Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences — Social Sciences
Political Science
Subject Specialist
- Marcia Meister
- mlmeister@ucdavis.edu — (530) 752‑3053 — Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/)
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Subject Specific Databases
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=polisci&adv=1) VPN
- Covers international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration policy
- Coverage: 1975-present
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- Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/polsci-set-c.php)
- Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
- PAIS International Database [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=pais&adv=1) VPN
- Indexes all types of materials in the area of public affairs and public policy. Topics include agriculture, banking, demographics, education, environment, finance, government, health, law, legislation, political science, social sciences, and statistics.
- Coverage: 1972-present
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- Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/pais-set-c.php)
- Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
- PAIS Archive [via CSA Illumina] (http://uclibs.org/PID/96725) VPN
- Online version of the PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Annual Cumulated Bulletin, Volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976. This index provides historical perspective on many public policy, political, economic, and social issues worldwide. Included are references to monographs, periodical articles, government documents, reports, and pamphlets.
- Coverage: 1915-1976
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- The complete print version of the PAIS bulletin is located in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Department, 2nd Floor Shields Library
Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Z7163 P8
- CQ Electronic Library (CQ Researcher and CQ Weekly Report) (http://www.library.cqpress.com/) VPN
- Congressional Quarterly's web service provides access to the CQ Researcher, an invaluable source of background information and research summaries on topical issues since 1991. CQ Library also includes CQ Weekly Report back to 1983. CQ Weekly reports impartially and in detail on Congressional activities and political developments. Enter and search each database independently, or, search from the CQ Library home page, where you may register a user profile in order to save documents and search strategies.
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- Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=DDRS) VPN
- DDRS is a collection of over 75,000 primary source government documents. The documents cover the post-World War II period through the 1970's and later. Nearly every major foreign and domestic event of these years is included (such as the Cold War, Vietnam Conflict and civil rights movement). Some of the source agencies included are the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of State, Department of Defense, plus the White House, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Department of Justice. The documents are provided by the presidential libraries, that release them as researchers request them.
- Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) (http://uclibs.org/PID/96899) VPN
- DNSA contains nearly 40,000 declassified documents, totaling more than 250,000 pages. These include briefings, policy documents, presidential directives, White House communications, diplomatic dispatches, etc. DNSA is comprised of fifteen collections, each focused on a single topic, such as Afghanistan, The Berlin Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran, The Iran-Contra Affair, Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, Nicaragua, The Philippines, Presidential Directives on National Security from Truman to Clinton, South Africa, The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Analysis of the Soviet Union, the US Intelligence Community, Military Uses of Space, and U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy.
- Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) (http://db.eiu.com/publications.asp) VPN
- EIU Country Profiles and Reports provide objective and timely analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in more than 180 countries. Annual profiles are updated by quarterly reports
- Coverage: 1996-present
- FDsys (GPO's Federal Digital System) (http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
- Federal Digital System (FDsys) from GPO (Government Printing Office)provides public access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies. The new digital content management system will eventually contain many U.S. government information resources managed by the Government Printing Office. FDsys contains the following frequently used full-text files:
* Budget of the U.S. Government
* Code of Federal Regulations
* Compilation of Presidential Documents (1993 to Present)
* Congressional Bills (103rd Congress to Present)
* Congressional Documents (104th Congress to Present)
* Congressional Hearings (105th Congress to Present)
* Congressional Record (1994 to Present)
* Congressional Reports (104th Congress to Present)
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Report of the President
* Federal Register (1994 to Present)
* Public and Private Laws (104th Congress to Present)
* Public Papers of the President
* Statutes at Large
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- GPO Access [via U. S. Government Printing Office] (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/)
- Provides free electronic access, funded by the Federal Depository Library Program, to federal legislative, executive, judicial, and regulatory full-text materials, and administrative decisions. Includes text of Congressional bills, reports and documents, Supreme Court opinions, General Accounting Office reports, Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, Statutes and U.S. Code. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.
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- Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) (http://www.hsdl.org) VPN
- The HSDL is an authoritative tool for research in the field of homeland security, which includes topics such as terrorism, public health, borders and immigration, intelligence, civil liberties, weapons and the military. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Grants and Training is providing the HSDL to homeland security officials, educators and students in an effort to further advance national research and policy development.
- Left Index [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/20838) VPN
- Citations in diverse literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
- Coverage: 1982-present
- LexisNexis Congressional (http://uclibs.org/PID/6941) VPN
- Provides detailed indexing from 1789 forwards for publications of Congress: documents, reports, hearings, unpublished hearing transcripts, laws and regulations, plus legislative histories and information on members of Congress. LexisNexis Congressional also includes the digital U.S. Congressional hearings collection from 1824-1979. Full text for congressional committee documents and reports is included from 1990 to current.
