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Wilson
Web OmniFile
A multidisciplinary database providing abstracts and
some full-text. Use SearchPlus to limit to a specific Subject Area or to
filter results for peer-reviewed journals only.
Academic
Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Full text coverage of information in: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, ethnic & multicultural studies, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
Britannica
Online
Full-text of the Encyclopedia Britannica including
photos, drawings, flags, biographies, and geographical articles. Also includes
the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
NOTE: To locate Periodicals in Abell Library, search using the "Periodical Title" field in the online catalog. |
CQ Weekly Online The online version of the Congressional Quarterly
Weekly Report. There is also an archive that extends back to 1983.
Project Muse offers growing list of periodicals published in conjunction with Johns
Hopkins University Press. Most are available in full-text.
JSTOR is an archive of scholarly journals, including over 30 political science journals.
Current issues are not available through JSTOR; its role is an archive, with new
holdings added each year.
SpringerLink Journals provides electronic access to the complete contents of a vast and growing collection of SpringerLink journals in subjects including political science (formerly Kluwer Journals).
Columbia
International Affairs Online
publishes a wide range of scholarship
from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes,
occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings
from conferences.
CountryWatch.com
Provides access to a
substantial set of geopolitical and business background information and
data on individual countries, including maps.
Facts on File
75,000 full text news articles dating from January 1980
Weekly Updates from the Facts On File World News Digest, Regular wire-service
updates from ReutersŪ, Selected content from: Issues and Controversies On File,
Today's Science On File, Editorials On File, The World Almanac, Funk & Wagnalls
New Encyclopedia, Key Issues and Events Features, Biographies, Maps, Photographs,
Historic Documents.
The Founders' Constitution
This is a web-based version of the popular and important set first published in 1986. The editors, Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, draw upon the writings of a wide array of people and the documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s. The materials are arranged, first, according to broad themes or problems and then they are arranged by article, section, and clause of the U.S. Constitution, from the Preamble through Article
Seven and continuing through the first twelve Amendments.
ICPSR is the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. It provides
social science data and resources for researchers.
LexisNexis Congressional Full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills
and the Congressional Record. Prepared statements and selected question
and answer transcripts (1988-present). Bill tracking reports that follow bills
through Congress and the text of bills. Public laws and the United States Code
Service. Other Web sites with useful information about Congress and American politics.
LexisNexis
Statistical: Allows users to search summaries, then link to the full-text
of selected statistical publications on LexisNexis Statistical and government
web sites.
netLibrarycollection of full-text electronic books (ebooks) includes a wide variety of subject content from both popular and scholarly texts. Users can search across the entire eBook collection for authors, titles, or keywords, and they can search within books for keywords and phrases. Users may read or browse through ebooks for an unlimited amount of time. A title may be unavailable temporarily when all NetLibrary copies are in use by other patrons.
You are allowed to print one page at a time using your Web browser's print function or the print function on the Adobe Acrobat toolbar. Printing the entire eContent item violates copyright laws and precautions are taken to protect those copyright laws.
Some subject headings used for this discipline are listed below. For additional headings, refer to the Library of Congress Subject Headings volumes located behind the Reference Desk.
The Brookings Institution is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted to research, analysis, and public education with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance, and metropolitan policy.
Government Web Resources is a Library of Congress Internet site maintained by the Serial and Government Publications Division of the Library of Congress and has links to U.S. and foreign government information.
Famous Trials was created by Professor Doug Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School.
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) maintains and provides a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources. The documents included in the database are contributed by the governments of the member nations from the original official texts which are deposited, by agreement of the members, in a server initially at the Library of Congress of the United States of America.
Library of Congress' Country Studies A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.
Nationalissues.com is a non-partisan issue-oriented research web site providing information on the major issues facing the nation today.
Political Science Resources maintained by Richard Kimber.
PollingReport.com provides trends in American public opinion.
RAND The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.
The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century consists of documents, graphics, and audio files from the presidency of Herbert Hoover through that of Bill Clinton.
Southern Poverty Law Center The Southern Poverty Law Center was founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm. Today, the Center is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, its legal victories against white supremacists and its tracking of hate groups.
State and Local Governments A Library of Congress Internet Resource Page.
THOMAS United States legislative information, both current and archived.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars contains links to conversations with noted scholars, as well as other related information through Dialogue, the Center's weekly radio program.
Institute of Global Communications provides access to five networks: PeaceNet, EcoNet, AntiRacismNet, and WomensNet.
International Crisis Group This group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, with over 110 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. Review their resources, databases, and media releases for current information.
Selected for a Virtual Library - International Governmental Organizations and Foreign Governments
World Wide Web Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources. This section of the WWW Virtual Library presents over 1,100 annotated links in a range of international affairs topics. It is maintained by Wayne A. Selcher, Professor of International Studies, Department of Political Science, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Refer to the following book on Reserve:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition (BF76.7 .P83 2001)
or click on Style Manuals to locate guidelines for using correct citation format for APA, Chicago, MLA, and others.
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