Databases for Political Science

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CIAO publishes a range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, foundation-funded research, proceedings from conferences, journals and policy briefs.

1991-present
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Includes six titles: CQ Almanac; CQ Researcher; CQ Magazine; Political Handbook of the World; Politics in America; and Supreme Court Yearbook.

1945-present
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This database contains full text articles from over 500 scholarly journals and and indexing and abstracts from 2,900 journal titles.

1989-present
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ProQuest Political Science provides access to nearly 500 leading political science and international relations journals, with over 400 titles in full text.

1980-present
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Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals, including more than 7,300 peer reviewed titles. Indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 12,500 journals.

1980-present
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Provides access to journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations. Covers U.S. and Canadian history.

1955-present
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Annual Reviews critically reviews the most significant primary research literature to guide researchers to the principal contributions of their field.

2007-present
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The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to 1975.

1704-1975
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ProQuest and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) have teamed up to digitize the association’s archives, bringing one of the most famous records of the civi

1909-1972
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The Health Poll database is a comprehensive database for health-related U.S. survey questions, covering eighty years of national polling.

1935-present
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The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to 2009.

1704-2009
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Provides citations with abstracts to over 1,700 journals,book and media reviews, and dissertations.

1955-present
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ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data.

1940-present
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The IBSS includes over 3 million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.

1951-present
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International Political Science Abstracts is published bimonthly by the International Political Science Association.

2007-present
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Core scholarly journals, ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads.

1800s-present (2-5 yr embargo)
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Written in French, Le Monde provides day-to-day news coverage of French, European, and international issues and events affecting politics, society, busi

Current
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Provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and magazines, and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

1975-present
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ProQuest Military Collection provides access to over 500 scholarly journals, with 400 titles available in full text.

1980-present
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Newspaper Source Plus provides full text coverage for 730 national & international newspapers.

2000-present
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LexisNexis has replaced LN Academic with Nexis Uni

Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.

1975-present
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Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline, explaining the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and setting the agenda for how those debates might evolve.

2000-present
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Provides citations, with some abstracts, to more than 3,000 sources including articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and book chapters about public affairs.

1914-present
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Includes journal articles covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of relevance.

1964-present
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Policy File Index is a web-based resource for information on public policy issues with indexing and linking to the output of over 350 think tanks and similar organizations.

1990-present
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This collection provides insight on fringe groups from both the right and left of the political spectrum through rare, hard to access primary sources.

1900-2000
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Comprehensive online collection of primary source congressional publications and legislative research materials covering all topics.

1789-present
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Roper iPoll archives datasets from thousands of surveys with national adult, state, foreign, and special subpopulation samples.

1935-present
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Sage Knowledge provides full text access to more than 200 social science encyclopedias and over 100 handbooks.

1994-present
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Social Science Database  provides access to over 1,000 scholarly journal titles, with around 700 available in full text.

1980-present
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Statista is a statistics portal that integrates data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets on over 60,000 topics from 18,000 sources.

Current
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Over 230 tables and figures devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, and much more.

1789-2016
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Contains over 50 million records cataloged by OCLC member libraries throughout the world: Appalachian State University Library is a member (OCLC member code=NJB).

1000 BC-present
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations, along with complementary fields, in

1975-present
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