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- National Journal Group's Policy Central (http://nationaljournal.com/) VPN
- Comprehensive resource on politics and policy for the academic community. Includes: National Journal (non-partisan weekly journal on politics), Almanac of American Politics, The Hotline (tracks American politics and campaigns with coverage of each day's events), Ad spotlight (tracks televised political ads), CongressDaily (twice-daily insight on developments and key players in Congress), Markup reports (committee meetings on key bills), Technology Daily, Poll Track (database of over 5,000 public opinion surveys), Earlybird (the morning's top news stories and editorials), and Daybook (schedules of House, Senate and other events).
- Coverage: National journal 1977-; other coverage varies by section.
- Sociological Abstracts [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=socioabs&adv=1) VPN
- Sociological Abstracts Database is a primary resource for accessing the latest research sponsored in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database draws information from an international selection of over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
- Coverage: 1963-present
- Related:
- Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/socioabs-set-c.php)
- Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
- Thomas: Legislative Information from the Library of Congress (http://thomas.loc.gov)
- Thomas, from the Library of Congress, is a legislative information database. Search bill text by word/phrase or bill number for for current congress and previous congresses from 1989 through current. Find bill summary and status from 1973 through current congress. Congressional Record 1989 to present. Roll Call Votes 1989 to present. Public Laws 1974 to present.
- AccessUN [CD-ROM]
- Indexes United Nations documents including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and the UN Treaty Series citations. Includes full-text of several thousand UN documents. Published by NewsBank.
- Coverage: 1998-2004
- Location: Contact Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Services to use this index, or contact International Government Information Specialist, Juri Stratford, jtstratford@ucdavis.edu
- Related:
- See Index to United Nations Documents on CD-ROM for index covering 1990-2003.
- United Nations ODS (Official Document System) (http://documents.un.org/)
- The United Nations Official Document System comprises the full text of all United Nations parliamentary documents, including resolutions and decisions issued at United Nations Headquarters in New York and the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1993 (with selected earlier coverage), and at the United Nations Office at Vienna since 1997, as well as documents from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific beginning in 1997. In addition to parliamentary documentation, all currently valid United Nations administrative issuances (ST/AI/-, ST/IC/- and ST/SGB/-) are included in the database.
- Coverage: 1993-present.
- World Development Indicators (WDI) (http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMembers&userid=1&queryId=6) VPN
- The WDI database of development data from the World Bank contains over 600 time-series indicators for 208 countries and 18 country groups. Data covers 1960 to current (when available), and offers charting and data export formats. Indicators include statistics on national and per capita income, trade, health, environment, and other measures of development.
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- Data Query (http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMembers&userid=1&queryId=135)
The World Bank also maintains a free site, Data Query, which offers a smaller set of WDI indicators and five years of data, but uses a similar data retrieval system as WDI Online.
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
- THIS DATABASE HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR BUDGETARY REASONS. Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. Some full text books and articles about foreign relations and policy are included.
- Coverage: 1991-present
General Databases
- Access World News [via NewsBank] (http://uclibs.org/PID/23120) VPN
- Access World News from NewsBank provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. Access World News also includes a selection of Spanish language newspapers from the United States and other countries. Date coverage varies with individual newspaper.
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- LexisNexis Academic (http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic) VPN
- One of the largest web-based full-text databases for current news, business and legal information, supporting a broad range of interdisciplinary research, LexisNexis Academic provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 individual titles. Includes a wide range of U.S. and foreign newspapers, plus transcripts of television and radio news programs. Business resources include business articles, accounting literature, company financial information. Legal resources include state and federal laws and regulations, a full range of case law, and law review articles.
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- General Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
- This is a list of the best general databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It includes abstracting and indexing services, FullText Databases and Electronic Journal Libraries which are of interest to the variety of fields in the the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- Academic Search Complete [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/126936) VPN
- The multi-disciplinary database Academic Search Complete (ASC) provides full-text access to more than 5,500 periodicals, including over 4,600 peer-reviewed journals, and indexing and abstracts for an additional 9,500 journals and 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers coverage of information in many areas of academic study including, but not limited to: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and many other fields. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
- Coverage: 1887-present
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Full-text Resources
- Annual Review of Political Science (http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/loi/polisci)
- Political Science review articles.
- Coverage: 1998- present
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of 773 important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are NOT included. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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- About J Stor (http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/)
Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials.
- Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) (http://www.lapopsurveys.org/)
- The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), hosted at Vanderbilt University, links to over 60 academic studies based on survey research conducted mainly in Latin America. The LAPOP surveys analyze citizen views on topics that range from system support and political tolerance, to citizen participation, local government, corruption, and views on authoritarianism. To date surveys have been conducted and are now being archived for: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela as well as for Madagascar, Israel and Albania.
