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Databases & Indexes: Politics & Government


Periodical Indexes and Full Text material

  • International Political Science Abstracts
    •    Indexing and abstracts of articles from over 1,000 journals worldwide published from 1951 to the present.
     
  • PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Services)
    •   Index to articles, books with a focus on social, economic, and political policy.
     
  • Routledge Reference Books on Politics and International relations 

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  • Left Index
    •    Index to left-wing literature in politics, economics, social sciences and humanities. 1982 and earlier to present.
     
  • URBADOC
    •   International databases containing over 700,000 references on urban and regional policy and planning. Many links to full texts are supplied.
     
  • Oxford Scholarship Online: Political Science
    •   Full text of recently published books on political science.
     
  • Country Reports (Economist Intelligence Unit)
    • Economic and political analysis of events in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya. Two-year political and economic outlook. Text supported by data tables and charts. Access by password.

     


    Congress and the Government


     
  • CQ Press Congress A to Z
    •   Explore rich analysis of how the legislative process works and learn about landmark legislation.
     
  • CQ Press Elections A to Z
    •   Research vital aspects of campaigns and elections and learn more about the development of political parties.
     
  • CQ Press Presidency A to Z
    •   Explore the complex operations of the executive branch and learn more about the Presidents and their administrations.
     
  • American Presidency Project
    •  Thousands of documents, recordings and videos dealing with current and historical information on American presidents from 1789 to present.
     
  • CQ Press Supreme Court A to Z
    •   Explore comprehensive coverage of landmark cases and the justices who decided them.
     
  • CQ Press Constitution A to Z
    •   Explore how the U.S. Constitution remains a malleable document and learn about significant legal concepts.
     
  • CQ Researcher and CQ Global Researcher
    • In depth coverage of current issues in government and of global affairs. Common searching platform for both databases, green icon in search results indicates Global Researcher.
     
  • CQ Weekly
    •    Weekly journal of legislative news and analysis.
     
  • CQ Encyclopedia of American Government
    •   A reference work on Congress, the Presidency, the Supreme Court, and the election process.
     
  • CQ Washington Information Directory
    •   A guide to national organizations and government agencies.
     
  • CQ Congress Collection
    •   Legislation, biographies of members, votes, and documents.
     
  • CQ Politics in America
    •   Authoritative resource for information on the members of Congress.
     
  • CQ Supreme Court Collection
    •   Commentary and analysis on Supreme Court decisions, biographies of justices, and history.
     
  • CQ Voting and Elections Collection
    •   Presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial election and campaign informatin. Political parties and demographics are also covered.
     
  • CQ Congress and the Nation
    •   Explanations of the acts of Congress from 1945 to the present.
     
  • Early Republic
    •  Primary material documenting the actions, debates, and thoughts of the First Federal Congress and its members.  
     
  • Proquest Congressional Universe
    •    Comprehensive, full-text information about Congress, legislation, members, etc. 
     
  • Who's Who in American Politics (Marquis Biographies Online)
    •   Biographies of today's political leaders.

    Government Documents

  • USAGov
    •   As the US government's official web portal, it makes it easy for the public to get  government information on the web.
     
  • FDsys: Federal Digital System   Provides free online access to official Federal Government publications. Full text of legislative, executive and judicial Federal resources, including Congressional bills, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Codes, etc.

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  • Government Documents Index   Catalog of U.S. Government publications (online counterpart of the Monthly catalog) with direct links to documents available online.

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  • Europa World Plus
    •    The online version of the Europa World Yearbook and the nine-volume Regional Surveys of the world series.  Political and economic information for more than 250 countries.
      
  • CQ Historic Documents
    •   Full text of thousands of U.S. documents since 1972, including presidential speeches, treaties, Supreme Court decisions and various government reports.
     
  • Index to United Nations Documents
    •   Provides access to U.N. documents from 1966 to the present. Recent documents are available in full text.
     
  • United Nations Documents
    •   Full text of U.N. official documents.
     
  • Federal Depository Library Program Electronic Collection
    • Comprehensive digital library of U.S. Government information, drawn from a wide variety of sources, and sharing the attributes of being of public interest or educational value.
     
  • Westchestergov.com
    •   News and information about Westchester County Government.
     
  • Thomas
    •   Complete information about Congress and Congressional bills, committees, etc.
     
  • National Archives
    •   U.K. government records and information management

    Public Policy

  • CQ Public Affairs Collection
    •    Statistical and historical analysis, historic documents, primary source materials and directories of organizations. Covers over 20 subject areas including advocacy, education, energy, environment and transportation.
     
  • PolicyFile
    •    Provides online access to public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. 

    International Politics

  • CQ Global Researcher
    •    Provides in-depth coverage of global affairs.
     
  • CQ Political Handbook of the World
    •    Comprehensive country profiles chronicling national history, government, political parties and other organizations.
     
  • Country Studies
    •    Online versions of books published by Library of Congress for the U.S. Dept of Army between 1988-1998 focusing on 101 lesser known countries.
     
  • Country Watch
    •    Detailed information on each of the recognized countries including maps, names of leaders, etc.
     
  • AidData
    •  Comprehensive database on international development finance and foreign aid, accompanied by a variety of innovative software applications to analyze these data.
     
  • Columbia International Affairs Online
    •   Full text of books, journals, and documents on international affairs published by Columbia University Press.
     

    Statistics and Polls

  • Gallup Poll   Gallup polls going back to 1930.
     
  • Polling the Nations
    •   Reports of polls on hundreds of topics.
     
  • Polling Report.com
    •   Results of the latest polls by all the major polling organizations.
     
  • Roper Center
    •   The largest online archive of public opinion.
     
  • iPOLL
    •   A comprehensive database of 500,000 questions and answers asked in the US since 1935.
     
  • ICPSR
    •   Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research provides access to a vast archive of social science data files.
     
  • CQ Vital Statistics on American Politics
    •   Comprehensive coverage of American political statistics from 1788.

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