Political Science

These are the best places to start searching for articles. Wide breadth of coverage of key journals with links out to full-text resources.

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  The best place to start. Some full text is available in the database. It also includes links out to E-Journal content through "GET IT".

• Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)

• Project Muse

• CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
  Has some journal content re: international Affairs.  The best source for think tank papers with an international bent. Most are full text.
  

• JSTOR
  Does not have the last 3-5 years of most journals, but does contain long archives of key journals.

• E-Journals at Penn State

  • Political Science
  • Regional and International Studies
  • Public Policy and Administration

These databases provide access to significant archives of key journals or focus on specific areas such as history or economic aspects.

• America History and Life
  With Historical Abstracts (below), covers journals in history that may also pick up political history that may not be covered otherwise.

• Historical Abstracts

• EconLit
  Covers journals in the field of economics, and picks up political economy.

Use these databases to find information about the government, including congressional materials. government, including congressional materials.

• CQ Electronic Library
  A suite of databases with high-quality information to help you understand the working of the government. Use this link to search across the databases below:
  • CQ Almanac -- biographical information on members of congress and description of congressional district.
  • CQ Weekly
    the weekly news magazine of Congress
  • Congress and the Nation (Congressional Quarterly)
    Provides a broad overview of government activities in a 5-year period
  • CQ Congress Collection
    Information about how Congress works and bills they have passed
  • CQ Voting and Elections
    Statistics and data about elections
  • Vital Statistics of American Politics
    Politics by the numbers
  government. Use this link to search across the databases below:

• LexisNexis Congressional
  Full text of most congressional committee publications. Bill Tracking, Congressional Record and more (some historical material is not yet available but this database is being updated monthly with new content).

• LexisNexis State Capital
  Follow the activities of state governments. Includes Bill tracking,

• GPO Access
  The federal government portal to a wide range of online government resources.

• GalleryWatch
  Federal Budget information and Bill Tracking

These databases specialize in access to policy papers from think tanks and research sources.

• PolicyFile
  An index to papers from think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation or Brookings Institution. Links to online Web content.

• CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
  Great for think tank papers with an international bent. Most are full text. Also has some journal content.

• CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports
  Policy discussion produced by the CRS section of the Library of Congress for use by congressional members and staff.

• OxResearch [Oxford Analytica]
  Short analytical papers on public policy topics.

U.S. Statistics

• LexisNexis Statistical
  Both an index to statistical publications and a source of downloadable statistics. Covers federal, state, and international statistics.

• FedStats
  One of the main federal government Web sites for statistics.

• Census Data

  • American Factfinder

• CQ Voting and Elections
  Allows you to analyze voting patterns in elections.

• CQ Congress Collection
  Allows you to analyze a member of Congress' voting pattern.

International Statistics

• World Development Indicators (WDI)

• Global Development Finance

• SourceOECD Statistics

• International Financial Statistics

Polls

• Gallup Brain

• iPoll (Roper)

• LatinoBarómetro
  Downloadable polling data for Latin America

Data Sets

• ICPSR

• Social Sciences Statistics and Data Page

• SourceOECD
  Full-text documents and publications from the OECD. Also includes SourceOECD statistics

• WorldBank E-Library
  Full text of World Bank publications (PDF format)