E-resources and databases
starting with "U"
- U.K. Parliamentary Papers
U.K. Parliamentary Papers provides complete online coverage of the sessional papers of the British House of Commons and the 19th Century House of Lords. It includes detailed primary source for the history of Britain, its colonies, and the wider world. It covers working documents of government for all areas of social, political, economic and foreign policy. The library has access to the following 3 modules only: Nineteenth-Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers- House of Lords Parliamentary Papers - Public Petitions to Parliament.
- U.S. Intelligence on Asia, 1945-1991
The purpose of this unique online collection is to provide students and researchers with the declassified documentary record about the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in the Far East during the Cold War (1945-1991). Particular emphasis is given to America’s principal antagonists in Asia during the Cold War era: the People’s Republic of China, North Korea and North Vietnam. However, countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia are covered as well.
- U.S. Intelligence on Europe, 1945-1995
This collection of over 4,000 formerly classified U.S. government documents provides a comprehensive survey of the U.S. intelligence community’s activities in Europe, including Eastern Europe, Turkey and Cyprus, covering the time period from the end of World War II to the fall of the Iron Curtain and beyond.
- U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009
Since 1945, the U.S. intelligence community has had to cover a half-dozen major wars and several dozen smaller but equally bloody armed conflicts in the Middle East, as well as innumerable civil wars, border clashes, armed insurgencies, and terrorist attacks. This comprehensive document set sheds light on the U.S. intelligence community’s spying and analytic efforts in the Arab world, including the Middle East, the Near East, and North Africa. It covers the time period from the end of World War II to the present day, up until the 2002-2003 Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) assessments, the Global War on Terror, the Iraq War, and Iran’s nuclear program.
- U.S. Relations and Policies in Southeast Asia, 1944-1958: Records of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs
This collection identifies the key issues, individuals, and events in the history of U.S.-Southeast Asia relations between 1944 and 1958, and places them in the context of the complex and dynamic regional strategic, political, and economic processes that have fashioned the American role in Southeast Asia..
- Ulrich's Web: Global Serials Directory
Ulrich's Web is a library periodical database providing information about popular and academic magazines, scientific journals, newspapers and other serial publications.
Ulrich's records provide data points such as ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting and indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.
- Ulrichsweb
Ulrich's Web is a library periodical database providing information about popular and academic magazines, scientific journals, newspapers and other serial publications.
Ulrich's records provide data points such as ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting and indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.
- UN COMTRADE (United Nations International Trade Statistics Database)
The United Nations Comtrade database aggregates detailed global annual and monthly trade statistics by product and trading partner for use by governments, academia, research institutes, and enterprises. Data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade. Information can be extracted in a variety of formats, including API developer tools for integration into enterprise applications and workflows.
New users will need to register. Click on the Login link in the top right corner of the main page and click on Sign up now to create an account. A guide for new users can also be found here. - Union Catalogue of Rare Books Database
(中文古籍聯合目錄)
Ancient books and special collections from the Taiwan Resource Centre for Chinese Studies (TRCCS).
- United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (UNDPPA)
The database is a reference tool providing peacemaking professionals with close to 800 documents that can be understood broadly as peace agreements and related material. Users can access the full texts of the agreements in different languages and can use different search criteria, including searching by a number of different thematic issues.
- United Nations Treaty Collection
The United Nations Treaty Collection contains information regarding the activities of the Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs. Users have access to status information about treaties, international agreements and multilateral instruments registered, filed or recorded by the United Nations (UN). All multilateral treaties deposited with the UN Secretary-General and those formerly deposited with the League of Nations are included.
- Universal Database of Russian Social Sciences and Humanities
The Russian Social Sciences and Humanities Periodicals (UDB-EDU) collection provides researchers with a unique opportunity to cross-search the contents of major Russian periodicals on a wide variety of subjects. The collection features Russian journals on sociology, philosophy, history, economy, pedagogics, politology, law, and more. It also includes all 31 journals of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ranging in focus from archaeology to linguistics, as well as popular literary editions and independent scholarly publications.
- UpToDate (see login procedure)
UpToDate provides specific recommendations for clinicians in an easy-to-use format. It is comprised of thousands of clinical topics across 25 specialties, written by a recognised faculty of experts who each address a specific clinical issue and provide detailed recommendations. UpToDate resources cover internal medicine and subspecialties, obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine and paediatrics, plus a drug database and medical calculators.
To use UpToDate off-campus and via the mobile app, you must create your own username and password.