Research Guide: Political Science
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Getting Started
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21st century political science : a reference handbook
- Print only. Offering full coverage of major subthemes and subfields within political science this reference handbook includes entries on topics from theory and methodology to international relations and institutions (more info)
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Encyclopedia of political science
- Online only. Comprehensively examines the central ideas, concepts, and frameworks underlying the study of politics and highlights the intersections of politics with other disciplines. There is another ebook verions here: http://watzek.worldcat.org/oclc/655243130 (more info)
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Encyclopedia of government and politics
- Print only. Providing analysis of government and politics at a global, regional and nation-state level, the Encyclopedia assesses both traditional and contemporary approaches, and projects the paths of future research. (more info)
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Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
- Online only. The Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History explores the events, policies, people, ideas, institutions, groups, and movements that have created and shaped political life in the United States. (more info)
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Political theory : an encyclopedia of contemporary and classic terms
- Online only. Presents the major political concepts, themes, issues, movements, groups, and schools that have developed over time and shaped our modern world, along with biographical entries and articles on the principal works of political theorists from Plato to John Rawls. (more info)
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Princeton encyclopedia of American political history
- Online and print versions available. Traces the history of political institutions, parties, and founding documents. It explains ideas, philosophies, and movements that shaped American politics. (more info)
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CQ Press Electronic Library
- Includes:
- CQ Global Researcher
- CQ Researcher Online
- CQ Weekly
- The Encyclopedia of Political Science
- Encyclopedia of Religion in America
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
- Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court (more info)
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Oxford Handbooks of political science
- In print. This series provides overviews and literature reviews of scholarship in political science and international affairs. (more info)
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Political Science Databases
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science, international relations, law, and public administration & policy. (more info)
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HeinOnline
- Exact page images of law journals, Congressional Record, U.S. Reports, Federal Register, and treaty & international agreements etc. (more info)
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Proquest Congressional
- Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative publications and more. (more info)
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Political Science-Related Databases
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Annual Reviews
- Identifies and synthesizes primary research literature in 33 scholarly fields. (more info)
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Columbia International Affairs Online
- International affairs resource; includes journals, books, policy briefs and working papers. (more info)
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Congressional Digest Debates Online (formerly Pro & Con Online)
- A database of issues covered by Congressional Digest, Supreme Court Debates and International Debates since 1998. (more info)
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Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
- Boley Law Library's guide to to CRS studies and reports. (more info)
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CQ Global Researcher
- In-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. (more info)
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CQ Researcher
- Full text of CQ Researcher reports on major U.S. social, economic and political issues. (more info)
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Dissertations & Theses
- Link to abstracts or citations to dissertations and theses from around the world, from 1861 to the present day. Also includes full text of dissertations and theses produced by graduate students at Lewis & Clark. (more info)
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JSTOR
- Use the advanced search function to search within the folklore discipline. (more info)
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Left Index
- Leads to articles in left-leaning periodicals about politics, economics, and society. (more info)
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PAIS International
- Indexes articles on a wide range of public policy topics, national and international. (more info)
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Social Sciences Citation Index
- A part of the Web of Science database, the SSCI tracks 'who's citing whom' in the social sciences. Coverage is 1980-present. (more info)
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TRACfed
- Authoritative information about Federal government enforcement, staffing and spending. (more info)
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U. S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1980
- Search or browse the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes for the period 1817-1980. (more info)
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World News Connection
- Compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources, the information in WNC covers significant socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events. (more info)
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Political Science Websites
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Politics Navigator
- A meta-site of political science resources, produced by the New York Times. The site is annotated and frequently updated.
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Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources
- This meta-site provides links to hundreds of useful sites, and has excellent international coverage. Topics include: official government websites, elections, constitutions, theory, local government, and more. Emphasizes UK politics.
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Polling
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Polling the Nations
- A compilation of more than 14,000 surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the U. S. and 100 other countries from 1986 to the present time. (more info)
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American National Election Studies
- ANES conducts national surveys of the American electorate in presidential and midterm election years. The ANES time-series now encompasses biennial election studies since 1948 (more info)
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Roper Center
- A free site with fewer resources than the site from Lexis Nexis. Surveys are drawn from more than 100 countries and 60 years of commercial and academic research. (more info)
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American Attitudes: Program on International Policy Attitudes
- The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) carries out research on public opinion on foreign policy and international issues by conducting nationwide polls, focus groups and comprehensive reviews of polling conducted by other organizations. (more info)
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PollingReport.com
- Easy access to timely, high quality poll data from the publishers of The Polling Report
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Gallup.com
- Includes a list of poll topics. (more info)
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Pew Research Center
- The Pew Research Center studies public attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues. The Center's main purpose is to serve as a forum for ideas on the media and public policy through its research.
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Harris Polls
- Begun in 1963, The Harris Poll weekly column is one of the longest running, most respected series of surveys measuring public opinion. (more info)
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Public Agenda Online
- Public Agenda is a nonpartisan organization that seeks, among other things, to align elites more closely with public opinion. Along these lines it provides some elaborately produced public opinion data on particular issues (all results are presented graphically).
