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Political Science Databases

Use these databases to find journal articles and other research materials in political science.

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International Political Science Abstracts (1975 - Current)
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The International Political Science Abstracts has provided non-evaluative abstracts of articles in the field of political science since 1951. The articles are published in journals and yearbooks all over the world, including the major political science journals. The newly digitized content adds over 76,000 records to the database and brings the total number of records to more than 207,000, as of December 2007.

PAIS (1972 - Current)
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Use this resource to find articles which focus on public policy and the economic aspects of political science.
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Academic Search Complete
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Indexes numerous titles in political science and related fields. Many of the articles are available full-text.

AccessUN (1998 - Current)
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Provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications. Selected full-text available, depending upon section searched.
http://www.un.org

America: History and Life (1960 - Current)
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Use this resource to find articles about the political history of the United States.
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CQ Historic Documents Series Online (1972 - Current)
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Includes the full-text of each of the annual volumes of the CQ Historic Documents set. The volume for each year includes approximately one hundred documents covering the most significant events of that year. These documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
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CQ Researcher (1923 - Current)
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Offers a balanced overview of contemporary political and social issues. Each report includes background information, both sides of the debate surrounding the issue, and suggested resources to consult for further information.
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CQ Weekly (1983 - Current)
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This weekly publication from Congressional Quarterly (CQ) offers expert coverage of the U.S. Congress, including status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, backroom maneuvering, and more.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts (1968 - Current)
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Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines. Contains indexes of print journals from 1968, as well as thousands of archival records not available in any other format. Updated quarterly.
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Declassified Documents Reference System, U.S.
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Provides access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified government documents. Covers events from the Cold War to the Viet Nam war and later. Valuable material for researching international relations, American Studies, United State foreign and domestic policy studies, journalism, and more.
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EconLit (1969 - Current)
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Use this resource to find journal articles on the topic of political economy.
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GenderWatch (1970 - Current)
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Use this resource to find articles dealing with gender issues in public policy or politics.
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Gongwers News Service
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Gongwer News Service provides daily coverage of issues in and around Ohio's government and political systems. Gongwer's daily Ohio Report provides coverage of every bill in the General Assembly and closely tracks the activities of the executive and judicial branches. Gongwer provides a suite of products to monitor and track political and policy developments.

LexisNexis Academic
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Use this resource to find federal and state case law and legislative materials, law reviews, transcripts from the major news services, and the full-text of newspapers for the past 20 years. For information about Countries, click Business and use the Country Analysis link -- this section includes the PRS Group Country Reports which provide information about a country's political, economic, demographic and social structures. Updates and coverage vary with section.
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LexisNexis Congressional
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Brings together a vast amount of information published by and about Congress including bills, laws, regulations, hearings, and committee reports to name only a few. Many of the documents are available full text. Update and coverage varies with section.
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Polling the Nations
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Use this resource to learn the responses to 400,000 questions from 14,000 surveys/public opinion polls conducted from 1986-present in the U.S. and 80 other countries. Topics of questions asked include political opinion. Information provided includes the question, how the poll was conducted, where the poll was conducted and the response percentages.
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Social Sciences Citation Index (1980 - Current)
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Use this resource to verify citations and to see what other articles may cite a particular author. Not the best tool for topic searching.
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Women's Studies International (1972 - Current)
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Women's Studies International covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Disciplines included are sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.

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Citation Indexes (1980 - Current)
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Three multidisciplinary "Web of Science" databases covering the journal literature in the areas of the arts and humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Updated weekly.
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Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) (1861 - Current)
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Use this resource to find doctoral dissertations and masters theses about political science. Coverage is international.

Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK)
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Full-text coverage of selected journals in all scholarly areas, including political science. This site is searchable.

JSTOR
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Offers full-text of historical journals in political science and related fields. Coverage starts with the first issue of most titles and usually goes until 3-5 years of the present.
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OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Center
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Online theses and dissertations from Ohio graduate students. Includes links to full-text.

PapersFirst (1993 - Current)
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Provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop and meeting added to the The British Library Document Supply Centre's collection. Updated monthly.

ProceedingsFirst (1993 - Current)
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Provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each record contains a list of the papers presented at one conference. ProceedingsFirst provides access to the British Library Document Supply Centre's collection of conference proceedings. Updated monthly.

WorldCat
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Contains records to over 100 million items in most (if not all) subject areas. Materials may include books, computer data files and programs, films, journal and magazine titles, newspapers, manuscripts, musical scores, and more. Not included are individual articles, stories, or book chapters. Updated daily.