Political Science Resources

Political Science Liaison
Brian Conlan
conlan@stolaf.edu
(507) 786-3307

Databases | Websites

Databases

AfricaBib
  AfricaBib covers 25 years of Africana research. Includes separate database on African women.
Bibliography of Asian Studies
  An index to scholarly, western-language publications on East, South, and Southeast Asia in the fields of history, the humanities, and the social sciences. Indexes journal articles, monographs, government documents, and conference proceedings. Covers 1971-present.
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Print index in Rolvaag Storage Basement
(R.R DS5 .B5; 1956-1970)
CQ Weekly
  CQ Weekly covers virtually every act of Congress. Search by topic, committee, bill number, or full-text. Access goes back to 1983.
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Europa World Plus
  Online version of the Europa World Year Book, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room
(JN1 .E85)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974 - 1996
  Created by the U.S. intelligence community to benefit policy makers and analysts, FBIS Daily Reports offer foreign views and perspectives on historical events from thousands of monitored broadcasts and publications. Translated into English from more than 50 languages these comprehensive media reports from around the globe include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary.
Gender Watch
  A full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. Covers topics such as family, childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders, social and societal roles. It also includes literature on the impact of gender and gender roles on areas such as: the arts, popular culture and media, business and work, crime and criminology, education, research and scholarship, family, health care and medicine, politics, policy and legislation, pornography, religion, sexuality and sexology, sports and leisure. Coverage back to the mid-1970s.
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Index to Legal Periodicals
  An index to 620 legal journals, yearbooks, institute publications, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications. Covers 1981 to the present.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(R.R.K9 .N32; 2003-present; 1952-2003 in Rolvaag Storage Basement)
International African Bibliography
  An index to current books, articles and papers in African studies. Arranged by country.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room and Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR DT3 .I5; 1996-present; 1973-1995 in Rolvaag Storage Basement)
LexisNexis Congressional
  Provides access to full text of Congressional documents, bills, and hearings, as well as information on committees and members of Congress. Includes public laws and legislative histories.
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LexisNexis Statistical
  Covers the American Statistics Index (ASI), the Statistical Reference Index (SRI), and Index to Interational Statistics (IIS). Includes data from government organizations, businesses, private associations and research firms, and international groups like the European Union.
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Middle East Abstracts
  A quarterly index to materials on the Middle East. Subjects include politics, economics, history, art, psychology and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.
 
Print index in the Rolvaag Reference Room
(RR DS41.M44; 1978-)
PAIS (Archive)
  Same subjects as PAIS, but covers 1915-1976.
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PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service
  An index to public policy and public affairs articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories. Covers 1972 to the present.
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Social Sciences Citation Index
  The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences. It fully indexes over 1,950 journals across 50 social sciences disciplines, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Permits you to search for works that cite another work or author. Covers 1956 - present. Available online via Web of Knowledge.
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Print index in Rolvaag Storage Basement
(H1.A1 S64; 1974-1998)
Social Sciences Index
  An index to 350 core English-language social science journals. Preceded by: Social Sciences & Humanities Index [RR AI3 .R47] (1965/66-1974); International Index [RR AI3. R282] (1955-1958); International Index to Periodicals [RR AI3 .R47] (1907-1955)
 
Print index in Rolvaag Storage Basement
(RR AI3 .R472; 1974-2006)
Women's Studies International
  Covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage spans from 1972 and earlier to present.
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World Bank Group: Data & Statistics [World Development Indicators]
  Includes tables with World Development Indicators relating to the population, environment, economy, technology, infrastructure, trade and finance for 206 countries.
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(R.R. HC 59.15 .W656)
Worldwide Political Science Abstacts
  This database "provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy."
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Websites

Foreign Affairs

allAfrica.com
  allAfrica.com is a news-site covering a wide array of topics from the African Continent in English and French. It allows searching by regions or countries and by topic, both for current events and archives.
Arab Media & Society
  This online journal is a "reference for understanding the role of media in shaping Arab societies and the broader Muslim world".
NationMaster
  "A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form [provided], you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease."
World Factbook (CIA)
  Search for extensive Country Profiles, reference maps, and much more in this Internet version of the standard reference source.

Foreign Governments

Constitution Finder
  "This database offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are linked to their constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet."
NationMaster
  "A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form [provided], you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease."
World Factbook (CIA)
  Search for extensive Country Profiles, reference maps, and much more in this Internet version of the standard reference source.

General

Fast Facts for Congress
  Provides recent demographic data on U.S. Congressional districts.
GenderStats: Database of Gender Statitistics
  GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators. Data sources for GenderStats include national statistics, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.
NationMaster
  "A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form [provided], you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease."
Pew Global Attitudes Project
  Provides public data sets and reports on cross-cultural public opinion surveys. Data sets provided in SPSS format.

Human Rights

NationMaster
  "A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form [provided], you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease."

International Law & International Relations

NationMaster
  "A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form [provided], you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease."

Minnesota

Fast Facts for Congress
  Provides recent demographic data on U.S. Congressional districts.

Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics
  Provides U.S. crime data, crime patterns, victim characteristics, and international crime statistics.
Fast Facts for Congress
  Provides recent demographic data on U.S. Congressional districts.
GenderStats: Database of Gender Statitistics
  GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators. Data sources for GenderStats include national statistics, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.
NationMaster
  "A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form [provided], you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease."
Pew Global Attitudes Project
  Provides public data sets and reports on cross-cultural public opinion surveys. Data sets provided in SPSS format.
U.S. Census Bureau
  Provides population, housing, and economic census data as well as key historical data.

U.S. Government

A New Nation Votes: American Electoral Returns, 1787-1825
  "A New Nation Votes is a searchable collection of election returns from the earliest years of American democracy." Search by candidate, date, office, state, or simple keyword.
CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room
  This website provides access to CIA documents released as part of the Freedom of Information Act. You can find each month's top requested documents and searches, as well as information on how to submit a request to the CIA to release a document
Fast Facts for Congress
  Provides recent demographic data on U.S. Congressional districts.
History of the Supreme Court
  A teacher-authored site containing essays, images, personal histories, lesson plans, and short historical articles pertaining to issues within the American judicial system.
Life [Magazine] Photo Archives
  Photo archives of Life Magazine from the 1860s to date