Information Resource Center
Online Databases
The IRC subscribes to the following online databases.
ProQuest provides immediate access to an extensive collection of newspapers, journals, periodicals, magazines, and other information sources. It provides citations and/or abstracts of over 3,700 U.S. periodicals and newspapers.
Digital National Security Archive
The Digital National Security Archive the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. It contains more than 63,000 declassified U.S. government documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. These documents derive from the CIA, the FBI, the Defense Department and numerous other government agencies.
Factiva is a global news and business information service that provides full-text access to over 10,000 sources from 152 countries in 22 languages, including newswires, newspapers, magazines and trade publications.
Lexis-Nexis provides full-text access to a wide range of legal, news and business information. It includes U.S. federal and state case law, statues, regulations, secondary sources such as law reviews; major U.S. and international newspapers and magazines; and business and financial information.
Contact us to make an appointment and come in to use our resources:
Information Resource Center
Room 532, No. 1376 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai, 200040
Tel: 021-6279-7662 x 4678
Fax: 021-6279-7603
Email: ShanghaiIRC@state.gov