Political Science
A Quick Guide

Books and Other Media 

• Reed Library Catalog: Locate materials in Reed Library.
• WorldCat: Locate materials in other libraries, and request via interlibrary loan.

Journals/Articles 

• Academic Search Complete:  A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database indexing over 11,000 journals, as well as selected monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.  More than 7,100 periodicals are full-text and 6,100 are peer-reviewed.  A good starting point for research.
• Annual Reviews: Locate full text analytic reviews in Political Science. Coverage dates back to the 1930s for some publications.
• JSTOR: Provides a comprehensive backfile of major scholarly journals in the Arts and Sciences, Business, Ecology & Botany, General Science, Language & Literature, and Music.  Journals are not current, most having a "moving wall" or "embargo" of three to five years, depending on publication.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Primarily used for legal research, this source also covers news, financial, and medical information.
• SocIndex Plus Full Text: Provides journal articles for all areas of Sociology, with coverage for some journals dating back to 1895.

Reference

• Political Handbook of the World: Ref JF 37 P62
• The Statesman's Yearbook: Ref JA 51.S7
• Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy: Print Version also available Ref JX 1407.E53 2002
• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (Online Version)
• Oxford Reference: Includes over 175 subject reference works.

More Guides

• Legal Studies: Look for laws and legal information
• News & Current Events: See whats going on around the world
• Countries & Cultures: Find out about the countries and cultures of the world 

Other Tools

• The American Presidency Project
• Country Watch: Provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world.
• GovTrack.US:  Tracking the United States Congress.
• Internet Public Library:  Political Science
• The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2008: from the Museum of the Moving Image
• Open Secrets:  Nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy.
• PollingReport.com:  An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.  
• The White House