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For background information, consult the reference books listed under "General Information Sources."
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, PAIS International, and International Political Science Abstracts listed under "Finding Articles" are the three principal databases for political science.
Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science: A User's Guide to its Terms
Location: REF JA61 .B43 1999.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
Location: REF JA 61 .C665 2003.
Dictionary of Political Analysis
Location: REF JA 61 .P57 1982
Encyclopedia of Government and Politics. 2nd ed.
Location: REF JA61 .C66 2004
Information Sources of Political Science. 5th ed.
Location: REF JA 71 .H65 2005
Routledge Dictionary of Politics
Location: REF JA 61 .R63 2004
Survey of Social Science: Government and Politics Series
Location: REF JA 61 .S88 1995
Writing in Political Science 3rd. ed.
Location: REF JA 86 .S36 2005
Use the following databases to locate articles and other materials.
Annual Review
of Political Science
Location: ALADIN
Scholarly articles covering all subfields of political science
Congressional
Research Reports
Location: ALADIN
Full-text of research reports prepared by the Library of Congressional Research
Service
CQ
Library
Location: ALADIN
Access to the full text of Congressional Quarterly's two major publications,
CQ Weekly Report and the CQ Researcher, as well as its Historic Document Series,
and Public Affairs and Voting and Elections Collections
CQ.com
on Congress
Location: ALADIN
Extensive legislative information including full text access to bill tracking
information, government documents, bill texts, legislative summaries, committee
coverage, congressional member profiles, and congressional schedules
HeinOnline
Location: ALADIN
Gateway to a variety of legal resources
International
Political Science Abstracts.
Location: ALADIN
Abstracts to articles contained in the political science journal literature
worldwide
JSTOR
Location: ALADIN
Full text access to archival volumes of nearly 40 political science journals
Lexis-Nexis
Congressional
Location: ALADIN
Comprehensive source of Congressional information including bills, hearings,
testimonies, and legislative histories
PAIS
International
Location: ALADIN
Index to journal and magazine articles, government publications, and public
and private agency reports
PolicyFile
Location: ALADIN
Links to public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research
programs, research organizations, and selected publishers
Project
Muse
Location: ALADIN
Provides access to over 25 political science journals
WorldWide
Political Science Abstracts
Location: ALADIN
Indexing and abstracting of major political science journals
The following web sites are useful thresholds to information available on the Internet.
GPO Access
Location: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ or via ALADIN
This site is maintained by the U.S. Government Printing Office and provides
full text access to the major documents, reports, and other publications of the
Federal Government.
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Location: http://thomas.loc.gov
Access to legislative information from past and current congressional activity
including bill texts (101st Congress - present), bill summary and status (93rd
- present), public laws (93rd - present) roll call votes (101st - present),
committee information (104th - present), and directories
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Location: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
Archive of computer-based research and instructional resources for the social
sciences containing a plethora of social, political, and economic data
National Political Index
Location: http://www.politicalindex.com/
Index to a variety of political science sources available on the web
Political Science Resources:
Internet Guides
Location: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psinter.html
Links to a number of political science resource guides
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