1. Marshall Center Research Library Electronic Resources: An Overview

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3. The Information Available

4. Electronic Services made available to you by the Marshall Center Library Current Awareness Services (Information Alerts, Info Dienst, Инфосервис) MERLN Electronic Materials Research databases E-book collection

5. Current Awareness Services

6. MERLN Portal Key U.S. policy papers and links (MiPALs) Unique military digital collections White papers organized by country “Issues at a Glance” – current awareness service MERLN = Military Education Research Libraries Network

7. Range of Electronic Materials  Online collections of government documents  Military and Political Analysis  Economic and Legal Analysis  Reference materials

8. Collections of Government Documents  Defense Technical Information Center – US government repository of unclassified documents & papers by US government agencies  Digital National Security Archives (DNSA) – Extensive collection of major primary documents from the National Security Archive related to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.  Homeland Security Digital Library – U.S. policy documents, Executive Orders, national strategy documents  PolicyFile – Provides access to US foreign and domestic policy papers from think tanks, research institutes and agencies.  US Arms Transfers Database Search – Arms Sales Monitoring Project's database on U.S. arms exports to find dollar values of U.S. arms transfers to specific country or region.

9. Military and Political Analysis  CIAO – policy briefs on international affairs theory & research  Economic Intelligence Unit – analyses of economic & political trends; Global Forecasting Service  FIRST-SIPRI – Covers armed conflicts and peacekeeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics, etc.  Global Incident Map - terrorism & suspicious events tracked as they occur worldwide  Global Information System – strategic intelligence; terrorist group profiles  Jane’s Military & Security Assessments - Political, economic, and military risk assessment, terrorist and insurgent activity analysis, CBRN information  Military Periscope – profiles of terrorist groups  Oxford Analytica — Executive Briefs and Country Profiles  Stratfor – regional geopolitical analyses by topic  Sterling Assynt – regional predictions, news alerts, reports

10. Economic analysis  Economic Intelligence Unit – analyses of economic & political trends; Global Forecasting Service  ISI Emerging Markets – financial statements, industry analyses and macroeconomic statistics Legal analysis  Hein Online – law journal library  LexisNexis Academic – world newspapers, broadcast transcripts, international legal information Electronic reference materials  Integrum; CQ World PowerBase – Directories  East View NIS Statistics; World Data Analyst – Statistics

11. Journal and Newspaper Databases  Central and East European online library – focus on Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics  East View — journals and newspapers in Russian  EBSCOhost Academic Alumni Search – academic journals  Hein Online – law journal library  Integrum – newspapers, blogs, and media transcripts in Russian  Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (IBLK) – journals in English and German  ISI Emerging Markets – financial statements, industry analyses and macroeconomic statistics  LexisNexis Academic - world newspapers, broadcast transcripts, international legal information  ProQuest – current magazines, journals, newspapers; multiple languages  Transitions Online (TOL)- coverage focused on Central & Eastern Europe, Baltics, Russia, SE Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia & Mongolia

12. E-book Collection

13. How to find library resources on GlobalNet Once you have joined the Research Databases group on GlobalNet, you will have access to these databases

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16. How to contact the Research Library: Telephone: 49-8821-750-2463 Fax: 49-8821-750-2516 Email: libraryc@marshallcenter.org