Research Databases

Political Science

Law

• GPO: Government Printing Office FirstSearch
  Citations to government documents, 1976 - present.

• Legal Collection Ebsco
  Source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world from respected law journals.

• LegalTrac Gale
  

Political Science

• Historical Statistics of the United States
  Quantitative data of American history 1790-2000

• Military & Government Collection Ebsco
  Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government from periodicals, academic journals, and other content.

• Political Science Complete Ebsco
  Provides full text for more than 520 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product. The database also features over 340 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 36,000 full-text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.

• Statistical Abstract of the United States ProQuest
  Find stats on social, political, and economic conditions of the US.

• Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009
  

Reference

• Political Science Encyclopedias and Reference
  

Websites

• FirstGov.gov
  A gateway to U.S. Government websites categorized for consumers, business interests, and government employees. GPO Access is another gateway organized by the Government Printing Office

• Oregon.gov
  Official Oregon state website

Related Resources

• Academic OneFile Gale
  Academic articles, covering the sciences, technology, medicine, the arts, theology, literature and more - updated daily.
  
  
• Academic Search Premier Ebsco
  Citations to journal articles across academic disciplines, 1985 - present. Over half the entries include full text articles.
  
  
• Choice Reviews Online
  Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries is the premier source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. More than 35,000 librarians, faculty, and key decision makers rely on Choice magazine and Choice Reviews Online for collection development and scholarly research. Choice reaches almost every undergraduate college and university library in the United States.
  
  
• CQ Electronic Library Congressional Quarterly
  Search CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly Reports, CQ Global Researcher, and Political Handbook of the World all at once.
  
  
• General OneFile Gale
  News and periodical articles across many disciplines and topics
  
  
• JSTOR
  Contains complete full text archives (but not current issues) of over a hundred scholarly journals in a wide range of fields -- including mathematics, literature, history and the social sciences. Dates vary but include first issues up to 2-7 years behind present.
  
  
• Left Index Ebsco
  Articles from literature to the left with emphasis on "politically and culturally engaged scholarship both inside and outside the academy." 1982 - present.
  
  
• LexisNexis Academic Lexis
  Full text news, medical, legal, and reference information. Generally 1980-present, but dates can vary.
  
  
• OAIster OCLC
  Contains digital resources from open archive collections. Represents multidisciplinary resources from more than 1000 contributors worldwide.
  
  
• Opposing Viewpoints
  Articles exploring different sides of an issue - great for debate topics.
  
  
• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory Bowker
  Authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on periodicals of all types worldwide. Includes descriptions and reviews - not a place to find articles. (Updated regularly)
  
  
• Web of Science:Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded ISI Knowledge
  Multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences and sciences, 1990 - present