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Note: All of these Penn State Libraries' resources are available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account
The complete list of Libraries' Databases
These are the best places to start searching for articles. Wide breadth of coverage of key journals with links out to full-text resources.
These databases provide access to significant archives of key journals or focus on specific areas (such as history or economics) that may relate to political topics.
Use the Libraries' Research Guides to identify other databases.
These databases specialize in access to policy papers from think tanks and research sources.
PolicyFile [Penn State Libraries]
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) [Penn State Libraries]
Great for think tank papers with an international bent. Most are full-text. Also has some journal content.
CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports [Penn State Libraries]
Policy discussion produced by the CRS section of the Library of Congress for use by congressional members and staff.
OxResearch (Oxford Analytica) [Penn State Libraries]
Short analytical papers on public policy topics
Use these databases to find information about the United States government, including congressional materials.
CQ Electronic Library [Penn State Libraries]
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 districts
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
Congressional [ProQuest] [Penn State Libraries]
Full text of most congressional committee publications. Bill Tracking, The Congressional Record, and more...
LexisNexis State Capital [Penn State Libraries]
Follow the activities of state governments. Includes Bill tracking,
FDsys (Federal Digital System) [U.S. Government Printing Office
The federal government portal to a wide range of online government resources
Statistical Insight [ProQuest] [Penn State Libraries]
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.
CQ Voting and Elections [Penn State Libraries]
Allows you to analyze voting patterns in elections.
CQ Congress Collection [Penn State Libraries]
Allows you to analyze a member of Congress' voting pattern.
World Development Indicators (WDI) [Penn State Libraries]
OECD iLibrary [Penn State Libraries]
International Financial Statistics [Penn State Libraries]
Government Finance Statistics [Penn State Libraries]
UNData (United Nations Data) [Penn State Libraries]
UN Comtrade [Penn State Libraries]
iPOLL (Roper) [Penn State Libraries]
LatinoBarómetro [Penn State Libraries]
Downloadable polling data for Latin America
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Administration and Society
This journal seeks to further the understanding of public and human service organizations, their administrative processes, and their effect on society. Empirical research reports and theoretical articles provide thoughtful and significant analyses of administrative issues at the federal, state and local levels.
American Review of Public Administration
This journal focuses on public administration broadly defined, publishing scholarship on all aspects of the field, including such areas as organization and management studies, program and performance evaluation, and budgeting and financial management, network governance, public involvement, and public service motivation.
Canadian Public Administration
This journal is the refereed scholarly publication of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). It covers executive, legislative, judicial and quasi-judicial functions at all three levels of Canadian government.
International Journal of Public Administration
This journal is an international, research-driven, peer-reviewed, publication aimed at exploring the latest developments in public administration and management — translating theory for practice and practice into theory.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
This journal encompasses issues and practices in policy analysis and public management. Listed among the contributors are economists, public managers, and operations researchers. Featured regularly are book reviews and a department devoted to discussing ideas and issues of importance to practitioners, researchers, and academics.
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
This journal serves as a bridge between public administration and public management scholarship on the one hand and public policy studies on the other. Its multidisciplinary aim is to advance the organizational, administrative, and policy sciences as they apply to government and governance.
Policy Studies Journal
This journal aims to publish articles that advance public policy theory, explicitly articulate its methods of data collection and analysis, and provide clear descriptions of how their work advances the literature.
Public Administration Quarterly
This is a general journal publishing single-article manuscripts and symposia in all areas of public administration, and is committed to the consistent use of the blind-review process in making publishing decisions
Public Administration Review
This journal has been the premier journal in the field of public administration research, theory, and practice for more than 60 years. Articles identify and analyze current trends, provide a factual basis for decision making, stimulate discussion, and make the leading literature in the field available in an easily accessible format.
Public Budgeting and Finance
This journal serves as a forum for the communication of research and experiences on all facets of government finance.
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management
The purpose of this journal is to focus on the theories and practices which frame the fields of public budgeting, governmental accounting and financial management.
Public Manager
This journal is a unique, independent, and nonpartisan quarterly journal about government leadership that works.
Review of Public Personnel Administration
This journal is peer-reviewed and published quarterly; and presents timely, rigorous scholarship on human resource management in public service organizations.
State and Local Government Review
This peer-reviewed journal provides a forum for the exchange of ideas among practitioners and academics that contributes to the knowledge and practice of state and local government politics, policy, and management
The Review of Policy Research
This is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of research and analysis examining the politics and policy of science and technology.
Urban Affairs Review
Peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, this is a leading scholarly journal on urban issues and themes
