Political Science: Top Resources
Top Resources
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new windowComprehensive index and abstract that covers approximately 2,500 serial titles, about 60% published outside of the United States, and indexes books, book chapters, reviews of books and other media as well as dissertations. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- PAIS International Online This link opens in a new windowProvides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Political Science Database This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 450 major political science and international relations journals. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- New York Times (1851-2012) with Index (1851-1993) This link opens in a new windowHistorical local, regional, national and international news. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowComplete one-stop source for information on social issues. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowFull-text journals in the humanities & social sciences. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowGoogle's trial effort to index the scholarly web
More InfoPartial Full-Text PUBLIC - WorldCat Discovery This link opens in a new windowInformation about books and many other types of materials held by libraries around the world. More InfoUB ONLY
- CQ Press Library This link opens in a new windowCovers public policy issues & U.S. Congress news & analysis. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Policy File Index This link opens in a new windowSearch and access reports from more than 300 think tanks and research organizations. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowA digital repository of online books and other scholarly materials. More InfoPartial Full-Text PUBLIC
- Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections This link opens in a new windowStatistics relating to U.S. Presidential, Senatorial and Gubernatorial elections. More InfoPUBLIC
- Constitution AnnotatedThe Constitution Annotated provides a comprehensive overview of how the Constitution has been interpreted over time and is now available on this new site with upgraded search capabilities. The online Constitution Annotated includes discussions of the Supreme Court’s latest opinions.
- Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new windowTopical & cited reference searching from ISI Web of Knowledge - select "Full Search" option to limit to this database. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
Librarian
Writing a Political Science Paper
Political Science (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)
Writing a Political Science Essay (Georgetown University)
Writing in Political Science (Duke University)
Writing a Political Science Paper (Harvard College)
Selected Government Websites
USA.gov (The official federal government portal.)