Political Science
Guide to Political Science library research
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This Research Guide is designed to aid students in using Iona University Library resources to complete projects and assignments for Political Science, including important reference works, articles in databases, and journals.
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Key Databases
- Congressional Research Service This link opens in a new windowReports are prepared for members of Congress by the Library of Congress to provide background information on major policy issues. Many reports are updated on a regular basis, this site includes most versions of the reports.
- CountryWatch This link opens in a new windowReports on political, business, demographic, cultural, and environmental information and statistics on countries around the world. Also includes daily news coverage by country, comparable country data sets and regional maps.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowEbook versions of encyclopedias and reference works covering most subjects, as well as a collection of classic literature and criticisms.
- Making of the Modern World This link opens in a new windowMaking of the Modern World provides digital facsimile images of unique primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Full-text searching across millions of pages of works from the period 1450-1930.
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowCovering many current social issues, features updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, images and other resources.
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States This link opens in a new windowThe Public Papers of the Presidents is compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The series provides an historical reference covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton.
- Very Short Introductions: History This link opens in a new windowVery Short Introductions are ebooks that offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas.
- Very Short Introductions: Politics This link opens in a new windowVery Short Introductions are ebooks that offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas.
- Britannica Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowArticles from Encyclopædia Britannica; headlines from the NYT and BBC, articles from 700+ magazines and periodicals, World data; maps, plus animations, videos, and audio files; and world atlas.
- Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new windowArticles from journals, magazines and other resources covering multidisciplinary topics.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year.
- Voting Rights and Election Law This link opens in a new windowThis collection has been curated by HeinOnline to showcase and collect resources related to voting rights and election law in political systems across the globe, to help users understand the nuances of electoral systems around the world. With thousands of pages of content on elections in countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, this database provides a truly global perspective.
- SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new windowSAGE Journals Online contains 600+ journals covering business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine. The full text of every issue is available from Volume 1, Issue 1 to the present.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowCongressional Quarterly reports addressing controversial current issues. Includes historical perspective, recent developments, statistics, opposing viewpoints, and sources for additional research.
- U.S. Major Dailies This link opens in a new windowU.S. Major Dailies provides access to U.S. national and regional newspapers, including Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and The New York Times.
- Bremer-Kovacs Collection: Historic Documents Related to the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 This link opens in a new windowA digital collection of legal and historical documents concerning the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 (APA), a formative law that defined and limited the power of administrative agencies in the post-New Deal America.
- Civil Rights and Social Justice This link opens in a new windowThis database brings together publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more Americans. Containing hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislation, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, this database allows users to educate themselves on the ways our civil rights have been strengthened and expanded over time.
- HeinOnline Academic This link opens in a new windowAccess to state and federal case law and articles from scholarly journals. Text of the world's constitutions, U.S and classic treatises and presidential documents.
- Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new windowHeinOnline's Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: History, Culture & Law was designed to consolidate the material available on indigenous American life and law, and to share the influence that their cultures have had on the development of the United States. Included in this database are: Indigenous treaties, treaty-related publications, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, scholarly articles, books and pamphlets and more.
- LGBTQ+ Rights This link opens in a new windowThis collection charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today. All titles in this collection have been assigned one or more title-level subjects relating to their scope, and are further divided into six subcollections, whose areas of focus constitute Marriage and Family, Employment Discrimination, Military Service, AIDS and Health Care, and Public Spaces and Accommodations.
- Statistical Abstracts of the United States This link opens in a new windowStatistical Abstract of the United States, published annually by the federal government since 1878, is the best known statistical reference publication in the country. The Statistical Abstract is valued as both an answer book and a guide to statistical sources. As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people.
- Voting Rights and Election Law This link opens in a new windowThis collection has been curated by HeinOnline to showcase and collect resources related to voting rights and election law in political systems across the globe, to help users understand the nuances of electoral systems around the world. With thousands of pages of content on elections in countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, this database provides a truly global perspective.
