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This guide provides suggestions to help you complete research on Maritime Straits & Chokepoints, Regional Seas, and Large Marine Ecosystems (LME).
Each section below includes recommendations on specific types of formats or topics. Try them all!
Country Information
When researching a marine area, it's also useful to study the countries surrounding the area, or who have political interests in the area. Try out the sources below for country background information.
- CountryWatch This link opens in a new windowComprehensive and regularly updated reports on every country.
- U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets This link opens in a new windowThe lastest information on relations and diplomatic standings with world nations provided by the U.S. State Department.
- Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new windowA country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. Global Road Warrior consists of 175 Country Guides of 119 topics each.
Research Articles
Search these library subscription databases for academic articles related to your topic.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowContains articles from Humanities and Social Sciences journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains journal content, primary sources and images from humanities, social sciences and the sciences.
Books
Look in these ebook databases for in-depth analysis of regional political history.
- Ebook Central Academic Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides access to thousands of downloadable e-books in Life, Physical, and Social Sciences, Technology, Business and Economics, Education, and the Humanities.
- Ebsco eBook Collection This link opens in a new windowFull text of eBooks of all subjects and disciplines, both fiction and non-fiction.
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Piracy & Security
Check out these resources for information related to current and past piracy and security issues.
- International Maritime Bureau Piracy Report This link opens in a new windowLive piracy map and comprehensive reports from ICC Commercial Crime Services (the anti-crime arm of the International Chamber of Commerce).
- International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center This link opens in a new windowOpen Source Intelligence Resource for analysts, risk management professionals, and students.
- Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new windowOver 122,500 documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources including federal, state and local governments.
Legal information
Legal information can be daunting, but it can also be a rich source of information for the context of your research. Legal journals provide more analysis that might be easier to digest than legal code.
- Westlaw This link opens in a new windowLegal and law related material, including searches of United States and international codes. Also includes extensive current archives of news sources, a Company Investigator.