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Academic Search Premier 
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
International Political Science Abstracts - Call Number: Case Reference JA36 .I5 
Coverage: 1952-61, 1963-- citation for the article containing your search terms. Indexes and abstracts journals in political science, international relations, public administration.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Coverage: 1975-present. Covers the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Coverage: 1951-present. An online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. For book reviews, search title of book and REVIEW in Publication Type.
PAIS International
Coverage: 1972-present. Covers all aspects of public affairs including political science, sociology, health, etc. with an international view. Coverage includes foreign language materials and some U.S. congressional documents. Older materials are contained in the PAIS Archive.
PAIS Archive
Coverage: 1915-1976. Covers all aspects of public affairs including political science, sociology, health, etc with an international view. Coverage includes foreign language materials and some U.S. congressional documents. Current materials are in PAIS International.
Web of Science
Coverage: 1989-present. Access to Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and/or Arts & Humantities Citation Index. Multidisciplinary coverage.
Note: WOS searches Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index simultaneously by default.
Political Science Journals (Basic)
From Hein Online, searchable full text of 50 influential legal periodicals.
CQ Researcher
Coverage: 1991-present. Comprehensive reports on current social, economic, political, and environmental issues in the news. Each report presents an extensive overview and then discusses pros and cons to critical questions. Most have substantial bibliographies for further investigation.
Sage Public Administration Abstracts
Coverage: 1988-present. Provides abstracts covering recent literature on all aspects of public administration.
Military & Government Collection
Coverage: varies. Military & Government Collection includes periodicals, academic journals, and other content. M&GC provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
AUL Index to Military Periodicals
Coverage: 1988-present. Indexes military & aeronautical periodicals.
Alternative Press Index
Coverage: 1991-present. Subject index to alternative and radical left periodicals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
Nation Digital Archive
Coverage: 1865- 1 month ago. Contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of The Nation, is America’s oldest weekly magazine and one of its premier journals of opinion.
Alternative Press Index Archive
Coverage: 1969-1990. Subject index to "alternative" and radical left periodicals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
Peace Research Abstracts Journal
Coverage: 1999-2007. Indexes materials covering peace studies and international relations, foreign & military policy, war, population, economics, labor issues, technology & industry, politics, law, and social issues.
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The Left Index - Call Number: Case Reference HX1 .L45
Coverage: 1982-1999. Multisidisciplinary; articles with a leftist slant.
American Presidential Campaigns and Elections 1788-2008
2009 ed. The core content of this work reviews and analyzes the process by which aspirants to the American presidency have campaigned for the support of the national electorate and how voters have made their selections from 1789 to the present day. A series of eight essays orients the reader to the unique electoral system of the United States, how it has evolved, and what larger themes illuminate the process. The subjects of these essays range from the Electoral College, suffrage law and voter turnout, and the role of the major and minor political parties to the impact of the media, campaign finance, and the character issue in presidential elections.
Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
2007 ed. Libertarianism is a major feature of intellectual and political life as we enter the first years of the new century. It is at one and the same time a movement in politics, a recognized philosophy, and a set of distinctive policy prescriptions.
Lobbying in America : a Reference Handbook
2009 ed. A comprehensive presentation of the way lobbying and interest-based political activism works in the United States.
Conservative Christians and political participation : a reference handbook
2004 ed. An exploration of the political history, growth, and impact of one of the most powerful religious groups in the United States.
East Asian Americans and Political Participation: a Reference Handbook
2005 ed. Explores the various means of political participation of East Asian Americans in the United States.
Campaign and Election Reform: A Reference Handbook
2nd ed. 2008. A sweeping overview of U.S. campaign and election reform efforts, past and present, from the introduction of the secret ballot to touch-screen voting.
Encyclopedia of Political Communication
2008 ed. Discusses the major theoretical approaches to the field, including direct and limited effects theories, agenda-setting theories, sociological theories, framing and priming theories, and other past and present conceptualizations. With nearly 600 entries, this resource pays considerable attention to important political messages such as political speeches, televised political advertising, political posters and print advertising, televised political debates, and Internet sites.
LexisNexis Academic
Coverage: varies, generally 1980s-- . A multi-disciplinary database, with especially strong news, business and legal material.
America's Historical Newspapers
Coverage: 1690-1922. Includes more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states. (formerly called Early American Newspapers, Series I through VII)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Coverage: 1976-1996. Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Series 1 through 6 have been released. They cover Africa, Asia, East Europe, Latin American, and the Middle East.
FBIS Publications - Call Number: LASR Computer Files PREX 7.10/3:
Coverage: 1997-- . Translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Continues microfiche.
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Access World News - International Edition
Coverage: varies by title. Access World News provides full-text information and perspectives from over 700 international sources, each with its own distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local, regional and world issues. This title does not include U.S. news.
Times Digital Archive
Coverage: 1785-1985. Search the full-text of the Times (London) Digital Archive. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
Safire's political dictionary - Call Number: Case Ref JK9.S2 2008
American Foreign Relations since 1600: a guide to the literature
2008 ed. An update of the standard bibliography of American foreign relations literature from colonial times to the present day.
