Information Resources for Political Science
and Government Information

Best Resources for Finding Articles

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
  • International affairs-related literature from journals, conference proceedings, books, policy briefs and papers from research institutes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and foundations. Coverage varies by source, but begins as early as 1991.
• LexisNexis Congressional
  • Index to U.S. Congressional publications; text of bills, laws, regulations, Congressional testimony and publications; legislative histories; members and committees of Congress. 1789 - present
• CQ.Com
  • Comprehensive legislative tracking service for U.S. Congressional news, bills, committees, and members, with full-text CQ reports, federal documents, and transcripts. Users may customize reports and alerts. Includes CQ Budget Tracker, continuously updated information on the Congressional appropriations process, with full text reports and federal documents.
• CQ Electronic Library
  • Full text of Congressional Quarterly's premier print publication CQ Researcher (from November 1991).
• CQ Voting and Elections Collection
  • Voting data, analysis, and historical material on presidential, congressional and gubernatorial elections in the United States.
• Europa World
  • The Europa World Year Book online, with political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
• Gallup Brain
  • Searchable archive of 125,000 poll questions, with responses from 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll. Also, Gallup Poll News Service articles feature in-depth poll analyses and replicas of related news stories and press releases. 1935- present.
• Access World News
  • From the index page, click the link that reads, "America's Newspapers".
    Index and full-text of international print and broadcast news. 1996- present.
• ICPSR
  • Electronic archive for government and other survey data. Contact the BGIC staff for access to data archive.
• LexisNexis Academic
  • Index and full text to news, business, legal, medical, and reference materials and links to congressional and statistical information.
• U.S. Government Monthly Catalog
  • Index to U.S. Government information resources providing policy & background information on U.S. foreign relations, health, and much more from June, 1976.
• Digital National Security Archive
  • 63,000 of the most important declassified documents on U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. Search the documents or explore collections of primary resources organized by top scholars.
• PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service Archive)
  • Index to journals, books, government documents, conference reports, publications of international agencies, and more, from 1915-1976. PAIS Archive provides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies.
• PolicyFile
  • Abstracts of public policy research from think tanks, university research organizations, and publishers. Many links to full text documents and related Web sites. Contributors include the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, RAND Corporation, and many others.
• STAT-USA
  • A database of current and historical U.S. economic data and international trade information. Produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.

U.S. Government Resources

• GPO Access
  • Full text of U.S. federal bills, public laws, regulations and more from selected government departments and agencies.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. 1878- present.
• Congressional Research Service Reports, Hosted by UNT Libraries
  • searchable access to many of the full-text CRS reports that have been available at a variety of different Web sites since 1990.
• Open CRS
  • Provides access to Congressional Research Service Reports that are in the public domain. Reports cover many public policy topics.
• Government Periodicals Universe
  • Index to 250 periodicals published by the U.S. government. 1988 - present.
• National Agricultural Law Center: Congressional Research Service Reports
  • Reports from the CRS on agriculture and food issues.

Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• Article1st
  • Index to 12,600 + journals pertaining to science, medicine, technology, social science, business, humanities, and popular culture. Now includes journal Tables of Contents (formerly in Contents1st). 1990 - present.
• Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.
• ECO - Electronic Collections Online (Electronic Journals)
  • Indexes 5,400+ scholarly journals in a wide range of subjects. Abstracts and full-text are available for approximately 400 journals to which UNR subscribes. To limit results to these journals, check the "full-text" box. 1995- present.
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (1975-1996)
  • Indexes FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government on worldwide political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues or events. The reports are translations of foreign news or government sources.
• NTIS
  • Index to U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, engineering, and business-related information from 1960.
• PapersFirst
  • Index to conference papers contained in the British Library's collection of proceedings of symposia, conferences, and workshops. 1993 to present.
• PoliticalMoneyLine (FECInfoPro)
  • Comprehensive campaign finance and lobbying data. Limit of four concurrent users. After the site homepage opens, use one of the logins designated for UNR users to access content!
• ProceedingsFirst
  • Index to the proceedings of conferences from the collection held at the British Library. Contains tables of contents for most proceedings. 1993 - present.
• Social Sciences Citation Index
  • Part of Web of Science. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. On the search screen, clear the checkboxes for Science Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index if you do not want to search all 3 databases simultaneously (the default). An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool. 1,725 journals from 1965- present.
    Save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.

Style Guides

• Style Guides for Research Papers
  • Links to information about APA style, MLA style, citing government publications, and EndNote Web.
• Chicago Manual of Style
  • Search the Chicago Manual of Style and Chicago Style Q&A. Also provides "Tools," such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets. See the Citation Guide for examples of Chicago-style citations.