Political Science Databases

In-depth, original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.
Coverage: 1991 - current

CQ Researcher, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc., contains single-themed, 12,000-word reports researched and written by seasoned journalists. Each report provides an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources. Reports are browsable by topic or date or searchable by keyword.

Access news, business, and legal sources from the U.S. and around the world.

LexisNexis Academic is divided into four catagories that can be searched individually or in combination:
"News" provides full-text access to more than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including the Financial Times (dating back to 1982), The New York Times (dating back to 1980) and The Washington Post (dating back to 1977); over 300 major magazines and journals; and broadcast transcripts from the major television and radio networks.
"Legal" includes primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations along with legal news and law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic, including access to Shepard's Citations service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789.
"Business" provides U.S. and international company financial information, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings. Search features permit comparison of companies based on criteria such as sales, income and number of employees.
"People" offers biographies and obituaries of people in the news, government, and industry.

Full text articles, reference books, and conference papers.
Coverage: Full-Text: 1937-Current, Indexing: 1911-Current

Political Science Complete (PSC) provides full text for more than 385 publications, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals. The database also features more than 165 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 27,000 full text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.

Abstracts covering politics, international relations, government, public policy.
Coverage: 1975 - current

CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. Since 2000, development of the serials list has focused on expanding international coverage. As of November 2005 approximately 1,500+ titles are being monitored for coverage; of these, 67% are published outside the United States.

Broad collection from leading journals, newspapers and reference sources.
Coverage: 1980 - current

Academic OneFile contains over 60 million records from the following types of sources: Periodicals — General interest magazines; refereed academic journals; business publications; technology periodicals; plus specialty titles in law, health care and computers. Newspapers — The full text of The New York Times from 1990, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor. Newswires — 121 wire services covering agriculture, general news, broadcast news, government, business press releases, industry topics, sports and current events from all over the world. Audio — listen to any National Public Radio program, as well as read transcripts, for shows produced by NPR from 1990 to present. Podcasts from government agencies such as the Census and the State Department are also available.

Nearly 4,500 multi-disciplinary journals covering most subjects.
Coverage: 1975 - current (earlier for some titles)

In addition to full text that includes over 3,600 peer-reviewed journals, Academic Search Premier also offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.

Bibliographic entries covering all eras of U.S. and Canada history.
Coverage: 1964 - current

America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature for 1,700 journals covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
CLIO Notes is included in this resource that contains overviews of historical periods and detailed chronologies for major events and issues.

A selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America.
Coverage: 1936 - current

Handbook of Latin American Studies is edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1936, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources. Works reviewed include books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the disciplines of Anthropology (including Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Ethnology), Art, Economics, Geography, Government and Politics, History, International Relations, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Sociology. Starting with Volume 54, the Handbook also includes a section on Electronic Resources for Latin American studies. In addition, some of the earlier volumes included other disciplines such as Cartography, Film, Folklore, Law, and so forth.

Citations and abstracts concerning world history from 1450 to the present.
Coverage: 1954 - current

Historical Abstracts includes 75-120 word abstracts to journal articles and citations to books and dissertations. Every year over 20,000 new entries are added from over 1,700 journal titles published worldwide. Over 600,000 entries currently available. The Web version is updated monthly.
CLIO Notes is included in this resource that contains overviews of historical periods and detailed chronologies for major events and issues.

Cover-to-cover full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Coverage: Sept 18,1851 - Dec 31, 2005

The database covers The New York Times from its first issue in 1851 through 2002. Coverage includes not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements.

A searchable ASCII text underlies each article and page image. Users can search by keyword and Boolean operators as well as employ more advanced searching techniques. The results list generated by a search includes detailed bibliographic information for the articles retrieved such as article title, publication, issue date, author, page, etc.

Cover-to-cover full-page and article images in downloadable PDF.
Coverage: July 8, 1889 - Dec 31, 1991

The database covers The Wall Street Journal from its first issue in 1889 through 1991. Coverage includes not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements, but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements.

A searchable ASCII text underlies each article and page image. Users can search by keyword and Boolean operators as well as employ more advanced searching techniques. The results list generated by a search includes detailed bibliographic information for the articles retrieved such as article title, publication, issue date, author, page, etc.

