University Library provides access to all HCPP collections, with ongoing releases from current sessions.
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U.S. Declassified Documents Online
Full text of previously classified federal records spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Women and Social Movements: in the United States, 1600-2000A collection of documents, images, and links to other websites, covering the history of women in social movements in the United States.
Primary Resources - Newspapers
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Newspapers Research GuideLinks to the University Library's current and historical newspapers from Canada, the U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Asia; the alternative press; and news broadcasters.
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Canadian Major DailiesFull-text html newspaper articles from major cities across Canada. Includes the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Regina Leader Post, National Post, Globe and Mail, and more. Coverage 1985-current.
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Imperial Russian NewspapersSpans the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, up to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
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Indigenous Newspapers in North America
A diverse collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada, spanning from 1828-2016. In addition to English language publishing, the collection contains bilingual and Indigenous language editions, including Cherokee, Lakota, and Chinook.
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Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese NewspapersThis collection represents more than twenty cities, spanning the Chinese mainland and the first half of the 20th century.
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Middle Eastern and North African NewspapersIncludes publications from across the region from the late nineteenth century through the present. Much of the content is predominantly in Arabic, but also includes key titles in English and French.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and MailThe electronic full-page newspaper archive from June 1844, including stories, images, ads, classifieds, cartoons, births, and deaths from Canada's National Newspaper.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York TimesA full-text and full-image newspaper archive (1851-2014), digitized from microfilm, searchable cover to cover, with downloadable PDF pages.
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ProQuest Digitized Newspapers: The New York Times RecentA full-text and full-image database of recent newspapers (from Jan 1, 2008, delayed 3 months), digitized from microfilm, with complete issues in downloadable PDF.
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Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2021Weekly analysis and commentary on news, theatre, sport, and politics.
Reference Resources
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Cambridge Histories OnlineFull-text access to over 260 volumes of the Cambridge Histories reference series.
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Historical Dictionary of International Relations
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Call Number: Murray Library: JZ1161 .L35 2017ISBN: 9781538101681Publication Date: 2017-03-21 -
International relations : the key concepts / Steven C. Roach and Alexander D. Barder
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Call Number: Online resourceISBN: 9781003266136Publication Date: 2024 -
Oxford Handbook of History and International Relations
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Call Number: Online resourcesISBN: 9780198873464Publication Date: 2023 -
Oxford Handbook of International Relations
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Call Number: Law Library: JZ1242 .O.94 2008ISBN: 9780199219322Publication Date: 2008-09-15 -
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies
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Call Number: Online resourceISBN: 9780190846626Publication Date: 2017- -
Routledge Handbook of Critical International Relations
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Call Number: Online resourceISBN: 9781315692449Publication Date: 2019-03-11 -
Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism
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Call Number: Online resourceISBN: 9781118663202Publication Date: 2016-01-05
