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Databases: Political Science & International Studies

 

Alphabetical:

  • Academic Search Premier
    • 4,500+ general and academic journals, including political science & international studies
    • coverage from 1985+
    • mostly full-text

  • Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
    • comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs
    • includes working papers from univesity research institutes, occasional papers series from non-goverment organizations, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs
    • coverage from 1991+
    • full-text

  • 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

  • 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
  • PAIS International
    • Public Affairs Information Service, the premier global public policy resource database
    • indexes 3,600+ sources: periodicals, books, hearings, reports, government documents, internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries
    • primarily citation and abstracts only; some full-text
    • coverage from 1972+

  • 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
Additional:

  • Alternative Press Index (AltPressIndex)
    • indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change
    • coverage is international and interdiscipliinary
    • in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences
    • indexes 300+ alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines
    • coverage from 1991+
    • mostly full-text

  • Alternative Press Index Archive (AltPressIndexArchive)
    • see description above
    • comprehensive guide to alternative sources of information published from 1969-1990
    • citation-only

  • Dissertation Abstracts
    • doctoral dissertations, including political science & international studies
    • coverage from 1861+
    • citation-only
    • order from Interlibrary Loan

  • Lexis-Nexis Academic
    • 5,900+ news, business, legal, medical and reference publications
    • national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources
    • U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information
    • Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789
    • business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news
    • full-text

  • Political Science & International Studies resources in digital Reference

  • WorldCat
    • most distinguished database of books in the world
    • searches over 52 million records held by OCLC libraries worldwide
    • over 400 languages represented

 

 

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