Following is a selection of databases useful for political science and public affairs research. In addition to identifying scholarly journal articles, many of these databases also index book chapters, grey literature, and other information sources. |
| Agricola From the holdings of the National Agricultural Library. Excellent for the politics of the food and water supply, agricultural trade, environmental factors in agriculture, and agricultural policy. |
| Alt-Press Watch UW Restricted Selected newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press. |
| America: History and Life UW Restricted History of the United States and Canada. |
| Business Source Complete UW Restricted Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance, international business, econometrics and economics |
| Congressional
Universe UW Restricted Access to a vast collection of congressional publications, including hearings, prints, and reports. Also includes legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data, as well as full text of key regulatory and statutory resources. |
| Digital National Security Archive UW Restricted A rich collection of primary documents. Includes more than 43,000 declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions |
| Dissertations & Theses Full Text UW Restricted Over one million full-text dissertations, including most dissertations written since 1997 from U.S. universities, and citations for dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present. |
| EconLit UW Restricted Major index to economics-related literature; 1969 to the present. |
| Geobase UW Restricted Interdisciplinary coverage of journals in political geography, development, economic geography, geography, ecology, earth science, and marine science; excellent for the politics of resources, boundary disputes, and strategic geographic factors. |
| Handbook of Latin
American Studies UW Restricted Extensive coverage in the social sciences and humanities; 1935 to present. Includes Spanish, Portuguese, English and other lanugage publications. |
| Historical Abstracts UW Restricted Worldwide topical coverage in history (other than the U.S. and Canada), 1450 to the present. |
| Index
to Foreign Legal Periodicals. UW Restricted Index to journals, book reviews, and other publications covering all forms of foreign (non-Anglo-American) law. Includes comparative law and legal systems, such as Islamic law; socialist law; public and private international law; and transnational commercial law. British and American publications concerning foreign law are included. |
| iPoll UW Restricted Full-text database of US national opinion surveys, 1935 - present. From the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut |
| Left
Index UW Restricted Indexes journals with a left of center position, 1979 - present. |
| LegalTrac UW Restricted Indexes more than 800 English language law journals and law newspapers; 1980-, updated monthly. For the most current 6 weeks only, consult Current Index to Legal Periodicals. |
| Lexis Nexis Academic UW Restricted Full text newspaper database including many international sources and law resources. |
| Military & Government Collection (EBSCO) UW Restricted Scholarly and general interest periodicals covering all branches of the military, as well as government affairs. |
| PAIS (Public Affairs Information
Service) UW Restricted Indexes journal articles, books, and selected government documents in the areas of public affairs, policy, and politics. |
| Philosopher's Index UW Restricted Journal articles from over 270 philosophy journals; key source for political and social theory. |
| Sociological Abstracts UW Restricted Index to journal literature in sociology. Interdisciplinary coverage includes policy studies, rural and urban sociology, culture and social structure, economic development, organizational development, and more. |
| Social
Sciences Citation Index UW Restricted Covers all subjects in the social sciences. Features cited reference searching. |
| Statistical
Universe UW Restricted Provides abstracts and indexes of statistical information from over 100,000 U.S. government, state, private, and international information sources. |