Arts & Science Collections I - IV offering over 500 full-text journals.
Coverage: 1800s - 1 to 5 years before current month (varies by title)

UML has access to JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections I through IV. These collections combine to offer 509 full-text academic journal titles from the first issues until one to five years before the current month. Most of these titles include decades worth of issues, some dating back to the nineteenth century. Topics covered branch across all aspects of the humanities including literature, history, folklore, music, mathematics, economics, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and much, much more.

Recent news from nytimes.com plus full text from the archive 1851 - 1980.
Coverage: 1851 - Current

The New York Times Article Archive, 1981-Present, contains free access articles from 1987 up to the present time. Photographs, charts and other illustrations are not included. Premium articles from the archive are for sale, but likely can be found for free in UML's ProQuest subscription to the Historical New York Times using the link below. Articles published from Sept. 1851 to Dec. 1980 are available in the Article Archive: 1851-1980. These articles include the accompanying photos, charts and graphs in PDF format.

Information about politics and governments throughout the Americas.

The Political Database of the Americas (PDBA) is a freely-accessible non-governmental project of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown University. It's mission is to contribute to the study, promotion and strengthening of democracy in the hemisphere, through the collection, systematization, dissemination, and exchange of information, data, statistics, and institutions from a political perspective, comparative studies; and other resources relevant to the 35 countries of the region.

Abstracts from journals and dissertations with full text from 140 journals.
Coverage: 1979-Current

CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. 124 of the 140 full-text journals are refereed, including of the 129 ISI rated journals in sociology and social work. Deep archiving dates as far back as the 1920s for some titles.

Search for books, journals and non-print materials.

Nearly 43,000 ebooks, many published by leading academic presses, covering 16 key subject areas. Works best on a PC in IE.

Signup for your own personal account so that you can create a personal bookshelf in order to create and save highlights, notes, and more. Download the ebrary Reader in order to take notes, highlight, and use other advanced features. Click on the help icon above for information on how to take advantage of the many special features in ebrary.

Over 4,400 ebooks covering all major subject areas.
Coverage: Publication dates 1963 - current

NetLibrary eBook titles are searchable by using up to four criteria including title, author, keyword, ISBN, or publisher plus limiting by publication year and language. Individual titles can then be read online in the Online Reader, browsed by table or contents, or keyword searched. Up to four books can be held in the Reader simultaneously. Books cannot be read offline, downloaded, or "checked out." The Reader is cleared at the end of each session. By creating a free account, access is available from anywhere using your personal login and titles can then be saved to your Favorites list.

28 Companions, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Guides covering world history.

Oxford Reference: History covers a broad range of historical areas related primarilary to the United States and Britain, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Other areas include military history, the Reformation and Renaissance, family history, and much more. The subject can be searched or browsed as a whole or within individual works.

6 guides and dictionaries covering U.S. and international law.
Coverage: Publication dates 2000 - 2006

Oxford Reference: Law Online Premium is a huge and comprehensive resource that contains over 170 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from General Reference and Language to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional. Search either the entire site or any of the 19 subject-specific collections. Also included are collections of quotation reference books, map images, and timelines broken down by theme or country.

Reference books covering politics, government, history and social sciences.
Coverage: Publication dates 1993 - 2005

Oxford Reference: Politics & Social Sciences is a huge and comprehensive resource that contains over 170 dictionaries and reference titles covering the complete subject spectrum: from General Reference and Language to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional. Search either the entire site or any of the 19 subject-specific collections. Also included are collections of quotation reference books, map images, and timelines broken down by theme or country.

48 encyclopedias and handbooks covering the Social Sciences and Humanities.
Coverage: Publication dates 2002 - 2008

Sage eReference titles, including the Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods, can be searched together or separately by keyword or browsed by subject. Individual titles have a Reader's Guide that combines entries into thematic categories. You can also limit searches by images, tables, or sidebars. Subjects covered include African American Studies, Anthropology, Business and Management, Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Geography, Health, History, Politics, Psychology, Research Methods, Social Issues, Sociology, and much more.

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