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General & Multidisciplinary Resource Guides — General/Multidisciplinary
Government Information - International & Foreign

Librarian Subject Specialist

Juri Stratford
jtstratford@ucdavis.edu — (530) 752‑9783 — Humanities, Social Sciences, and Government Information Services (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/)

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Subject Specific Databases

Europa (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm)
The European Union (EU) is a family of democratic European countries, committed to working together for peace and prosperity. Its Member States have set up common institutions to which they delegate some of their sovereignty so that decisions on specific matters of joint interest can be made democratically at European level.
Human Development Reports (http://hdr.undp.org/en/)
This site features statistical data from the Human Development Report. It includes helpful information about the human development index and other indices, links to other background materials, data resources and on-going debates and discussions on human development statistics.
International Trade Statistics (http://www.intracen.org/tradstat/sitc3-3d/index.htm)
Author: UNCTAD/WTO International Trade Centre
These Reports provide comprehensive statistics on international trade (imports and exports) for 1250 product groups of the Harmonized Sytem nomenclature (HS revision 1 or 2 or 3) and for more than 200 countries or territories over the period 2001 to 2008.
Date: 2001-2008
OECD iLibrary (http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/) [Restricted] VPN
OECD iLibrary is OECD’s Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It replaces SourceOECD, and hosts all content so users can find - and cite - tables and databases as easily as articles or chapters.
Coverage: 1998-present, plus retrospective statistical data
Related:
  • For assistance in using OECD iLibrary statistical databases, contact Juri Stratford in Government Information.
  • SourceOECD (http://www.sourceoecd.org/) [Restricted] VPN
    SourceOECD is the earlier implementation of OECD's online system. SourceOECD is being replaced by the newer OECD iLibrary.
UNdata (http://data.un.org/)

UNdata is an internet-based data service which brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point from which users can now search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN System.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=143&IF_Language=eng)

Access data and build your own statistical tables related to UNESCO's fields of action. The Data Centre contains over 1,000 types of indicators and raw data on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication. The UIS collects the data for more than 200 countries from Member States and international organizations.

Related:
World Bank Open Data (http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog)
The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data. The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank data sources. This listing will continue to be updated as additional data resources are added. These resources include databases, pre-formatted tables and reports. Each of the listings includes a description of the data source and a direct link to that source. Where possible, the databases are linked directly to a selection screen to allow users to select the countries, indicators, and years they would like to search. Those search results can be exported in different formats. Users can also choose to download the entire database directly from the catalog.
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Full-Text Resources

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers--19th Century [via ProQuest] (http://parlipapers.chadwyck.com) [Restricted] VPN
"The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world." This database offers the searchable full text of all House of Commons Sessional Papers from 1801-1900 combined with an extensive subject index to the papers. (HCPP)Includes all the "sessional papers" of the British Parliament: bills, reports of committees, papers presented by Royal Commissions and government departments, treaties and international agreements, command papers, and statistics.
Coverage: 1801-1900
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UNESCO Documents and Publications (http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/)
The full text of UNESCO documents are freely available through this site. UNESCO collaborates in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples, through all means of mass communication and to that end recommend such international agreements as may be necessary to promote the free flow of ideas by word and image.
United Nations ODS (Official Document System) (http://documents.un.org/)
The United Nations Official Document System comprises the full text of all United Nations parliamentary documents, including resolutions and decisions issued at United Nations Headquarters in New York and the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1993 (with selected earlier coverage), and at the United Nations Office at Vienna since 1997, as well as documents from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific beginning in 1997. In addition to parliamentary documentation, all currently valid United Nations administrative issuances (ST/AI/-, ST/IC/- and ST/SGB/-) are included in the database.
Coverage: 1993-present.