Bodleian Libraries users now have access to Carter Administration and Foreign Affairs, one of the Archives Unbound collections of digitised archival documents from Gale.

This archive contains documents from the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, with a date range of 1972–1981. It treats U.S. foreign affairs during Carter’s presidency. Notable subjects include the Arab-Israeli Conflict; the Camp David Accords; China; Panama Canal treaties; Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT); the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and U.S. responses to the intervention; the Iran Hostage Crisis; human rights; among other topics.

Bodleian users now have access via Brill to: Rights of the Child, Women’s Rights, Reproductive Rights, LGBTQ+ and Gender

This curated selection gathers together documents from Human Rights Documents Online covering issues such as women’s rights, the rights of the child, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, and various aspects of gender. This specialized subset of documents, sourced from Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa, Canada, emphasizes the significant work done by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) globally in these areas.

The collection consists of +7,700 documents from over 500 organizations, including Defence for Children International, Human Rights Watch, Women’s International Network, Save the Children, Oxfam International, and more. Documents span the years 1976 – 2022, and cover more than 200 countries worldwide, such as India, Canada, United States of America, Mexico, France, China, Ireland, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Bodleian Libraries users now have access to Environment, Sustainability and Climate via Brill.

This curated selection gathers together documents from Human Rights Documents Online covering issues such as access to water, climate change, sustainable development goals, energy, sustainability, and more. This specialized subset of documents, sourced from Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa, Canada, emphasizes the significant work done by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) globally in these areas.

The collection consists of 2,000+ documents from over 380 organizations, including Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Council of Europe / Conseil de l’Europe, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, and more. Documents date back to 1979 and cover more than 150 countries, such as Kosovo, Latvia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Greece, etc. New documents are added to the collection on an annual basis.

Bodleian libraries users now have access via Brill to: Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations, 1959-: The Vertical Archive of the Casa de las Américas, Part 5: Politics and History

This is an online collection of archival sources pertaining to the history and politics of Latin America, particularly Revolutionary Cuba. The focus is on the second half of the twentieth and the first part of the twenty-first century. Covered are persons, armed conflicts, insurgencies, social movements, etc. Includes a section on Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara.

Bodleian Libraries users now have access to Social Policy and Practice via Ovid.

Social Policy and Practice is a bibliographical database that contains over 300,000 records, covering research, analysis and discussion of health and social policy.

To achieve this, three leading providers of information and research services working in this area have agreed to merge their databases. Since January 2015, the database has been further enriched with data from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, strengthening the coverage of child protection and safeguarding issues. Social Policy and Practice also contains database records from the National Children’s Bureau, up until January 2018 when their library closed.