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Your guide to resources for Political Science and Legal Research. Use the tabs across the top of the page to navigate. Please contact me (see profile to the right) with any questions about the use of the resources or for an appointment.
Almanac
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Almanac of American Politics, 2022
Call Number: Ready Ref JK 1012.A44 2022 -
Almanac of American Politics, 2020
Call Number: ebook
Courses
Quick Links - Politics
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Congress.govCongress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. It includes committee reports, the Congressional record, legislation text, and more.
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CQ Political Reference SuiteIntegrates many of CQ Press's reference titles on government and politics into an electronic format that makes navigating content intuitive and easy.
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CQ ResearcherGood place to begin research on current topics. Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Updated weekly.
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CQ WeeklyProvides articles, statistics, floor votes and other information on the current activities of Congress.
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Foreign AffairsFounded in 1922, Foreign Affairs leads the serious discussion of American foreign policy and global affairs. Published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a non-profit and nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the free exchange of ideas.
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Foreign PolicyAn essential guide to global politics, economics, and ideas for people who want to know what’s really happening in an increasingly complicated world. Foreign Policy both simplifies and clarifies complex topics with crisp, insightful writing and clear design
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US Congressional Serial Set Digital CollectionProvides comprehensive, full-text access to Congressional and Executive branch documents and reports published in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set from 1789-Present. The Serial Set Digital Collection also provides full text access to the entire American State Papers series.
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Worldwide Political Science AbstractsProvides searching of the international literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
Quick Links - Legal
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HeinOnlineHeinOnline is a fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials and more than 2,300 scholarly journals, all of the world's constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law.
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Nexis UniNexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
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Voting Rights & Election LawBecause free and fair elections are the backbone of thriving democracies, this comprehensive collection has been meticulously curated to help users understand the nuances of electoral systems around the world. With thousands of titles covering topics ranging from absentee voting to voting rights, this database offers unparalleled access to information surrounding historical and recent elections at both the federal and local levels.