- Political Science: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (http://online.sagepub.com/collection.dtl?coll=POLI) VPN
- Full-text political science journals available from Sage. Titles go back to 1890. Browse a list of journals or search all full text.
- Presidential Speeches (http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/diglibrary/prezspeeches/index.html)
- This site offers a growing selection of transcripts or recordings of speeches by American Presidents. It currently includes speeches by 11 presidents from Abraham Lincoln to William J. Clinton.
- Theses Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html)
- Theses and dissertations in the Library and Archives of Canada. Full-text theses in PDF format available for some documents. The mission of Theses Canada is to acquire and preserve a comprehensive collection of Canadian theses at the Library and Archives of Canada and provide access to this valuable research within Canada and throughout the world.
As of 2008 there are approximately 300,000 theses and dissertations on microform in Library and Archives Canada's collection. Of these approximately 50,000 are also available electronically.
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/CRSR/browse/)
- Author: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service - from UNT
- The Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of Congress, provides fact-rich, unbiased, nontechnical reports to members of Congress regarding a variety of issues. The Reports are not available in any one place, and are not freely distributed. However, several different sites collect and maintain the CRS reports.
- Location: CRS Reports at UNT
- Related:
- Political Science (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/index.php?heading=21)
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
- Internet Resources in Political Science [ UC Davis Library ] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/poli-sci/poli-sci-internet.php)
- This page gathers links to important resources available on the Internet for the study of Political Science.
- Print Resources for Political Science [ via UC Davis Library ] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/poli-sci/poli-sci-print.php)
- This page highlights important print resources in Shields Library for the study of Political Science.
- Demography Resource Guide [UCD Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=119)
- This Demography Resource Guide contains lists and links to statistical sources, research centers, databases and journals in demography and poulation studies. Includes a list of imporatant print references sources for the field and a link to important internet resources.
- Global Research: Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) (http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=advSearch)
- The Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG), based in Montreal, is an independent research and media group which publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of globalization and anti-globalization issues, focussing on social, economic, strategic and environmental processes by writers, scholars, journalists and activists.
Their data bank includes a classification by author, and by country for articles published after 2004. Previously published material is also searchable by keyword. Also of interest is an archive of audio-video material.
Contains English and French material, as well as Spanish and Portuguese translations.
- Coverage: 2001-present
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- United States Foreign Policy and Relations; Selected Government Information Resources [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/govinfo/federal/foreignrelations.php)
- Guide to online and printed resources about United States foreign relations published by the Federal government and other resources. Guide includes free resources as well as licensed databases. Links are included to relevant foreign policy and political science materials, many of them published by the U.S. Department of State.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
- International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- This 26 volume encyclopedia for the social and behavioral sciences contains lengthy articles on a wide array of social and behavioral science topics including, economics, sociology, & psychology. It contains biographical information, bibliographies, and a comprehensive subject index. It is available in print.
- Date: 2001
- Location: Shields Library, Hum/SS Ref. H41 I58 2001
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Other Resources
- Voting America - United States Politics, 1840-2008 (http://americanpast.richmond.edu/voting/index.html)
- A project of the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond. Datasets for election results were used to map voting in presidential elections.
- International Relations and Security Network (ISN) (http://www.isn.ethz.ch/)
- The ISN is a free public service that provides grey literature of all types, daily briefings, a monthly summary, primary source material, books, and journals from institutes, universities, and agencies around the world as well as case studies and hundreds of e-learning courses. The ISN works to promote a better understanding of strategic challenges in a global security environment. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), the ISN was launched in 1994 and is jointly funded by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS).
- United States Bureau of the Census (http://www.census.gov/)
- This U.S. Census Bureau site is the entry point to the 2000 Census data as well as more current American Community survey data, economic statistics, and geographic and map products. It includes links to the "American FactFinder and to "Quick Facts" summary profiles for places, counties, and states.
- Coverage: Links to the Decennial Supplementary Surveys, the 1990 census, and selected historical data from 1790-1990.
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- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/) VPN
- The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion.
Producer: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Access: Search Roper's Remote iPoll Databank, Search Roper's Remote Online Catalog of Studies
The data collections provided by the IGA Library & Data Archive are licensed for campus access. In some cases, access is restricted to UC Davis faculty, staff, and students with valid university computing accounts (UC Davis user id / Kerberos password). In other cases, access is restricted to the campus network. Data are made available with the understanding that they are to be used for not-for-profit academic research only and are not to be copied or otherwise made available to any third party. All data used for research should be given an appropriate citation in any resulting published work.
- Polls and Surveys Subject Guide [UC Davis] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/index.php?heading=140)
- The Polls and Surveys Subject Guide provides links to databases indexing public opinion polls.
Professional Societies
- American Political Science Association (http://www.apsanet.org/)
