Specialized Indexes & Databases for Political Science

• Alternative Press Index Online 1991- /Reference AI3 .A27 1969- current

A quarterly subject index to over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
 
• America: History & Life / 1964 -  Web access

This bibliographic database indexes scholarly literature on the history & culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present.  The scope includes citations and abstracts for journal articles, dissertations, book and media reviews.
 
• ASI American Statistics Index / Government Reference  GP 3.6/73

Analyzes and indexes U.S. federal documents for their statistical content.  The  Index allows for searching by subject and name, title, or category.  The Abstract provides a brief summary of the data found in each publication.  Also included as part of Statistical Universe.
 
•  Congressional Information Service  Index (CIS) / Government Reference  GP3.6/70

Indexes U.S. Congressional documents, reports, hearings, committee prints, and laws. The Index allows for searching by subject and name, title,  bill or  Congressional publication number.  The Abstract provides a summary of each publications' subject matter. The Legislative Histories of U.S. Public Laws provides citations for all documents relevant to a specific law.
 
• Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 1958 -  / Government Information XC:wr

• CQ Researcher  / Ref. H 35.C67

Published weekly by Congressional Quarterly, each issue includes well informed accounts on a wide range of topics, usually focusing on current popular issues such as "welfare reform" or "capital punishment".  CQ Researcher provides a brief overview and chronology, with discussion of  currently debated issues, and provides references to sources for additional information.  Formerly titled Editorial Research Reports, coverage by this service begins in 1964 and continues to the present.
 
• Contemporary Women's Issues   / 1992-   Web

Full text access to global, interdisciplinary information on women.  The scope includes journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit, governmental, and international agencies.
 
• County & City Data Book / Census Bureau / CD-ROM / DocBase

• DocBase Descriptions/ Documents Databases
  (Reference Haggard 2)
Over 900 government issued CD-ROMS.  Some are bibliographic in nature,  most provide information or data in complete text.
 
• EconLit/ 1969-  Web

Provides citations with abstracts for over 400 economic journals.
 
• Environmental Universe / Web
Environment Abstracts - indexes and abstracts more than 1,000 international primary and secondary publications reporting on all aspects of the environment, highlighting such fields as resource management, technology, planning, laws, political science, economics, geology, biology, and chemistry as they relate to environmental issues.  Citations which correspond to the Envirofiche Microfiche Collection  located in Media Collections are marked. Links to selected full text.
News, Journals & Commentary - - retrieves full-text news, journals, and reference materials
Codes & Regulations - -  finds federal and state codes and federal agency regulations
Case Law & Agency Actions- - accesses federal and state case law and agency decisions
Waste & Materials - -  locates federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information

• Ethnic NewsWatch

Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Searchable in English or Spanish.
 
• Findlaw

Laws: Cases and Codes: Supreme Court Opinions
 
• Geographical Abstracts - Human Geography / Reference GF1 .G47

• Global Newsbank News articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from over 1000 translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services, newspapers, magazines and government documents."

• Government Periodicals Universe

Indexes over 100 periodicals published by the government, including federal departments and agencies, and containing research results, discussion of programs and policies, as well as general interest articles.

• GPO Access

• GPO Monthly Catalog /  1976-  Web

A web version of the Monthly Catalog of Government Publications.  The retrospective print index, from 1900 to the present,  is located in the Government Documents Service Area.

• Historic Supreme Court Decisions /  Reference (CD) KF4549 .S423 1996 / See also: Supreme Court Decisions

Search landmark  Supreme Court Decisions by topic, time period, case name, and Court Justice.
 
• Historical Abstracts / 1954 -   Web

Historical Abstracts provides bibliographic citations journal articles, books, and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada.  Includes topics such as political, diplomatic, economic, religious, social and cultural history.
 
• Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1979/ Reference HA202 .H56 1997  (CD)
  Reproduces the statistical data and text of  the U.S. Census Bureau Historical Statistics.
   
• International Political Science Abstracts  1955 - 1988 / Wilson 5E -Periodicals   JA36 .I5  v.5 1955-v.10 1960, v.20 1970-v.38 1988

• JSTOR /   Web

A digitized backfile of core scholarly journals across the disciplines.
 
