Databases by Subject -- Political Science

Find Articles in Databases

Use the following databases to find articles in scholarly journals, magazines, conferences, etc.

Academic OneFile (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
Comprehensive database with millions of articles from journals and other reference sources. Includes articles on a variety of subjects such as: business and small business, communications and mass media, computers, criminal justice, diversity, education, environmental studies, health and medicine, landscaping and horticulture, military and terrorism, pop culture, psychology, religion and philosophy, and science. Includes the full-text coverage of The New York Times from 1995 to present.

General OneFile (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

OmniFile Mega (Partial Full-Text)
1982 - present
A one-stop multidisciplinary database covering many subjects such as: education, sciences, humanities, social sciences, etc. Contains everything (all the indexing, abstracting, and full-text) in the six other Wilson databases: Education Index, Science Index, Humanities Index, Readers' Guide Index, Social Sciences Index, Business Index.

General Reference Center Gold (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use General Reference Center Gold to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images. Find the latest current events, popular culture, business and industry coverage, the arts and sciences, sports, hobbies, and more.

LexisNexis Academic (Full-Text)
Find general, legal and news information. Includes U.S. and world news, wire service reports, television and radio news broadcasts, transcripts, blogs, business news, and web publications. Also locate U.S. and state laws, court cases, and legal reviews, as well as company information, and biographical information on business, political, legal, national and international figures.

Social Sciences Index (Partial Full-Text)
1983 - present
Use this database to find articles on many subjects in the social sciences such as: anthropology, communications, criminal justice, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, geography, law, minority studies, political science, psychology, sociology, etc. Many articles are full-text. The content in this database is also part of OmniFile Mega.

Points of View Reference Center (Full-Text)
1900 to present
A database of over 200 topics with an overview, point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument), a Guide to Critical Analysis, periodical and newspaper articles, book sections, biographies, primary source documents, images, and video. Topics include: affirmative action, alternative medicine, cloning, gun control, immigration, Iraq, stem cell research, and many more. Also included are guides on debating, developing arguments, evaluating sources, writing papers, and more.

Military & Intelligence Database (Partial Full-Text)
1980 - present
More than 600 military-related and general interest magazines, journals, news sources and reference materials with over 6 million articles covering a variety of topics including military history, aerospace, engineering, ethics, intelligence, law, policy, strategy, terrorism and more. The content in this database is also part of Academic OneFile and General OneFile.

Find an e-Journal

If you are looking for a list of journal or magazine titles about Political Science, go to the Full-Text online versions of these titles.

Useful Books Located in the Library

The Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party. (2 Vols.)
Kurian, George Thomas.
Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, 1996.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] JK2352 .K87 1996

The Encyclopedia of the Republican Party. (2 Vols.)
Kurian, George Thomas.
Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, 1996.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] JK2352 .K87 1996

The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. (4 Vols.)
Bacon, Donald C. ed.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] JK1067 .E63 1995

Congressional Quarterly's guide to Congress. (2 Vols.)
Washington, DC : CQ, 1999.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] JK1021 .C565 1999

Landmark legislation, 1774-2002 : major U.S. acts and treaties.
Stathis, Stephen W.
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2003.
Reference Room (3rd Floor) - [Ref] KF68 .S73 2003

CQ's Politics in America.
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 1999-
Ready Reference (3rd Floor - Reference Desk) - [Ref] JK1012 .C63 2004

Call Numbers for Browsing

J - Political Science	JK - Constitutional History and Administration
J - Official Documents	JS - Local Government
JA - Collections and General Works	JV - Colonization, Emigration and Immigration
JC - Political Theory	JX - International Law, International Relations

Selected Web Sites

Political Science Resources on the Web

Courtesy of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, this is a very good mega-site that collects links about political science from around the web.

University of Tennessee Web Links for Political Science

A portal to online information; includes access to every imaginable facet of political science - global, domestic, historical, contemporary, and philosophy.

Resources for Political Science

A mega-links site from Vanderbilt University for political science students. Also contains interesting and useful information on writing papers and evaluating Web resources.

Yahoo! Directory for Political Science