Political Science Research Guide
Library Catalogs
Outline of the Library of Congress Classification System (what COD uses to shelve its books).
Other Nearby Public and Academic Libraries
Reference Works
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Chicago Region,
Citizenship,
Civil Liberties,
Constitution of the U.S.,
Controversial Topics,
Declassified Government Documents,
Disasters,
Economics,
Elections,
Genocide and Human Rights,
Geography,
Global Studies Resources,
Government,
Immigration Debate Issue,
The Media and Politics,
The Military - Industrial Complex ,
Peace Studies
Social / Demographic / Economic Statistics Sources.
The Sudan / Lost Boys.
Article Indexes
You must have a valid College of DuPage library
card to access the electronic indexes and databases from off-campus.
- Academic Search Premier [EBSCOhost]1984 to present; 1990 to present- full text). Abstracts from nearly 3000 journals and full text for 1250 journals including general reference, education, social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, library and information science.
- African Geopolitics. Free online journal.
- Blackwell Synergy. This is an index of articles published in journals that are printed by the Blackwell company. A wide variety of topics and journals are covered, but you only get bibliographic citations, no full-text articles. You can select a particular subject area to search in, or you can select a specific journal to search in by clicking on the broad subject, then selecting a small subject area from that next page, then selecting the particular journal title on the third page. You can move through the categories by clicking on the plus sign [+] to the left of the category name.
- Chicago
Tribune(1985-present).Full-text.
- CQ
Researcher (Nov. 1991-present).Full-text articles covering
topics of current interest and controversy.
- Electronic Journals for Political Science list.
- Expanded Academic Index (1980-present).2500 magazines and
journals.Some full-text.
- FindArticles.com. Citations to millions of journal articles.
- Foreign Relations/Diplomatic History/International Relations index of recent articles, no full-text.
- The Free Library. A database of free magazine and journal articles.
- Google Scholar. This provides access to many free full-text articles, as well as citations to many other articles.
- Handbook of Latin American Studies. Citations-only database from the U.S. Library of Congress.
- Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL). Access to citations and the full-text of thousandss of articles and official government reports. ON CAMPUS ACCESS ONLY. Click here for a description of the contents.
- IngentaConnect. This is an index to millions of journal articles, book chapters, reports, and more. Most are NOT available as full-text online items.
- Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC). No full-text articles.
- Newspapers (ProQuest) (1980's-present).Full-text of four major national
newspapers including the New York Times.
- Open Access Journals Directory (free full-text journal articles)
- Policybot. This is a database of over 17,600 public policy reports and documents, most of them full-text & free online.
- Project MUSE. This database provides citations and abstracts only.
- Sociological
Abstracts (1974-present). References & abstracts for
journals for political science and other related social science
disciplines.
- U.S. Military and Government Periodicals Index.
- Wilson SelectPlus (1994-present).Full-text of 400+ periodicals covering a wide range of topics.
- More COD Library journal and newspaper article databases.
- Does the C.O.D. Library own the journal that I need?
- Explanation
of the Difference Between Magazines and Journals
- How
to Read a Research Study Article.
Internet Sites
- How a Bill Becomes a Law in Illinois. (in chart form)
- How a Bill Becomes a Law in Illinois. (in written form)
- How Our Federal Laws are Enacted.
- How Our Federal Laws are Made.
- Illinois State Government
Internet Homepage
-
Illinois State Government Publications Catalog
- Illinois State Legislation - Status and Text. (Illinois Legislative Synopsis and Digest).
- Information about Governors around the Country.
- Inter - American Development Bank (IADB).
- International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- Just War Theory.com. Links to other resources on this philosophical/political topic.
- Liberal Think Tanks list.
- The Library of Economics and Liberty. This site has free online texts of hundreds of classic books and essays in the fields of economics and political science. From the Liberty Fund.
- MAPlight.org. Illuminating the connection between money and politics.
- The National Journal Group's Policy Central. A collection of links to organizations and online publications.
- Nationmaster. You can use this site to find statistics and make charts.
- National Constitutions
- National Institute of Money in State Politics.
- Northeast Illinois Congressional Districts. (map)
- Northeast Illinois State Legislative Districts. (map)
- Official
US Executive Branch Web Sites
- OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web. Links to statistics from foreign governments.
- On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill. Free full-text version.
- The Online Library of Liberty. This site has free online texts of hundreds of classic books and essays in the fields of government and political science. From the Liberty Fund.
- PeaceNet.
- Political Web (for
election information)
- Politics1.Resources
on parties, candidates, ideological positions, issues, and general
political news.Nonpartisan and covers a wide variety of organizations
and viewpoints.
- Presidential Speeches, audio versions.
- Project Vote Smart.
Free information about politicians including biographies, campaign
finances, issue positions, performance evaluations, and voting
records. http://www.vote-smart.org
- Public Opinion and Policy
Analysis from Public Agenda Online. http://publicagenda.org.
- The Rand Corporation. A highly-respected California think-tank that provides expert analysis of a variety of government problems and operations.
- Rankings of Countries by democratic development, press freedoms, human rights, rule of law, corruption, civil liberties, economic freedom, from World Audit.org.
- The Smoking Gun. (texts of elusive government publications)
- Social / Demographic / Economic Statistics Sources. Subdivided into local-, county-, and state-level electronic and printed COD resources. Although developed for marketing classes, it can certainly be utilized for other purposes as well.
- Sourcewatch. A watchdog group that tracks public relations and propaganda efforts to sway public opinion.
- State government associations topics search engine.
- Statistics selected by your Geography from Fed Stats/Map Stats.
- Think Tanks list.
- Thomas: Legislative Information
on the Internet.Full-text of House and Senate bills, Congressional
Record, and daily proceedings on the House and Senate floors.
- The Ultimate Political Science Links Page! (humor section at the bottom)
- United Nations
Scholars Workstation. Collection of texts, finding aids,
data sets, maps, and references to print and electronic information
concerning the activities of the United Nations. http://www.library.yale.edu/un/.
- U.S. Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports. (Indiana University)
- United States Legislative Branch
- United States Overseas Loans and Grants, a.k.a. "The Greenbook".
- USA.GOV. The main gateway to U.S. government web sites and online information.
- USA Spending.gov. Use this site to find out where the tax dollars are distributed.
- Virtual Library of Eastern Europe.
- World Audit.org. Provides rankings of countries by many different subjects.
- World Bank.
- Yahoo!
Political Science. Keyword searching for political science
topics.Good place to start your Web searching. http://www.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Political_Science
Checklists & Worksheets
Interlibrary Loan
Political Science Faculty Internet Homepages
Christian Goergen
David M. Goldberg
Carol J. Riphenburg
Library Reference Desk: 630-942-3364
Dan Blewett, Reference Librarian
(630) 942-2279
Office: SRC 3033
blewett@cdnet.cod.edu
