Political Science

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Library Specialist

Tim Dodge

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Reference Tools

Encyclopedias and Guides

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (26 vols.)

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF H 41 .I58 2001)

The Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods (3 vols.)

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF H 62 .L456 2004)

Social Science Reference Sources: a Practical Guide

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF H 65 .L5 2000)

The illustrated book of world rankings

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF HA 155 .K87 2001)

Country Forecasts

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF HC 10 .C66)

Encyclopedia of Sociology (5 vols.)

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF HM 425 .E5 2000)

The Statesman's Year-Book

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JA 51 .S7)

The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JA 61 .O95 2001)

Political Handbook of the World

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JF 37 .P6)

America at the Polls: a Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JK 524 .A73 1994)

CQ's Politics in America

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JK 1010 .P64)

Directory of Congressional Voting Scores and Interest Group Ratings

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JK 1051 .S555 1997)

The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JK 1067 .E63 1995)

The Book of the States

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JK 2403 .B6)

Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the Presidency

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF JK 516 .C57 1996)

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF KF 4548 .E53 1986)

Landmark Supreme Court Cases: a Reference Guide

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF KF 4549 .L58 1999)

The Supreme Court Justices: a Biographical Dictionary

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF KF 8744 .S859 1994)

Statistics Sources

2nd Floor Call Number: (REF HA 36 .S84)

Library of Congress Subject Profile

Call Numbers Subject Headings

JA Political Science (General)

JC Political Theory

JF Political Institutions and Public Administration - General

JJ Political Institutions and Public Administration - North America

JK Political Institutions and Public Administration - United States

JL, JN, JQ Political Institutions and Public Administration - International

JS Local Government

JV Colonies and Colonization. International Migration.

JZ International Relations

K Law in General. Jurisprudence.

KB Religious Law

KD-KDK Law - United Kingdom and Ireland

KF Law - United States

KG-KZ Law - International

Indexes and Databases

All databases are available on campus and remotely, unless otherwise noted.

To access a resource from home, you will need to type your library ID and last name.

Your library ID is usually:

two, zero, your Banner ID, then one.

For example: A person with the Banner ID 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567891

(ALL LINKS WILL OPEN IN NEW WINDOW.)

Subject Databases

JSTOR

A full-text database covering the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. JSTOR provides access to the back files of hundreds of scholarly periodicals, starting with the first issues. Supports full-text and cross-disciplinary searching.

Coverage: Excludes most recent 2-5 years of currently available journals.

Project Muse

Provides access to the full text of the Johns Hopkins University Press's 40+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. The collection may be searched collectively or individually.

Coverage: 1990-

CQ Electronic Library

Provides access to five Congressional Quarterly products.

CQ Congress Collection

CQ Supreme Court Collection

CQ Public Affairs Collection

CQ Weekly

CQ Research Online

Coverage: 1992-

Gallup Brain

The Gallup Brain is a searchable, living record of 70 years of public opinion. Inside, you'll find answers to more than 136,000 questions, and responses from more than 3.5 million people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935.

Coverage: 1935-

OxResearch

A "first draft of history" as it occurs. Provides succinct analytical articles covering world and regional economic and political developments of major significance. Evaluates issues and events within a coherent political, social, and economic framework. Contains objective, multi-disciplinary articles compiled by an extensive international network of over 1,000 faculty members at Oxford and other leading universities around the world, as well as think-tanks and institutes of international standing.

Coverage: 1986-

The Berkeley Electronic Press

Scholarly publishing in fields of economics, political science, law and current affairs. Includes working papers and dissertations from variety of sources. Full text.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

This database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. (CSA Illumina allows searching a group of databases simultaneously.)

Coverage: 1975-

General Databases

Academic Search Premier(AU only)

Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 scholarly journals. Covers the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and more.

Coverage: 1975-

InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP(AU only)

Indexes over 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas including astronomy, religion, law, history, psychology, humanities, current events, sociology, communications, and the general sciences. Articles in over 500 journals are full text.

Coverage: 1980-

Digital Dissertations

Citations to U.S. dissertations from 1861 to the present; those since 1980 include an abstract written by the author. Masters theses included 1988-. The latest two years are available off-campus, but earlier years are only available on-campus.

Citation Database

Social Sciences Citation Index

Indexes thousands of the world's leading journals in humanities, sciences and social sciences. Especially useful in finding how often a particular author or article is cited in later publications.

Access to journals not owned by our library

Ingenta

A general database of article information taken from over 18,000 journals. Allows full-text PDF access and faxing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Available to AU faculty, graduate students and staff.

Coverage: 1988-.

For other document delivery options, see:

AU Libraries Document Delivery Services.

Journals

To search for articles, use the Indexes and Databases section of this guide.

Lists of journal titles:

Selected Paper Political Science Journals at AU Libraries

These are selected titles to which RBD Library is currently subscribing. Call Numbers are included.

Please note: If you don't see the journal that you need in the above lists, always be sure to check AubieCat. By doing a "journal title" search in that database, you will get the call number for any paper subscription and/or a link to any electronic subscription of the journal.

Web Sites

Social Science Information Gateway: Politics

The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) is a freely available Internet service which aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the UK Resource Discovery Network.

First Amendment Center

Features comprehensive research coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics, a unique First Amendment Library and guest analyses by respected legal specialists.

JUSTIA

Legal website with law-blogs and Supreme Court coverage.

United States Government Website

A superb resource for U.S. government information, both statistical and narrative.

United Nations Website

Excellent source for U.N. organizational information and for international statistics.

Associations and Societies

The American Political Science Association

The American Political Science Association, founded in 1903, is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 15,000 members in over 80 countries. With a range of programs and services for individuals, departments and institutions, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe in order to expand awareness and understanding of politics.

Alabama Political Science Association

Includes a list of upcoming events in the Alabama area.

Southern Political Science Association

Professional organization of political scientists who recognize excellence in scholarship and public service through: (1) publishing the Journal of Politics, (2) hosting an annual conference, and (3) presenting awards for outstanding academic contributions.

The Peace and Justice Studies Association

Dedicated to bringing together academics, K-12 teachers and grassroots activists to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for social justice and social change.

Auburn University Department and Course Pages

Auburn University Political Science Department

Page last updated on August 18, 2008.

If you have any comments about this information page, please contact Tim Dodge at:

mailto:dodgeti@auburn.edu

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Phone: (334) 844-4500 or 800-446-0387