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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!
   
   
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