CIVICA Newsletters
Subscribe to our newsletters to receive the latest news on CIVIS
The CIVICA Open Access Database is a curated, multilingual collection of verified open-access scholarly and research resources. Use the search and filters to discover open-access databases, journals, ebooks, audiovisual materials, and bibliographic resources with relevance to the social sciences and humanities.
UN iLibrary
- subjects
- Environment, Miscellaneous, Sociology
- content
- Ebooks
- languages
- Multilingual
- thematic
priorities - "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth"
UN Women
- subjects
- Economics, Political Science, Law, Sociology, Social Sciences
- content
- EbooksJournalsBibliographic
- languages
- Multilingual
- thematic
priorities - Democracy in the 21st Century, "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth", Europe Revisited
International Organization supporting gender equality. Its website has data, news stories and reports. It includes annual reports on the progress of women worldwide.
UNEP Knowledge Knowledge repository
- subjects
- Environment
- content
- DatabaseJournalsEbooks
- languages
- Multilingual
- thematic
priorities - "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth"
Publications, documents and reports from the United Nations Environment Programme. Covers all aspects of climate ggovernance and climate change
UNESCO Publications
- subjects
- Social Sciences, Economics, Law, Sociology
- content
- EbooksJournals
- languages
- Multilingual
- thematic
priorities - "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth"
United Nations Digital Library
- subjects
- Economics, History, Law, Political Science
- content
- DatabaseJournalsEncyclopedia
- languages
- MultilingualFrenchGerman
- thematic
priorities - Democracy in the 21st Century, "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth", Europe Revisited
The United Nations Digital Library (UNDL) includes UN documents, voting data, speeches, maps, and flagship publications. The platform provides access to UN-produced materials in digital format and bibliographic records for print UN documents starting in 1979. System features include linked data between related documentation such as resolutions, meeting records and voting, and refining of searches by UN body, agency or type of document.
University of Oxford Text Archive
- subjects
- History, Miscellaneous, Social Sciences
- content
- Ebooks
- languages
- EnglishMultilingual
A repository of full-text literary and linguistic resources.Thousands of texts in more than 25 languages.
UNRISD Publications
- subjects
- Miscellaneous
- content
- EbooksJournalsDatabase
- languages
- English
- thematic
priorities - Democracy in the 21st Century, "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth"
UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) publications provide critical perspectives on social development, inequality and social justice.
Vie Publique
- subjects
- Law
- content
- Database
- languages
- French
- thematic
priorities - "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth", Europe Revisited, Democracy in the 21st Century
Site created by the Directorate of legal and administrative information (DILA), containing mainly French public sources (reports, statistics, legislative and regulatory texts, decisions of high courts...).
Webgallery
- subjects
- Miscellaneous, History
- content
- Database
- languages
- English
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European fine arts, decorative arts and architecture (3rd-19th centuries), currently containing over 52,800 reproductions. Artist biographies, commentaries, guided tours, period music, catalogue, free postcard and mobile services are provided.
World Bank Group Data Catalog
- subjects
- Economics, Environment, Social Sciences
- content
- DatabaseEbooksEncyclopediaBibliographic
- languages
- EnglishSpanishRomanianPolish
- thematic
priorities - Democracy in the 21st Century, Europe Revisited, "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth", Data-Driven Technologies for the Social Sciences
World Bank - data catalogue offers a wide selection of economic, social and environmental indicators based on data from the World Bank and dozens of partner agencies. The database goes back to 1965 and lists all the World Bank data sets available in free access. According to the Open Data Terms of Use, the data catalog is a listing of available World Bank datasets, including databases, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources.
World Economic Forum publications
- subjects
- Economics, Political Science, Social Sciences
- content
- JournalsEbooks
- languages
- English
- thematic
priorities - "Societies in Transition, Crises of Earth", Europe Revisited
The World Economic Forum (WEF) publishes various reports, including the annual Global Risks Report and the Global Cooperation Barometer. The Global Risks Report 2025 highlights the increasing threat of geopolitical, environmental, societal, and technological risks, particularly in the areas of conflict, environmental degradation, and the spread of disinformation. Other reports include the Future of jobs and Fender Pay Gap reports.
World Legal Information Institute
- subjects
- Law
- content
- JournalsDatabaseBibliographicEbooks
- languages
- Multilingual
- thematic
priorities - Democracy in the 21st Century
The World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility developed collaboratively by the following Legal Information Institutes and other organisations. Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) Hong Kong Legal Information Institute (HKLII) Legal Information Institute (Cornell) (LII (Cornell)) Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII) Wits University School of Law (Wits Law School). It provides links to searchable catalogues and datbases of legal resources for countries worldwide. Look in individual country files to see links to law report series, legislation and major bibliographic databases.