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RECOMMENDED DATABASES by SUBJECT: Political Science
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CQ Vital Statistics on American Politics
Coverage varies. Sources are monographs, government publications, Political Science journals , the Internet and more. Provides basic statistical information on congress, elections, the presidency and the judiciary. Also includes issues related to state and local government issues, media analyses, campaign finances, foreign, social and economic policy. Reference guides to statistical analysis are included. Tables download into Excel and CSV formats.
CQ Voting and Elections Collection
Abstracts and references. Integrates data, analyses, explanations and historical material. Includes reference and research tools on American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections.
CQ Weekly
Coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity.
GPO Monthly Catalog
1976-present. U.S. government bills, conference proceedings, documents fact sheets, handbooks, hearings (Senate and House), laws, maps, periodicals, presidential statements, regulations, reports, studies, and treaties
Impact/ACCESS GDCS
1976-present. U.S. government bills, conference proceedings, documents fact sheets, handbooks, hearings (Senate and House), hypertext links, laws, maps, periodicals, presidential statements, regulations, reports, studies, treaties; Depository Library item selection profiles and local holdings
JSTOR
Varies as far back as 1872-1998 (moving wall) annual and biennial reviews, journal articles (full text), proceedings and yearbooks
Legal Periodicals Full Text
Indexing 1981+, Abstracting 1990+, Select Full Text 1995+. Indexes books and book reviews, bar association organs, government publications, institutes, law reviews, legal journals, yearbooks: for U.S. Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Codes and regulations, directories, European Union Law, federal and state case law, law reviews, legal news, patent research, Shepard's citations
Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe
Varies, 1970-present. CIS Index, congressional bills, committees, laws, members, publications, regulations, testimony and related web sites
National Journal Publications
Includes the Almanac of American Politics, Hotline, the National Journal , CongressDaily, American Health Line and Technology Daily. Also includes polls, news, guides, campaign information and bill status and market reports.
Newspaper Abstracts
1989-present. Citations and abstracts only. Commentaries, cartoons, editorials, news articles, reviews
PAIS, Public Affairs Information Service and PAIS Archive
1972-present. References to articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, government documents, public affairs, statistical directories. The Archive, 1915-1976, includes references to monographs, periodical articles, and analytics
Polling the Nations
the most comprehensive collection of public opinion, with information from the United States and more than 100 countries around the world
Washington Information Directory

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