Research Guide: Political Science Databases

From Yale, "Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government."

Information on the 106th, 107th , 108th, 109th, and 110th Congress including congressional profiles, contact info, district data, key votes. Print version is in Reference JK1010.P64. One simultaneous user.

Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with summaries of the issues. Full text. Five simultaneous users.

Index (with abstracts) to journals in criminal justice and related disciplines. Covers crime trends, crime prevention and deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police, courts, punishment and sentencing.

"The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian and printed volumes are available from the Government Printing Office."

Contains about 275,000 journal article citations concerning Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Brazil, and Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.

Covers almost 900 journals from 1989-present in the area of political science. Only contains citations.

Provides access to the full text of over 300 scholarly journals across many subject areas. The objective of JSTOR is to provide all issues back to Volume 1, Issue 1 for all journals. (Due to copyright restrictions, the most recent 3-5 years are unavailable.)

Contains full text general news and reference information, as well as legislative, legal, business, financial, and health sources. Includes the full text of major newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Le Monde. Updated daily.

Current news pertaining to all branches. Provides full-text for about 300 journals.

Full text/full image version of The Nation magazine, "a dissenting, independent, trouble-making, idea-launching journal of critical opinion", from 1865 to the present. Searchable by author, keyword, title, date range. Includes articles, book reviews, film reviews, poems, cartoons, and illustrations.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database. Provides summaries of more than 190,000 criminal justice publications. About 7000 full text publications are available through the NCJRS Virtual Library.

The New York Times archive provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. It is possible to limit by article type including: classified ad, display ad, editorial cartoon, letter, comic, editorial article, review, stock quote, weather, legal notice, and real estate transaction.

Includes over 1500 full-text U.S. and international newspapers as well as over 500,000 television and radio news transcripts, videos, and podcasts.

Contains about 2000 viewpoint articles, 1000 topic overviews, 700 court case overviews, and 30 full text periodicals and newspapers. The Research Guide provides tips on analyzing issues with opposing viewpoints, distinguishing fact from opinion, evaluating information sources, and recognizing deceptive arguments.

Provides access to back files of over 550 complete full-image journals spanning 200 years in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Information on the 106th, 107th , 108th, 109th, and 110th Congress including congressional profiles, contact info, district data, key votes. Print version is in Reference JK1010.P64. One simultaneous user.

Full text of over 100 scholarly journals in fields including literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political science, gender studies, and economics.

Index to popular magazines and journals. Particularly useful for historical research. Many of the articles are available in either print or microfilm format in the Milne Library basement. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance. Four simultaneous users.

Current events database provides full text for over 139,800 articles from more than 4,800 diverse sources.

"A deep database of every vote in the United States Congress since the 102nd Congress (1991). It lets you browse votes in a variety of ways -- both in aggregate and for individual members of Congress." From the Washington Post.