Political Science

American History & Life:  selected full-text

    U.S. and Canadian history and culture from prehistoric times to the present.

 

Congressional Quarterly Electronic Library: full-text

    Reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs.

 

Congressional Quarterly Historic Documents:  1972 - present, full-text

    Covering the most significant events of the year.  These documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.

 

Congressional Quarterly Researcher:  1991 - present, full-text

    Coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.

 

Congressional Quarterly Weekly:  1983 - present, full-text

    Reports on the world's most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week.

 

Historical Abstracts: selected full-text 

   Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, featuring coverage of academic historical journals in over 40 languages since 1955.

 

Infotrac Custom Newspapers: Dates vary, full-text

    Regional and international news.

 

Infotrac Criminal Justice

    Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge.

 

Infotrac War & Terrorism

    A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes.

 

JSTOR: Dates vary, full-text

    A digital archive collection of over 600 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, business, basic science, life sciences, and physical and applied sciences. Often starts with the first issues (many of which date from the 1800s).

 

LegalTrac: 1980 - present, selected full-text

   Provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.

 

Lexis Nexis: Dates vary, full-text

    More than 350 newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, including New York Times, Financial Times, and Washington Post.  Includes business and financial news, U.S. and international company financial information from government or private sources, market research, industry reports, and actual SEC filings.  Access to primary source material such as case law, statutes and regulations and secondary source materials such as legal news or law reviews for background or analysis of a legal topic.  Medical information, including medical news and medical & health journals, biographical information,  country and state profiles, and World Almanac and Book of Facts

 

Newspaper Abstracts: 1989 - present, additional password needed

    Significant items from over 50 U.S. national and regional newspapers.

 

PapersFirst: 1993 - present

    Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide, covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.

 

ProceedingsFirst: 1993 - present

    Index of worldwide conference proceedings, covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.

 

Regional Business News: full-text

    Provides content from over 50 regional business publications.

 

SIRS Researcher: 1988 to present, abstracts since 1994, additional password needed

   Social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide, articles selected from domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications.

 

Wall Street Journal: 1984 - present, full-text

    Comprehensive coverage from the world's leading financial newspaper.

 

Alternative Press Index: 1991 to present, additional password needed

    Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.

 

Alternative Press Index Archive: 1991 to present, additional password needed

   Index of journals (1969-1990) covering cultural, economic, political & social change.

 


Other places to look:


 

Academic Search Premier: 1975 - present, full-text

    4000+ full-text scholarly journals, contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.
 

Expanded Academic:  1982 - present, full-text

      A wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, medical journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others.

 

General Reference Center: 1980 - present, full-text

    A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources - newspapers, reference books, magazines, and trade publications. Find articles on current events, popular culture, business and industry trends, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

 

JSTOR: Dates vary, full-text

    A digital archive collection of over 600 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, business, basic science, life sciences, and physical and applied sciences. Often starts with the first issues (many of which date from the 1800s).