LibGuides: Politics and International Relations: Useful Websites

Official Publications

Government Departments and Organisations
UK Legislation
Command Papers and House of Commons Papers
UK Government papers, including Command Papers (known as "White" or "Green" Papers), House of Commons Papers originating in Government departments, and reports on public bodies and inquiries.
Parliamentary Research Briefings
Hansard
Printed transcripts of parliamentary debates in the House of Commons and House of Lords. See http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/ for an easy-to-search version of Hansard.
Historical Cabinet Papers

Lexis+ UK This link opens in a new window
An online legal research service including case law, legislation and commentary materials. Also provides access to a wide range of full-text local and national newspapers.

Please note: LexisNexis terms and conditions do not permit the uploading of Lexis content into third party applications, including artificial intelligence technologies such as large language models and generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT, Bing, Google Bard and Harvey).
British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Newspapers selected from the British Library's collections, including the Leicester Chronicle, from 1840-1900.
Times Digital Archive (1785-2019) This link opens in a new window
Access to full text of The Times newspaper from 1785 to 2019.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) This link opens in a new window
Watch, record, create clips, search for upcoming TV and radio programmes by title or keyword, compile favourite shows into playlists and share them with others. On and off campus: Requires your Single Sign On username and password (the same as for MyDMU and email). Only available in the UK.
Use this guide to find out how to request programmes, edit them into clips, create and share playlists etc..

CIA World Factbook
Information on the people, government and geography of 267 countries and locations.
Eurostat
EU statistics enabling comparisons between countries and regions.
International Household Survey Network
Surveys and census data from across the world.
Full Fact - factchecking charity
Full Fact in an independent UK charity that checks facts on a range of topics, including political statements.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is a global business data platform. The resource includes insights and facts across 600 industries and 50+ countries. Use it for market, company and country research topics.

Political Studies Assocation
UK-based, with an international membership of academics, theorists and practitioners, policy makers, researchers and students.
American Political Science Association
Promotes scholarly research and communication in the USA and internationally.