• National Archives and Records Administration / Web

Includes links to full text of:  Code of  Federal Regulations,  Federal Register,  Privacy Act, Public Laws,  United States Government Manual,  Weekly  Compilation of Presidential Documents,   U.S. Congress Information, GPO Access Search Page.
 
• National Trade Data Bank / U.S. Dept. of Commerce

NewsBank Microfiche Collection 1970 - 1996 /   Media Collections.
A print  index provides regional coverage to full-text articles on microfiche from over 500 U.S. and some international newspapers & news services.
 
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Index / 1915 +  Reference HB1.A1 P823 / Web 1972 +

PAIS is a bibliographic index with abstracts for public and social policy literature.  International in scope, it indexes journals, books, government documents, research reports, etc.
 
• Peace Research Abstracts Journal / Books  JX1901 .P38

• POPLINE

• Population Index / 1937+   Online  or Reference HB848 .P8
   
• Social Sciences Citation Index/ 1995+ web, and 1976 - Reference AI3 .S614
  SSCI indexes covers the journal literature of the social sciences.  Wilson Library subscribes to the print version of SSCI, with continuous coverage from 1966.
   
• Sociological Abstracts /  1974+   Web

The electronic version of Sociological Abstracts, and Social Planning, Policy, and Development Abstracts which indexes the world's journal literature in sociology and related disciplines.
 
• Sourcebook on American History / (CD) Reference  E173 .C4 1998x
  Full text, primary source documents of American history.
   
• Statistical Abstracts of the U.S./ Web / Government Information  C 3.134:993  1897 + 

• Supreme Court Decisions / Current 2 yrs. / Legal Information Institute-Project Hermes / Cornell University

• U.S. Foreign Affairs / U.S. State Dept. / CD-ROM / DOCBASE

• US Internet Government Periodicals

• Vital Speeches of the Day / Periodical  PN6121 .V52 (1934 - current)

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents  Periodical J80 .A284  (1965 - current)

• Biographical Dictionary
• BGMI - Biography & Genealogy Master Index / Web Database  (Available from within the Library)

Indexes current and retrospective biographical dictionaries and encyclopedias.
• Bibliographic Index / Reference Z1002 .B594

A subject index to bibliographies with fifty or more citations that have been published separately or as parts of books, pamphlets, or in periodicals.  Over 3,000 periodicals are scanned for bibliographies by this index.  To locate our holdings for citations, use the Library Catalog.
• Book Review Digest / Reference Z1219 .B66

Provides summaries of a works' content,  surveys criticism.
• Book Review Index / Reference Z1219 .B66
• Digital Dissertations

Indexes UMI's Dissertation Abstracts International.
• Essay & General Literature Index 1900- / Reference A 13.E752

Indexes essays and chapters in selected books.
• Reader's Guide Retrospective / 1899-1982
• Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (Index)/ 1890 +  ReferenceAI3 .R4
• Speech Index / Reference AI 3.S85    1966-1980

Indexes over 259 collections of world famous orations and speeches, 1935 - 1988.
• WorldCat

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Research Guides

• American Political Thought: Sources /  JA 84.U5 A73 1998
• A New Handbook of Political Science / Ref. JA 66.N49 1996
• Political Science: a guide to reference and information sources  / JA 71.Y67 1990
• Political Science: illustrated search strategy and sources /  Ref.  JA 88.L69 1993
• Political Science: looking to the future / JA 37.P75  1991 4 vols.
• Political Science in History: research programs and political traditions / JA 84.U5 P6117
• Political Science Research Methods   / Ref.  JA 73.J64 2001
• Research Designs for Political Science: contrivance and demonstration in theory and practice / Ref. JA 73.B59 1990
• Style Manual for Political Science / Ref.  JA86 .A52 1993

• Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Institutions/ Ref. JA 61.B56
• Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought / Ref. JA 61.B57
• The Congress A to Z / Ref. JK 1021.C554 1999
• Dictionary of World Politics / Ref. JA 61.E85
• The Encyclopedia of American Political History / Ref.  E183 .E48 2001
• Encyclopedia of American Political History: Studies of Principal Movements and Ideas / Ref. E183.E5  3 vols.
• Encyclopedia of American Social History / Ref. HN 57.E58  3 vols.
• Encyclopedia of Government and Politics / Ref. JA 61.C66  2 vols.
• The Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion / Ref. BL 65.P7 E53 1998
• Encyclopedia of World Political Systems / Ref. JF51 .D465 2000  2 vols.
• The History of Government from the Earliest Times / Ref. JF51 .F6 1997
• Oxford Companion to Politics of the World / Ref. JA 61.O95
• Political Parties in America. / Ref.  JK2261 .P636 2001
• The Political Role of the Military : an international handbook / Ref. JF195.C5 P67 1996
• The Presidency A to Z / Ref. JK511.P775 1998
• Safire's New Political Dictionary /  Ref. JK 9.S2
• The Supreme Court A to Z / Ref. KF8742.A35 S8 1998
• World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures / Ref. JF511 .W67 1998 2 vols.
• World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties / Ref. JF 2011.W67

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• Bellingham Municipal Code
• Bellingham City Government
• City of Bellingham
• Whatcom County Home Page

• Access Washington  Washington State homepage, agencies, etc.
• How to Locate Washington Government Information   Wilson Library - Documents /Links to selected Washington State sites
• Find-It! Washington   A project of Washington State's Government Information Locator Service
• Washington Legislative Information
• Revised Code of Washington
• Washington Office of Code Reviser.  Searchable index to recent bills, attorney general opinions, etc.
• Washington State Courts

90 days worth of Washington Supreme Court Decisions, an Introduction to Small Claims Court, Washington Court Rules, and a link to the State Law Library, among other things.

• Constitutions of other  States
• Laws of other States
• States and Capitals
• State and Local Government on the Web/ Government servers listed alphabetically by state
• U.S. States
• States and Capitals

How to Find U.S. Government Information Wilson Library - Documents/ Links to major U.S. government sites
Studying a Federal Law / Wilson Library - Documents
Legislative Research: a web based bibliographic instruction program / U Michigan
 
• AllPolitics   CNN
• American Voter
• Annotated Constitution with Supreme Court cases
• Census Bureau
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Communist Party USA
• Democratic Party Online
• Democratic Socialists of America
• Federal Government Web Sites of the Executive Branch
• Federal Web Locator
• Green Parties Worldwide
• Libertarian Party
• National Political Index
• Political Parties / Election Politics  Web page created at WWU Library, includes bibliography & links
• President's Cabinet
• Republican Party
• Statistical Abstracts of the U.S.
• Supreme Court Decisions
• Thomas Legislative Information
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• U.S. Code

• How to Find Canadian Government Information /Wilson Library - Documents
• Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
• Global Social Change Research Project A web site of: The Global Social Change Research Project
• Foreign Relations of the United States (State Department) 1863-1958
        The FRUS contains the official correspondence between the State Department and its embassies and other governments.
           We also have the set in paper from 1933-1976, call number  JX233.A3
• International Foundation  for Election Systems
• National Parliaments
• Political Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements
• Political Resources on the Net
• State Department Country Background Notes
• Statistical Resources on the Web - Foreign Government Data Series / U Michigan Documents Center
• World Bank Development Data

• Geneva International Forum
• The United Nations

• AJR NewsLink / American Journalism Review
• AllPolitics    CNN.com
• CNN Interactive
• Ethnic NewsWatch
• Global NewsBank
• Human Rights Watch
• Multinational Monitor

• American Political Science Association Online
• Amnesty International
• Online Books Page
• Resources for Political Science   / Vanderbilt University/ compiled by Larry Romans, this is a very comprehensive site.

• Environmental Statistics / Center for Environmental Information and Statistics/ EPA
• FedStats
• Global Statistics
• Statistical Abstracts
• Statistical Resources on the Web / U Michigan Documents Center
• Statistical Resources on the Web - Foreign Government Data Series / U Michigan Documents Center
• Statistical Universe
• U.S. Census Bureau