Political Science Resources Essential Resources | Additional Resources | Multidisciplinary Library Databases | Public Websites |
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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
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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Access):
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.
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JSTOR:
Access to the full text of
over 490 scholarly journals.
Coverage: varies (some 19th century) to 2001. Updated:
quarterly.
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Alternative
Press Index (FirstSearch):
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):
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):
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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Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost):
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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CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly):
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.
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Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral
Behavior (Sage):
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.
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Military
& Government Collection (EBSCOhost):
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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Project
Muse:
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.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (Web
of Science):
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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Note: To search only the Social Science
Citation Index, click the change limits link towards
the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for
the Arts & Humanities Index and Sciences Citation
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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.
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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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