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Political Science Resources
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Featured Reference Books:

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Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice, 2nd ed., 4 volumes, 2002

The American Dictionary of Criminal Justice: Key Terms and Major Court Cases, 2005

Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements, 3rd ed., 4 volumes, 2003

Major Peace Treaties of Modern History: 1648-2000, 6 volumes, 2002

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, 2nd ed., 6 volumes, 2000

Historic U.S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 2 volumes, 2001

West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, 2nd ed., 13 volumes, 2005

Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th ed., 2004

The International Year Book and Statesmen’s Who’s Who, 53rd ed., 2005

The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America, 3 volumes. 2000

The Europa World Year Book, 45th ed., 2 volumes, 2004

Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, 2 volumes, 2005

The Human Rights Encyclopedia, 3 volumes, 2001

Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court, 4th ed., 2 volumes, 2004

Guide to the Presidency, 3rd ed., 2 volumes, 2002

Guide to Congress, 5th ed., 2000

Congressional Districts in the 2000s: A Portrait of America, 2003

Cultures of the States: A Handbook on the Effectiveness of State Governments, 2003

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Essential Resources:
Political Science and Public Administration Dept at UW-L
Political Science Periodicals
Citation Guides
Scholarly v. Popular Journals
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Access): Federal Government Resource More information  The CGP is the finding tool for publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. Contains more than 500,000 descriptive records for publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. For Murphy Library government document holdings, consult the Library Catalog first. Coverage: July 1976 to present. Updated: daily.
Includes full text CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online: More information Citations, abstracts, and selected full-text of journal articles, working papers, and conference papers in topics such as: international affairs, economics, environment, and politics. Also includes case studies, course packs, and a schedule of events with calls for papers. Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated: weekly.
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Includes full text JSTOR: More information Access to the full text of over 490 scholarly journals. Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001. Updated: quarterly. 
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Additional Resources:
Alternative Press Index (FirstSearch): More information Indexes nearly 290 newspapers and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change. Provides additional viewpoints on internationally significant subjects. Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated: quarterly.
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Alternative Press Index Archive (FirstSearch): More information Indexes nearly 290 newspapers and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change. Provides additional viewpoints on internationally significant subjects. Coverage: 1969 to 1990. Updated: quarterly.
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ComAbstracts (CIOS): More information Citations and abstracts of journal articles published in over 50 primary professional journals in the communications field. Coverage: 1980 to present. Updated: monthly.
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Includes full text Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost): More Information Available  This resource includes full text from at least 25 communication studies journals (i.e. full text for the National Communication Association Journal), and citations for over 40,000 articles on mass media. Materials in this database are the result of merging CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index with ongoing enhancements and improvements underway. Coverage: Early 20th century. Updated: Daily.
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Includes full text Brought to you by: University of Wisconsin SystemCQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly): More information Full-text articles on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into two sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Coverage: Past 15 years to present. Updated: weekly. 

 
Includes full text Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior (Sage): More information This e-book includes over 450 entries covering American campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior while providing a culturally and politically diverse perspective of American democratic practices and institutions. Themes include: * Ballot Issues * Corruption * Electoral Behavior * Local Campaigns and Elections * Media’s Role * Political Parties, Interest Groups * Political Theory and Democratic Elections in America * Polls, Public Opinion, and Campaigns and Elections * Presidential Campaigns and Elections * Reform * Running Political Campaigns * Social and Psychological Dynamics * State and Congressional Campaigns and Elections. Last Updated: 2008.
Includes full text Military & Government Collection (EBSCOhost): More information  Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.  Provides full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals, full text for 245 pamphlets, and offers indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.  
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Includes full text Brought to you by: University of Wisconsin System Project Muse: More information Includes the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the fields of: literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others. Coverage: 1993 to present. Updated: monthly.  
 
Brought to you by: University of Wisconsin SystemSocial Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science): More information Indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Can also be used to find other articles citing a specific article (footnotes in reverse). Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
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Multidisciplinary Library Databases:
 These full-text resources also include information related to this subject area:

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of scholarly and popular periodicals.

MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of mostly popular periodicals, some scholarly, newspapers, and more.

LexisNexis Academic. Includes full text of popular, scholarly, trade, and professional periodicals, and much more.

CQ Researcher. For in-depth reports on current and past topics in all subject areas.

JSTOR. For reliable access to full text of articles from more than 490 periodicals more than 2-5 years old.

Public Websites:
The following web resources were selected by librarians:

Political Science Web sites A directory listing of related sites.

AMDOCS (documents for the study of American history)

Background Notes on countries (U.S. State Dept.)

Bibliography of Gov Docs related to Terrorism

Center on Religion and Democracy

Council on Foreign Relations

Country Studies (Library of Congress, 1988-1998)

FIRST (Facts on international relations and security trends)

Institute for Science and International Security

JFK Link

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Poly-cy: Internet Resources for Political Science


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