Political Science
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Finding Articles
Major Political Science Resources:
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
This database includes abstracts of materials from professional journals, major news magazines, and books devoted to North American and international politics and political analysis.
Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (PAIS)
Brief summaries of books, articles, and government documents dealing with public policies and social issues.
International Bibliography of Political Science - JA1 A1 I64 Main Ref.
The IBSS lists journal articles and monographs from all over the world and in over 70 languages, all with English title translations where needed.
Alternative Press Index
Indexes to articles in alternative, radical, and left publications that focus on social, political, economic, and environmental causes.
JSTOR
Collection of major political science journals in electronic form from their beginning until 3-4 years ago (full-text)
Project Muse at Johns Hopkins University
Full text of recent articles for World Politics, Journal of Democracy, and other related journals
Electronic Journals
Full text journals in Government, Law, and Public Policy.
International Relations Resources:
AccessUN (access through NewsBank)
International politics, economics, social issues · Index only of UN publications
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
Europa - Gateway to the European Union
European Community publications and legislation resources.
Global Newsbank (International news)
Articles, news summaries, and broadcast transcripts from international sources
Hansard Archive - House of Commons Parliamentary digitized debates from 1803
Congressional and US Government Resources:
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Weekly
The pre-eminent resource for non-partisan information from Capitol Hill. It includes news, analysis, and access to full-text articles published since 1983.
Lexis-Nexis (CIS) Congressional Universe
U.S. Congress and legislative information. Full Text.
Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS)
A selection of U.S. government documents from the CIA, FBI, State Department and many other government agencies that have been declassified. Covers many major domestic and international events of the post-World War II era.
GPO Monthly Catalog
Bibliographic citations to documents published by U.S. federal government agencies and Congress.
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Full text of news and business and legal information from over 6,000 sources.
Other Related Resources:
Criminal Justice Abstracts
This database covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishments, and sentencing.
Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary database that includes some full-text articles.
Background and historical context of current economic and political events and in-depth analysis of political and economic trends for over 200 countries from mid-1990's tp present.
Economist Intelligence Unit Market Indicators and Forecast Data Service
Market indicators and forecast data available by individual countries or global regions
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Books and the nine volumes Regional Surveys of the World series. This reference sources covers political and economic information in more than 250 countries ans territories.
RASP: Resources for Research
Full text of magazines and newspapers on the web - 18th, 19th and 20th century publications. Includes many well known American publications including the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies (1861 - 1865) , the War of the Rebellion (1880 - 1901), and many more sources.
Social Science Citation Index/Abstracts
Multidisciplinary database through cited authors.
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