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Political Science Articles in Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers

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Academic Search Premier

Comprehensive multidisciplinary database which indexes articles from 500 political science journals and most articles are provided in full text. Journals indexed include: American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, Party Politics, and many others.

JSTOR : the Scholarly Journal Archive

For a search within a subset of full-text retrospective articles in political science use JSTOR which includes indexing and full text of 81 journals. Use the "advanced search" tab and limit "discipline" to "Political Science." Journals indexed include: World Politics, Political Psychology, The Journal of Politics, and many others.

JSTOR : the Scholarly Journal Archive Tutorials

Project Muse

Full text scholarly database with 37 political science journals including: Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, International Security, Global Environmental Politics, and many others.

Coverage: 1995 - present

Project Muse Tutorials

LexisNexis Academic

Full-text access to over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. Search for newspaper articles, television transcripts, and Federal & State Court Cases.

LexisNexis Academic Tutorials

Congressional Publications

[Congressional Information Service]
Index to U.S. Congressional publications, including committee hearings, reports, and other documents. Legislative histories lead to primary documents that are related to a particular law.

Coverage: 1969 - present

Government Periodicals Index

Index to articles published by agencies of the U.S. government.

Coverage: 1988 - present

Government Periodicals Index Tutorials

Catalog of Government Publications

The finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.

Coverage: July 1976 - present, updated daily

CQ Weekly

CQ Weekly (EBSCOhost)
CQ Weekly Mobile (EBSCOhost)
Published weekly in print and archived on the web. Gives in-depth reports on issues looming on the Congressional horizon, plus a wrap up of the previous week’s news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.

Coverage: 1983 - present

CQ Researcher

Each week a new edition of CQ Researcher is devoted to the examination of a current issue from a broad range of political and social fields including health and medicine, international affairs, education, the environment, the economy and technology. The editors of the publication offer articles on specific aspects of the issue including historical and current perspectives, statistical data, identification of current trends, and a bibliography of additional resources to build your research.

Coverage: 1991 - present

CQ Researcher Tutorials