Political Science Research Tools
Core Resources
- CSA Political Science Abstracts Premier political science database.
- IBSS:
International Bibliography of Social Sciences More articles...
- Expanded
Academic ASAP and Academic
Search Premier (interdisciplinary databases, a lot of fulltext
journal articles).
- America History and Life Not just history -- good source for U.S. politics, culture, ethnic relations.
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) Tremendous resource for international relations.
- Women's Studies International
- Political Science Dictionaries, via Oxford Reference Online
Style Manuals How to cite that article; and EndNote software to format them. - FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Daily Reports, 1974-1996 News in translation (by the CIA) from radio, television, and newspapers around the world, continued by World News Connection.
- News Sources numerous U.S. and international newspapers via LEXIS-NEXIS
- Maps
- Social Sciences Citation Index (via Web of Science) (on campus only) Find out who has cited that key book or article.
- More political science databases, and databases by subject for interdisciplinary topics -- Economics, for example, will also include political economcs.
Course-Specific Guides (Spring 2008)
- Political Science 13: World Politics
- Political Science 75: Problems of International Politics
Previous Semesters' Course-Guides in Political Science
Electronic Journals
- Electronic Journal Locator See if a journal is available at AC electronically.
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
- JSTOR Large backfile of fulltext journals in political science. Current titles through Project
Muse, including these in political science.
Respected Political Science Metasites
- Governments on the WWW
- Government Publications and Maps: Foreign
- WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
- Foreign/International Government Information
- European Union Internet Resources
Statistics and Data
- WDI Online Database of World Development Indicators providing international social and economic indicators and statistics (1960--current) from the World Bank.
- ICPSR abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data.
- CIS Statistical Universe Index to over 100,000 U.S., & International statistical publications. Some fulltext.
- More data and statistical sources ...
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