Political Science Databases

Covers a wide range of disciplines and areas of study, including political science, sociology, economics, population studies, criminal justice, public health, aging, education, psychology, history, and substance abuse.

Fulltext database of thousands of magazine and newspaper articles, news wires, legal and government sources. Dates of coverage and updates vary from title to title.

Congressional Publications; bills, laws and regulations; locate information about current members of congress and congressional committees.

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 periodicals and 245 pamphlets, and offers indexing and abstracts for over 400 periodical titles.

Indexes monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics relating to public and social policies. The original historical subject headings have been retained in the file. Coverage is from 1915 through 1976.

Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more related to public and social policies. The database includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. 1972-present. Updated monthly.

Indexes public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Provides links to fulltext where available.

Keyword access to abstracts of RAND publications as well as full-text access to selected publications.

Index to the journal literature of the social sciences. It fully covers over 1,400 journals spanning 50 disciplines. Coverage also includes items relevant to the social sciences selected from 7,000 other journals. 1994-present. Updated weekly.

Indexes and abstracts articles at least one column in length from over 544 different English language periodicals in the social sciences, which includes anthropology, psychology, sociology, ethnic studies, political science, economics, geography, urban studies, and more. Fulltext of articles are available from about 175 of these periodicals. Indexing goes back to 1983. Abstracts began with January 1994. Fulltext availability varies title to title, but may go back to 1995. Updated daily. For indexing of articles appearing prior to 1983, use Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective.

This is the Web version of the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service, consisting of transcripts and translations of foreign news media, print and broadcast. The full database, going back to 1996, is available in the library only, and a librarian at the Reference Desk must log you in.

Indexes over 1,000 journals and books in the field of political science, as well as international relations, law and public administration/policy. 1975-present. Updated monthly.