Selected Print Political Science Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
| 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook | REF JA66 A21 2011 |
| The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science | REF JA61 B43 1999 |
| Culture Wars in America | REF HM1121 C85 2014 |
| Dictionary of Modern Politics | REF JA61 R63 2002 |
| Encyclopedia of American Political History | REF E183 E48 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections | REF JK2261 S218 2006 |
| Encyclopedia of the American Left | REF HX86 E58 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of Political Communication | REF JA85 E64 2008 |
| The Encyclopedia of Political Science | REF JA61 E513 2011 |
| Encyclopedia of Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues, and Platforms | REF E176.1 R6 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of Public Administration & Public Policy | REF JK9 E526 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency | REF JK517 E53 2013 |
| Encyclopedia of the United States Congress | REF JK1021 D48 2007 |
| Encyclopedia of Water Politics and Policy in the United States | REF HD1694 A5 E265 2011 |
| Governing America: Major Decisions of Federal, State, and Local Governments from 1789 to the Present | REF JK468 P64 Q55 2010 |
| Guide to U.S. Foreign Policy | REF E183.7 C7 2012 |
| Guide to Political Campaigns in America | REF JK2265 G84 2005 |
| International Encyclopedia of Political Communication | REF JA85 I575 2016 |
| International Encyclopedia of Political Science | REF JA61 I58 2011 |
| Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History | REF JK9 O94 2012 |
| Palgrave Dictionary of Political Thought | REF JA61 S37 2007 |
| Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History | REF E183 P85 2010 |
| Social Issues in America | REF HN 57 S624 2006 |
| Women in American Politics: History and Milestones | REF HQ1236.5 U6 W43 2012 |
Selected Electronic Political Science Encyclopedias*
Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought
Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America
Encyclopedia of Drug Policy
Encyclopedia of Global Studies
Encyclopedia of Governance
Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics
Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics
Encyclopedia of United States National Security
Historical Encyclopedia of U.S. Presidential Use of Force
Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States and Regions
Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought
*Available by typing the title of encyclopedia into “Search Everything.”
Other Selected Electronic Reference Sources
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CQ Almanac Online EditionCQ Almanac offers original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session. Arranged thematically, the Almanac organizes, distills, and cross-indexes for permanent reference the full year in Congress and in national politics.
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CQ Guide to U.S. Elections (7th edition)The CQ Press Guide to U.S. Elections, Seventh Edition is a comprehensive, two-volume reference providing information on the U.S. electoral process, in-depth analysis on specific political eras and issues, and everything in between. Thoroughly revised and infused with new data, analysis, and discussion of issues relating to elections through 2015, the Guide will include chapters on: analysis of the campaigns for presidency, from the primaries through the general election; data on the candidates, winners/losers, and election returns; details on congressional and gubernatorial contests from the primaries through the general elections supplemented with vast historical data; coverage of campaign finance, as well as reapportionment and redistricting.
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CQ Congress and the NationComprehensive coverage of Congressional action from 1945 to 2012. Includes tables, charts, and graphs.
Finding Scholarly Books
Use the Library Catalog to search for books in Milne Library.
“Search Everthing”
The Search Everything tool searches across the library's catalog and many of its databases in a single search. Because the results are so broad, learn to refine your results by using the toggle boxes on the left of the results screen. To narrow a search to books only, go to Location and check the appropriate box or boxes.
Finding Scholarly Articles
Political Science Resources
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Political Science CompletePolitical Science Complete (PSC) provides full text for more than 520 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product. The database also features over 340 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 36,000 full-text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.
General Databases with Political Science Resources
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Academic OneFileProvides over 54,000,000 articles, most full-text, from about 13,000 scholarly journals across most academic subject areas. Coverage is from 1980 to the present.
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Academic Search CompleteFull text for about 8,500 periodicals including over 7,300 peer-reviewed journals across most areas of academic study as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 magazines and journals. Coverage is from 1887 to the present.
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JSTORProvides access to the full-text of several scholarly journals including 152 political science titles and 38 public policy and administration titles. The objective of JSTOR is to provide all issues back to Volume 1, Issue 1 for all journals. (Due to copyright restrictions, the most recent 3-5 years are unavailable.)
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Military & Government CollectionCurrent news pertaining to all branches. Provides full-text for about 300 journals and other periodicals.
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Periodicals Archive OnlineProvides access to back files of over 550 complete full-image journals spanning 200 years in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
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Project MuseFull text of over 100 scholarly journals in fields including literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political science, gender studies, and economics.
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ScienceDirectProvides full text access to over 2200 Elsevier journals in the fields of science, psychology, medicine, technology and political science.
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Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson)This full-text resource provides access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language social science journals. Social Sciences Full Text includes full-text articles from hundreds of journals, covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences. Content Includes: Full-text articles from 360 journals Full-text content dating as far back as 1972. High-quality indexing for more than 750 periodicals, over 510 of which are peer-reviewed.
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Hein Online(Available until 4/30/2018)
HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 150 million pages and 160,000 titles of legal history and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline bridges the gap in historical research by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,400 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of law journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.
Finding a Copy of a Periodical Article
Locating the full text of the article in electronic form
If there is no PDF or HTML full text with the citation for an article in a database, click on Linked Full Text, if available. This link will either take you directly to the full text of the article or another database or website. See a librarian for help.
Finding an article in a specific periodical title
- Use the Journals tab on the top of the library home page.
- Enter the title of the journal or magazine, for example, American Journal of Political Science in the search box.
- Look for the journal title in the results list.
- Click on an appropriate database.
- Link to the correct issue of the periodical (note the year, issue and volume number of the article).
If an electronic text is available, click on the link provided. If the library subscribes to the periodical in print or microform, click on the link Print Journals in Milne Library to check for the periodical’s location and availability.
Requesting an article on Interlibrary Loan
If you find an article from a periodical that is not available at Milne Library, you can request the article through the link Request item on Interlibrary Loan on the record for the article needed or through the link on the bottom of the homepage of the library website. See a librarian for help.
Finding Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals
The advanced search feature of “Search Everything” (which is located on the Milne Library web site) is a good resource for locating book reviews published in scholarly journals. At the advanced search screen, enter the title of the book and the term “book review.” Check the box under Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals. Then click the Search button.
How to evaluate information located on the World Wide Web
Virginia Tech University Libraries: Evaluating webpages for research
http://guides.lib.vt.edu/MUS-TA10042016/eval
University of North Carolina University Library’s Evaluating Websites: Checklist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMKuIlvj0WQ
Revised February 21, 2018