Major Acts of Congress
2004 ed. An collection of congressional acts from the earliest days of the American republic up through recent years.
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National Journal's Policy Group Central
Coverage: 1977-present. A comprehensive resource on U.S. politics and policy including the following databases: Almanac of American Politics, The Hotline, Congress Daily, Markup Reports, Ad Spotlight, and Poll Track.
ICPSR
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), located within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan , is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization serving member colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Colgate is a member and data not available on the Internet can be requested from the University representative. Inquire in the Economics Department. Although the majority of the data deal with the U.S., significant data sets are available for other countries. It is recommended that new users review the Data Use Tutorial provided by ICPSR.
ANES, American National Election Studies
Five decades of data on voting, public opinion, and political participation.
A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825
This ongoing project represents collaboration between the American Antiquarian Society and Tufts University Digital Collection and Archives. With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the project will eventually include data from all 25 states that existed during this time period. After that, they can navigate over to the Quick Search function, or they can also browse by candidate, office, year, or state. Data may be downloaded for offline analysis
Other Statistics
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Cold War International History Project
Established at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. in 1991, and seeks to disseminate new information and perspectives on Cold War history emerging from historical materials newly released by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Site contains a mixture of working papers and archival sources.
Columbia International Affairs Online - CIAO
Coverage: 1991-present. A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
Global Policy Forum
GPF has consultative status at the UN and monitors their global policy making. Their visually simple, information-rich Website is divided into the following subsections: UN Financial Crisis, Security Council, Social/ Economic Policy, NGOs, Nations and States, and UN Reform. The content includes essays from the GPF staff, issue summaries, excerpts from conference presentations, news articles, and reports from the UN and other government agencies. Other special in-depth sections on timely topics.
Homeland Security Digital Library
A joint project of the Navy Postgraduate School and the National Preparedness Directorate and FEMA (Homeland Security Dept). Contains documents about contemporary and historical issues in homeland security and related fields, including presidential directives & exec. orders, CRS reports, news releases. Material comes from federal, state, local and international governments and institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private entities.
Gallup Brain
1930-present. The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of more than 70 years of public opinion. Inside, you\\\'ll find answers to hundreds of thousands of questions, and responses from millions of people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.
Opinion Polls
See Colgate Libraries, Online Reference Shelf, Polls
LexisNexis Congressional
Coverage: varies. Includes the online version of CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress, including abstracts and legislative histories as well as stories from the Washington Post, Roll Call, and The Hill; and links to hot bills/topics and other websites.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
Coverage: July 1976-- ; older material added as time perimts. The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.
GPO Monthly Catalog
Coverage: 1976-present. A database of U.S. government publications.
Digital National Security Archive 
1940`s to present. A collection of declassified government documents, arranged into collections. Each collection, compiled by top scholars and experts, covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.
U.S. Attorney General Opinions
Coverage: 1791-1996. Includes the official opinions of the U.S. Attorney General (both the Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States as well as the Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice).
U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
In addition to the inclusion of actual federal legislative histories published by the U.S. GPO (with some full text) and private publishers, HeinOnline's U.S. Federal Legislative History Library also includes a unique finding aid based on Nancy Johnson's award-winning work, Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories. Researchers should begin their U.S. federal legislative history research with this finding aid, which often includes references to law review articles on-point to a particular legislative history
AP Images 
Coverage: 1840-present. The photo archive for the Associated Press has over 500, 000 images dating from 1844 to the present and covering a wide range of events and locations.
C-SPAN American Political Archives 
Site includes the most recent programs (including broadcast audio recordings from a number of the Presidential Libraries, the Smithsonian, and the Library of Congress), and Past Programs (including interviews with figures such as Shirley Chisholm, Lady Bird Johnson, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.). Also has links to external sources.
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world`s most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968. The core of the collection consists of regularly scheduled newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News. Content from CNN (1995- )and NBC News (Aug. 5th 1968- ) are available as streaming video. No current material will be made available until at least 72 hours after it was originally broadcast. Compilations of other media are expensive to obtain, but may be requested by faculty and Colgate students completing a senior thesis.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Coverage: 1951-present. An online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. For book reviews, search title of book and REVIEW in Publication Type.
Book Review Index Online
Coverage: 1965-present. Indexes reviews in journals, general interest magazines, and scholarly journals.
Book Review Digest - Call Number: Case Ref Z1219.C95
Coverage: 1905-- . Indexes and excerpts reviews of books written in English and published in the U.S. and Canada. More selective than Book Review Index. Arranged alphabetically by author; subject and title indexes. Search year of publication and the year following publication.
Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
Web of Science
Coverage: 1989-present. Access to Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and/or Arts & Humantities Citation Index. Multidisciplinary coverage.
Note: WOS searches Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index simultaneously by default.
Readers` Guide Abstracts & RG Retrospective
Coverage: 1890-present. Extends coverage of Readers` Guide Abstracts to reflect the history of 20th century America.
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES)
Coverage: 1990-present. Resources about East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union published in the United States and Canada.
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