Research Guides at CSU Pueblo Library: *Political Science Research: Getting Started

Political Science Databases with Scholarly Articles

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Recommended Databases

Below are a few selected political science databases. Visit the A-Z Databases list to find an expanded selection of subject-specific databases.

Academic Search Premier
Full-text articles, books, magazines, and videos for all major areas of academic research. Provided by Ebsco.
Global Issues in Context (Gale)
International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events, multimedia—including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs, and more.
JSTOR
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. Contains current and past issues of 2,300+ journals.
Military & Government Collection
Primary sources, speeches, and current scholarship pertinent to the increasing needs for all branches of the military and government.
PAIS Index (ProQuest)
Policy oriented literature from the social sciences, including law, the military, political science, international law and relations, as well as reports and commentary on public affairs from the serious general press. Includes scholarly articles as well as commentary and opinion.
SocINDEX
Full-text articles from "core" sociology journals dating back to 1895, and "priority" sociology journals. Also includes 500+ full-text books and monographs and 6,000+ conference papers.

Databases with News & Opinion Sources

Ethnic NewsWatch Collection (ProQuest)
Bilingual (English and Spanish) comprehensive full-text database of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press (1990-present).
Newspaper Source Plus
More than 860 full-text newspapers, and more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. Searches Pueblo Chieftain, Colorado Springs Gazette, and The Denver Post.
TOPICSearch
Covers current events including social, political and economic issues and scientific discoveries.

Databases with Government Information and Legislation

Constitute Project
The world's constitutions, provided in an easy to compare format.
Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
Historical and legal scholarship that draws upon thousands of sources to trace the Constitution’s progress through each of the thirteen states’ conventions.
Global Terrorism Database
Documents over 140,000 terrorist incidents from 1970-2014. Provides graphs of various data.
HeinOnline
Comprehensive collection of resources on legal history, government documents, case studies, treaties, constitutions, case law, treatises, foreign relations, and law journals.

Databases with Background Information

CIA World Factbook
Analysis and statistics on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues of nearly 300 countries.
Credo Reference
General reference books covering a broad range of topics.

Additional Research Guides

Below are a few selected research guides, which provide resources to help you begin your research. Visit the CSU Pueblo Research Guides page to find all our subject and course-connected research guides.

Discovery & Access: New Tools Research Guide
This guide will inform you of the various products from the Third Iron LibKey Complete Suite. These products are meant to help easily discover, access, and follow journals and articles.
eBooks
This guide aims to provide everything you need to know about eBooks at CSU-Pueblo! It is a work in progress.