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Annual Review of Political Science*
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"The Annual Review of Political Science, in publication since 1998, covers significant developments in the field of Political Science including political theory and philosophy, international relations, political economy, political behavior, American and comparative politics, public administration and policy, and methodology."
Google Scholar
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Google's index to scholarly literature. While Google Scholar is available without restriction, full text access will often depend upon researcher affiliation.
SpringerLink*
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"Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works."

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window A scholarly, multidisciplinary database that provides access to journal articles covering a range of topics, including archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. It also indexes monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.
Alt-PressWatch This link opens in a new window Full text database of selected newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press.
Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new window This database indexes alternative, radical, and left periodicals and magazines. Coverage is both international and interdisciplinary and the database is updated on a quarterly basis.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window Annual Reviews offers comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Content spans disciplines within the biomedical/life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and economics.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports This link opens in a new window Part of ProQuest Congressional and includes reports on all subjects prepared by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress for members, committees, and staff of the U.S. Congress. Provides annotated indexing and searchable pdfs 1916- to present.
Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window Contains newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. It also provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window GenderWatch contains archival material dating back to 1970. This database includes journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings and governmental NGO and special reports devoted to women's and gender issues.
ICPSR Data Archive This link opens in a new window Repository of curated data sets pertaining to many disciplines within the social sciences. Contains original codebooks and descriptions of methodology, offers multiple file format downloads, and links data to relevant scholarly research. Users can search at the variable level and trace datasets to their use in academic publications.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window Contains core social sciences and related materials from over 100 countries, includes journals and books, book reviews, and book chapters back to mid-twentieth century.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Provides access to scholarly journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to journal articles, users can access book chapters, ebooks, and primary source documents.
Left Index This link opens in a new window The Left Index covers the literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship both inside and outside of academia.
This database only allows 5 simultaneous users.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Provides full-text access to U.S. federal and state statutes, regulations, court cases, administrative agency decisions, law reviews, to selected court briefs and pleadings, and legal news sources. Also includes international, national, local newspapers, and wire services, as well as radio and television transcripts. Business, medical, industry, and legislative magazines, journals, and newsletters and various directories are also available. Wide geographic coverage and translations from foreign-language sources, as well as news services like the Associated Press, Agence France Press, El Pais.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window Online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers, and statistics, and is the knowledge base of OECD's analysis and data.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window The PAIS Index covers global public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. It includes international sources such as journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. Newspapers and newsletters are not included.
Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window Periodicals archive online makes the backfiles of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the full text of digitized periodicals that have been indexed in its sister database, Periodicals Index Online. The database spans more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. It is international in scope, with the inclusion of more than 150 foreign-language titles.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window A broad collection of journals and ebooks with emphasis on humanities and social sciences. Publishers include numerous university presses and scholarly societies.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window A collection of historic and current congressional information. This database includes the full text of congressional publications, a bill tracking service, public laws, regulations, news and social media, nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports, hearings, and historical context summaries. Coverage also includes information about Congress, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, and financial data.
Roper iPoll This link opens in a new window Comprehensive, up-to-date source for U.S. nationwide public opinion. The iPoll is organized at the question level and provides tools to sift through historical and present-day national public opinion surveys.
Scopus This link opens in a new window An abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Content covers research output in the fields of physical science, health science, life science, technology, medicine, and social sciences.
Web of Science (WoS) This link opens in a new window Global citation database provides access to the Science Citation Index expanded from 1900 to the present, Social Sciences Citation Index from 1956 to the present, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index from 1975 to the present.
Westlaw This link opens in a new window Provides a starting point for legal research; use the search box to find a document by citation or name, or search for documents. Your best bet for an initial search will come from Secondary Sources, you can find the link in the Browse section.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing from political science literature, as well as international relations, law, and public administration/policy.

Political Science

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