Research Guide: Political Science
|
|
Finding Background Info [help]
|
| Tip:
use
these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
| |
Statistical Abstract of the United States
-- "The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United
States," published since 1878 |
| |
Oxford Reference Online Database -
access to over 140 online reference books
|
|
|
CQ Electronic Library
-- a series of databases focusing on American government. The collection includes original content, current information, statistics, analysis,
and comprehensive coverage in a range of government-related topics |
|
|
The Contemporary Middle East: A Documentary History --
an online reference book which contains primary source documents from 1917 to the present
day. From CQ Press |
|
|
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
-- Offers information on the religion and culture of
Islam
|
|
|
THOMAS (Library of Congress) -- Databases providing access to the full texts of bills and laws
from the United States Congress, the daily Congressional Record, relevant proceedings and proposed legislation, committee reports, and roll call votes, variously available from the present back to
the 93rd Congress (1973) |
|
|
United States at War --
Covers 14 wars and conflicts, includes primary documents
|
|
|
... more subject specific reference books listed here ... |
|
Finding Articles [help]
|
|
JSTOR
--
Access to
scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines
|
| |
SocINDEX
-- Full text of
journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. |
| |
Social Science Citation Index
-- provides access to
current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in over 1,700 of the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50
disciplines. |
|
... more databases ... |
|
Finding Books [help]
|
| |
Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
|
Web Resources |
| |
List of Presidential Libraries |
| |
Too many to list on this page!
Click here for some selected WWW resources! |
| |
|
