Information
Resources in Political Science
Pickler Memorial
Library
POL 300
Databases: Online indexes of scholarly journals and popular magazines dealing with issues in political science.
Social Science Abstracts: Citations from over 300 journals covering all the social sciences; coverage from 1983 onward
SocIndex
with Full Text. Comprehensive sociology
research database with full text for over 400 journals, 700 books and 6000
conference papers.
LexisNexis Academic: Business resources with coverage of accounting literature and company information. Also covers legal cases (state and federal), law reviews, and newspapers (some back to the early 1980s). Mostly full text.
LexisNexis Congressional: Full text federal government information, including bills and laws, congressional testimony, and voting records. Links to other sites for government information.
America:
History and Life: Scholarly journals in American history, politics, and
culture. Some full text links to articles through the JSTOR database.
Opposing Viewpoints
Resource Center: Information on
current social issues, including viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text
magazine and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images,
podcasts, and other website links.
General Databases: Databases less specific to political science but
sources for related articles and information
Academic Search Elite: Database accessed through EBSCOHost. Indexes both scholarly sources and popular magazines. Many full-text sources.
Reader's Guide Abstracts: Index of articles from popular magazines (Time, Newsweek, etc.)
Web Resources: Resources and guides for political science resources at PML
Politics and Government: Comprehensive list of web links of all aspects of political science
Political Science Research Guide: Listing of additional library resources available for political science
CIS and Congressional
Publications:
Guide to locating and using the
microfiche collection of Congressional Information Service (CIS). This includes Congresional and Senate
hearings, committee reports, and House and Senate journals.
Dr. Quinn’s Webpage: Links to other
resources, including the political science department at Truman, domestic and
international news links, general political science websites, and statistical
information on the African region.
Other Reference Resources: Sources in the reference collection at PML, with call numbers and online links where available.
The
American Political Dictionary
REF JK 9 .P55 (1997)
The Europa World Year Book. REF JN 1 E852 (latest
ed.--two volumes)
First part of volume one contains information on 1600+ international organizations;
extensive coverage of United Nations and related agenices; articles
on major organizations including WTO (World Trade Organization), European
Union, NATO. The remainder of the volume, plus volume two contain
articles on countries of the world--political, economic, social, commercial
information.
Economic Indicators Handbook: Time Series, Conversions, Documentation
REF HC101 .E38 (latest ed.)
How to Research Elections REF JK
1976 M37 (2000)
International
Financial Statistics REF HG 61
I57 (latest ed.) Published by the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) monthly with an annual cumulation, it provides detailed financial
statistics of the countries in the world.
Contains "country pages" and "world tables."
Data include exchange rates, money and banking accounts, interest rates, etc.
Political Handbook of the World REF JF 37 P6 (latest edition) Essential political information about
countries.
Statistical Abstract of
the United States HA 202 A32
(Reference stacks, Reference desk
and 3rd floor computer lab). Collection of economic, social and political
statistics pertaining to the
Vital Statistics on American Politics, 1999-2000 REF
JK 274 S74 (2000)
World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties REF JF
2011 .W67 (1999)
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations REF G63 .W67 (2001)