Research Guides: Political Science: Find Sources

Search and find secondary sources on Political Science topics

Politics Database This link opens in a new window A collective database on government issue (PAIS: Public Affairs Information Services), politics (WPSA: Worldwide Political Science Abstracts) and policy (Policy File Index) that covers political science since 1972.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database with more than 5,300 full text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window Scholarly articles or documents from international publishing institutions, government research organizations, independent think tanks, university analysis centers on international politics and related fields. Includes security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies.
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SocINDEX Full Text This link opens in a new window Abstracts and links to articles in anthropology, criminal justice, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, psychology, religion, sociology, social work & many others. Articles back to 1940.
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Public Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window Articles in areas related to public administration, including public administration theory, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline, like urbanism, transportation, police administration, recreation, housing, etc.
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Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new window A collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. Sources include: federal, state and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations, think tanks, research centers, and private sector entities.
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OneSearch (library catalog)

Gale eBooks Reference Library This link opens in a new window A collection of about 900 encyclopedias and other reference books from several publishers across many disciplines that can be searched at one time.
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Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new window Find background on political figures, events and warfare, globally and through fime.
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Encyclopedia of Political Science by G. T. Kurian, J. E. Alt, S. Chambers, P. D. McClain, G. Garrett, M. Levi (Editors)
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American Governance by S. Schechter (Ed.)
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International Encyclopedia of Political Science by B. Badie, D. Berg-Schlosser, L. Morlino (Eds.)
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Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window U.S. and international news sources. More than 2,500 news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites in full-text format from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. Updated daily.
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Los Angeles Times, 1985-present This link opens in a new window Comprehensive coverage back to 1985 includes the complete text of recent articles from the Los Angeles Times. Includes not only top news stories, but also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even such items as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed. See also Historical Los Angeles Times for older issues.
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Alt-PressWatch, 1965-present This link opens in a new window Articles from independent or alternative newspapers, magazines, journals and newsletters that are not mainstream media viewpoints or perspectives. Some coverage back to 1965.
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Statista This link opens in a new window
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U.S. Data & Statistics This link opens in a new window National and regional statistics from 70 federal agencies supplemented with links to non-governmental and international statistics sites. Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window Archives of downloadable datasets from various social science topics for research and instruction. Coverage: 1962 to present.
CountryWatch This link opens in a new window In-depth reviews of 191 countries, including geographical, political, economic, corporate, and environmental information. Updated with wire service news.
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UNdata This link opens in a new window Statistics worldwide from countries more than 30 specialized non-governmental organizations (NGOs) data sources. Covering international commodities, energy, governmental finances, population, status of women and trade.
CALSPEAKS This link opens in a new window Provides public opinion in California, emphasizing the social, economic, political, and environmental issues that distinguish the state. Large and representative state-wide survey panel, which uses probability-based sampling methods to monitor citizens’ perspectives.
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iPOLL This link opens in a new window U.S. sampling of registered voters on public opinions. Find aggregated question-level data and other survey data only at the national level.
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Polling Report

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