If you want to explore the library by browsing the stacks, the subclass JZ groups all works on international relations.
In particular, you can find useful books in the following sections:
JZ 1305-2060: Scope of international relations - Political theory - Diplomacy
JZ 4835-5490: Interntional organizations
JZ 4841-4848: Political non-governmental organizations. NGOs
JZ 4935-5160: United Nations
A Subject Browse search will lead to the controlled subject headings list. Determining which "controlled" subject headings are established for aspects of a topic is an important step in finding relevant material. You may want to browse on the broader subject (e.g. international organizations) to find out what’s available in the Library.
Some examples of official subject headings are listed below:
The Library catalog allows different types of searches, including Subject Keyword and Subject Browse.
A Subject Keyword search will retrieve all the subject strings containing the word you searched for. You can try to use the following keyword to search for relevant books in the collection:
-- Politics and government: describes the history of political events of a place as well as governmental and political institutions - this keyword is very generic, but you can combine it with the name of a country.
ex.: South Africa -- Politics and government
-- Foreign relations: describes official diplomatic relations between countries. Again, you can combine it with the name of the country you are investigating.
ex.: South Africa -- Foreign relations
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It includes ebooks about a wide variety of subjects, such as Area Studies, Business and Economics, IT, History and Political Science, Humanities, Language, Literature and Linguistics, Law, International relations and Public Policy, Psychology, Religion, Philosophy and the Classics.
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