• Books in Miller Library:
  
  
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    • Online:
      
      
      • Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Historic Documents
        • each volume includes approximately 100 primary source documents covering the most significant events of the year
        • documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions
        • search by key word; browse by title or topic; cumulative index
        • full-text
        • coverage from 1972+
      • Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher Online
        • in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues
        • coverage from 1991+
        • full-text
          
          
    • Print:
      
      
      • Almanac of American Politics
      • Book of the States
      • Congressional Quarterly Almanac
      • Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America
      • Congress and the Nation: Politics and Policy
        
      
      
    
    
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    • political science = J
      
      
    • the Library of Congress uses the subdivision "Politics and Government" under names of countries, cities, etc. and under ethnic groups; it uses the subdivision "Political Aspects" under topical headings, e.g. Journalism -- Political Aspects
      
      
      • United States -- Politics and Government
      • Maryland -- Politics and Government
      • Kent Country MD -- Politics and Government
        
        
      • Abortion -- Political Aspects
      • Education -- Political Aspects -- United States
      • Feminism -- Political Aspects
        
        
      • Religion and Politics -- United States
        
        
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  • WorldCat
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  • For books not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan
    • free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks

• Academic Search Premier
  • 4,500+ general and academic journals, including political science
  • coverage from 1985+
  • mostly full-text
  • exports directly to RefWorks
    
    
• Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Weekly
  • indepth, non-biased coverage of the U.S. Congress such as status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity
  • full-text
  • coverage from 1983+
    
    
• JSTOR
  • 440+ scholarly journals, including 45+ political science & international studies
  • complete run of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years
  • list of journal titles in political science
  • full-text
    
    
    
• Project MUSE
  • 250+ scholarly journals, including political science & international studies
  • coverage from 1983+
  • mostly full-text
    
    
• WilsonWeb
  • 3,500+ general and academic journals, including political science & international studies
  • two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega; Humanities & Social Sci Retro
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega: indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text in 1994
  • Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984
  • 1,750 journals are full-text
    
    
• Check journal titles in the library's list of full-text electronic periodicals
  

• For articles not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan
  • free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks

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• Lexis-Nexis Academic
  • 5,900+ national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
  • full-text
    
    
• New York Times (1851-2004)
  • the complete newspaper (text, graphs, photos, etc.) in digital form
    
    
• Wall Street Journal (1889-1990)
  • the complete newspaper (text, graphs, photos, etc.) in digital form
    
    
• Washington Post (1877-1991)
  • the complete newspaper (text, graphs, photos, etc.) in digital form
    

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• Resources for Political Science (American Political Science Association)
• Ultimate Political Science Links Page (Rock Valley College)
• Poly-Cy: Internet Resources for Political Science (West Va. U.)
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (Indiana U.)
  
  
• Google Directory: Political Science
• Yahoo! Directory: Political Science

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• Hacker Online
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• RefWorks
  • online research management and writing tool