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Research Guide: Political Science |
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Finding Background Info [help]
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these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
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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 |
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**new**Country Watch
-- Provides country-specific data including
demographic, political, economic, business, and cultural information. |
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Oxford Reference Online Database -
access to over 140 online reference books
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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 |
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**new**
Encyclopedia of Research Design
-- a collection of entries covering how to plan and conduct empirical research, including the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods. |
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**new**Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
(CQ Press) --
Explores the events, policies, activities, institutions, groups, people, and movements
that have created and shaped political life in the United States from the 1500s to the present day. |
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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 |
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Oxford Islamic Studies Online
-- Offers information on the religion and culture of
Islam
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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) |
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**new**19th
Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive -- "provides access to primary source
newspaper content from the entire 19th century, from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S." |
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World at War: Conflict and Society (replaced
United States at War: Understanding Conflict Society) |
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... more subject specific reference books listed here ... |
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Finding Articles [help]
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JSTOR
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Access to
scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines
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SocINDEX
-- Full text of
journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. |
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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. |
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Academic Search Premier
-- scholarly collection provides journal coverage for most academic areas of study,
including biological sciences, economics, communications, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts and literature, medical sciences and women's studies. |
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
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Web Resources |
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List of Presidential Libraries |
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Use
the list below to find the information you need! |
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Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Election & Voting Information
Federal Agencies and Commissions
Related Government Sites
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Research Centers and Think Tanks
Statistical Sources
State Government Links |
Finding Aids for Government Web Information
Historical Documents
International Relations and Information
Political Science Organizations and Sites
Special Interest/Political Groups |
