Political Science Databases
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*CQ Congress Collection Provides a wide variety of information and analysis of legislation, members of Congress, congressional votes, and the legislative branch. Includes current committee assignment and a chronology of major legislation going back to the First Continental Congress. (1969-present)
*EIU Viewswire Business analysis from 203 countries by The Economist. Covers current events and developments in business, finance and technology. Also useful for research on consumer goods, healthcare, and the food and drink industries.
*World Bank Development Indicators Provides access to WDI Online, which contains social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental data and statistics for over 200 countries and 18 country groups from 1960-2002.
*National Newspapers Simultaneously search several full-text newspapers: New York Times (1980-present), Wall Street Journal (1984-present), Washington Post (1987-present), The Baltimore Sun (1990-present), Los Angeles Times (1985-present), Christian Science Monitor (1988-present), Chicago Tribune (1985-present), Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1990-present), Boston Globe (1980-present), and USA Today (1987-present).
*LexisNexis Academic Includes articles from national and regional newspapers, business publications, federal and state codes, case law & reference information (1990-present). Useful for finding information on current events and stories in the popular press.
*CQ Researcher In-depth reports on current topics, including social issues, health care, politics and the environment. (1991 - present).
*CQ Weekly Online In-depth reporting on congressional issues, the status of bills, behind-the-scenes political developments, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. (1983 - present)
*Alternative Press Index Access to alternative, radical and left periodicals covering political, cultural and social issues. Useful for research in labor issues, women's rights and more. (1991 - present)
*Alternative Press Index Archive Access to alternative, radical and left periodicals covering political, cultural and social issues. Useful for research in labor issues, women's rights and more. (1969-1990) Citations only.
*Contemporary Women's Issues Global information (reports, journal articles and more) on women's issues in a variety of areas, including politics, health, and the workplace. (1992 - present)
*American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) References to sources about East-Central Europe & the former Soviet Union. Covers anthropology, culture & the arts, economics, education, geography and more. (1939-pres.)
*Social Science Abstracts A collection of four databases covering fields relating to the social sciences. Includes topics in education, linguistics, social services (crisis intervention, poverty, etc.) and sociology. Coverage varies, going as far back as 1952.
*Journal Citation Reports (available through ISI Web of Knowledge) Journal citation data including most frequently cited, highest impact and largest journals in a field from JCR Science Edition 2004-2006 and JCR Social Sciences Edition 2004-2006.
*Social Sciences Citation Index Citations and abstracts of scholarly articles in the behavioral sciences. Also includes information for political science, women's studies, social work and other social sciences. (1956-present).
*America: History and Life Information on Canadian and US history and culture, from prehistory to the present. Includes citations for journals from 1964 to the present, and some international coverage.
*Historical Abstracts Covers the history of the world (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Useful for women's studies, history of education, military history and more. Includes journal articles and dissertations. (1955 - present)
*Academic Search Premier Includes general interest and scholarly articles in a variety of areas including the physical sciences, social sciences and humanities. (1990-present).
*Expanded Academic ASAP (Academic OneFile) Articles in a variety of subject areas, including technology, the arts, theology and more, from scholarly journals and general periodicals.
*JSTOR Search and browse scholarly articles in a wide range of disciplines, including the physical sciences, social sciences, art, and literature. Also includes images from ARTstor.
*Project Muse Provides content from hundreds of scholarly and peer-reviewed social science and humanities journals. Also useful for literature, psychology, cultural aspects of the sciences, etc.
*Oxford Journals Online Access Oxford journals in a variety of subject areas: humanities, law, life science, math, physical sciences, medicine and social sciences. Search or browse by journal title.
