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National Security & Human Rights: Resources

Council on Foreign Relations free articles + Foreign Affairs (magazine in subscription HeinOnline database)

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) states: "Founded in 1921, CFR is a nonpartisan, independent national membership organization, think tank, educator, and publisher, including of Foreign Affairs. It generates policy-relevant ideas and analysis, convenes experts and policymakers, and promotes informed public discussion—all to have impact on the most consequential issues facing the United States and the world."  Note: BLS Library does not currently have a subscription to foreignaffairs.com.  BLS patrons can access Foreign Affairs magazine through subscription database: HeinOnline (see link below).

BLS Library's SARA Catalog

sara.brooklaw.edu

BLS Library's online catalog is named SARA in honor of Professor Sara Robbins who was Library Director from 1984 to 2006.

SEARCH SARA CATALOG + MANY DATABASES CONTAINING FULL-TEXT ARTICLES through SARA tab: ONESEARCH.

Tip: Search results will include ebooks + articles in subscription databases such as HeinOnline, Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier and ProQuest.   

VIEW BLS LIBRARY'S EJOURNAL HOLDINGS through SARA tab: FIND A SOURCE.

Tip: Enter: title of a journal (such as: Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Ethics & International Affairs or  Journal of Strategic Security).  Click links to the journal under heading: Full Text Access.  

VIEW HOLDINGS OF THOUSANDS OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES through SARA tab: WORLDCAT.

If BLS Library does not have a desired source, you can:

PLACE AN INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUEST through tab: ILL.  There is no charge for an ILL

  • Click: Brooklyn Law School Windows Sign-In > Enter your BLS username (firstname.lastname) and password.
  • Click: Create Request
  • Complete a request form (choose: Article, Book or Other). 
  • After placing an interlibrary loan request, please monitor both your BLS Outlook "Focused" and "Other" folders for future email updates about the request.  Feel free to contact ill@brooklaw.edu to check the status of a request. 
  • Copies of articles and book chapters often arrive within 1-3 business days of placing a request.  (Material arrives more quickly if a lender can fill an interlibrary loan request electronically.)  There will be a longer wait for a book to arrive from a lender.