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PPOL 170: Intro. to Public Affairs (Aitalieva)
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Scholarly Articles: Selected Databases

Hint: Use FIND IT to access the full text of articles. FIND IT links to other library databases or to Document Delivery.

PAIS (Public Affairs Indexing Service)
Scholarly articles in public policy and public affairs, as well as in the related fields of political science, government, international relations, economics, finance, law, environment, demography, sociology and business.

Politics Collection
Search across four ProQuest databases: PAIS, PolicyFile, Political Science Database and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Scholarly articles in political science and the related fields of public administration, international relations, law, and labor relations.
Social Science Database (ProQuest)
Search the full text of scholarly journals and magazines related to anthropology, communication, demography, economics, human services, political science, policy studies, psychology, and sociology.
Academic Search Complete
Scholarly articles in many disciplines. Also includes newspaper and magazine articles. You can limit by Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals.

HeinOnline Law Journal Library
Search the full text of a large collection of law review journal articles.

Criminal Justice Database
Provides indexing of more than 240 U.S. and international criminal justice journals, including the full text of more than 80 publications.

Google Scholar
Full text searching of articles and books. If you find a journal article of interest, try the "cited by" link. You can also add Library Links.

Scholarly Articles: Additional Databases & Related Fields

Library "Everything" Search
Search across many Helmke Library databases to find both primary sources and scholarly materials. After searching, try the filters at the left hand side. This is also a good place to look for items found in footnotes or a bibliography. If you don't find the full text of the item you're looking for, make a Document Delivery request. The "Everything" search is also the default search on the Library's homepage.

Web of Science
Prestigious scholarly journals across a range of disciplines. After searching, you can sort by "times cited" and choose a disciplinary category (at the left hand side).
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA)
This database spans the literature of health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education.
Business Source Complete
Scholarly and trade articles in the field of business. Also includes a strong collection of law review articles.
EconLit (EBSCO)
Find scholarly articles, books and working papers in the field of economics.
GreenFILE
Scholarly articles, magazines and book reviews on environmental and conservation issues.
JSTOR
Search the full text of journals in many disciplines, including over 37 journals in public policy and administration. You can narrow by date and you can also scroll down to narrow by discipline. Also includes book reviews.

LexisNexis Law Reviews
Find scholarly articles on legal issues. Try also the Advanced Options and Commands at a Glance.

Medline with Full Text
Scholarly articles from the field of medicine, including public health issues. Produced by the National Library of Medicine with coverage back to 1936.
Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Scholarly articles and magazines in the social sciences, including policy, sociology and political science.
Sociological Abstracts
Scholarly articles, magazines and dissertations from the fields of sociology and related disciplines such as anthropology, community development, demography, political science, social psychology, welfare services and women's studies.

Scholarly Articles: Selected Journals

Evidence & Primary Sources

Data and Statistics

Statistical Insight
Provides full-text access to a broad range of social science statistical data produced by U.S. federal agencies, state governments, and international intergovernmental organizations. It also contains the recent version of the Statistical Abstract of the United States.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

Government Information: Statistics and Data
Provides selected government websites offering statistical reports. See also: https://www.usa.gov/statistics. From Nicholls State University.
Government Information Google Search
Search for your keywords along with site:.gov, e.g.: immigration statistics site:.gov
Data.Gov
Datasets generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.

OECD iLibrary
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) iLibrary provides statistics and analysis on topics such as economic development, employment, living standards and world trade. Also useful for cross-country comparisons.

Legislation, Laws & Documents

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
To find CRS reports, do a Google search for CRS and a policy issue, e.g. Google for: CRS immigration. These non-partisan reports are created by the Library of Congress' Congressional Research Service for members of Congress.
HeinOnline
Full text searching and PDFs of core U.S. official documents, including the Pentagon Papers, U.S. Statutes at Large, Presidential Library, Supreme Court Library, Treaties and Agreements Library, Women and the Law, Legal Classics and World Constitutions Illustrated, among others.
Government Information Google Search
Search for your keywords along with site:.gov, e.g.: immigration statistics site:.gov
GovInfo.gov
The U.S. Government Publishing Office's digital portal, with U.S. bills, laws, Congressional reports, presidential papers, Supreme Court documents, regulatory information and more. See also the Govinfo.gov Guide and the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
Guide to Government Information
The Helmke Library guide to federal, state, local and international government information.

News, Reports & Commentary

PolicyFile
Access opinion articles and public policy reports from think tanks, research institutes and advocacy organizations, including groups such as RAND, the International Monetary Fund, the Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation.
National Newspapers Core [now known as U. S. Major Dailies]
Provides access to full-text articles in the Christian Science Monitor (1990 to present), Los Angeles Times (1985 to present), New York Times (Late ed. East Coast 1980 to present), New York Times Book Review (1997 to present), New York Times Magazine (1997 to present), Wall Street Journal (Eastern ed.) (1984 to present), and Washington Post (1996 to present).
Nexis Uni
Provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 information resources including newspapers, news magazines, wire services, and transcripts of major radio and TV broadcasts.

Reference & Background Information

CQ Researcher
Investigates "hot" topics in the news and presents concise and well-balanced information from all sides of the issue. Each report is written by an experienced journalist and includes a "Pro/Con" segment, a chronology, and a bibliography. US focus with some coverage of international affairs.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Provides information from all sides of current event issues including statistics, links to Web sites, and full-text articles from more than 30 major magazines and newspapers, utilizing the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
An e-reference collection of encyclopedias, almanacs and directories across a variety of topics and disciplines.

Citation Guides

Chicago Manual of Style - Purdue OWL
Consult the options at the left hand side of the screen for info. on creating a bibliography. From the OWL Purdue Writing Lab.
Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date System)
From Williams College Libraries
Style Manual for Political Science
From the American Political Science Association (APSA). Includes specific instructions on how to format references and other parts of your paper.

EndNote Web
You can import, organize and cite materials found in Express Search and other scholarly article databases.

The Chicago Manual of Style
Call Number: Ask at the Service Desk