Political Science
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Purpose of this Guide and Research Help Options
This guide gives you great pointers on the best databases and resources for your field. Don't forget that you can find help on 24/7 live chat at any time of day or night. You can also email the CLA librarian, Brett Bodemer, at bbodemer@calpoly.edu.
- Chat and other Research HelpIf you want live help now, click on the chat icon at the lower right corner of this page! For further options click on "Chat and Other Research Help" link above.
Poly Sci Library Research Videos
- Poly Sci Library Research VideoThis brief video demos how to sign in, search, find peer-review articles and other relevant sources. You can even speed it up!
- Video How to Find a Particular Newspaper/JournalThis 5 minute video shows how to find articles from specific journals, such as NY Times, WAPO, via the library databases.
Heinonline
- HeinOnline Government, Politics & Law This link opens in a new windowHeinOnline is a government document and legal research database. It contains U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional Documents and more than 2,500 scholarly journals, all of the world's constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law.
Search Many Article Databases at Once
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowGREAT TIP: in this database, just to the right of the words ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER click on 'CHOOSE DATABASES' click "SELECT ALL" then click OK -this will let you search all EBSCO databases at once.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowMAKE SURE you are logged into My Cal Poly Portal when you use Google Scholar so the Get it At Cal Poly button can get you to the full text. (Sometimes the Get it at Cal Poly Button is hidden UNDER a result so click the two little arrows >> )
- ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new windowGREAT TIP: IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, CLICK ON the "three line" icon, select CHANGE DATABASES, check the box for SELECT ALL, then scroll to bottom and click on USE SELECTED DATABASES. You will now be searching all Proquest databases at once.
Search Ebook Central, SpringerLink, JSTOR, Project Muse and Wiley for ebooks, chapters and articles
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowScholarly books and articles, with some current content and lots going way back.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowScholarly books and articles. To get books click Books on left column.
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowBooks and Articles. To get books, after first keyword search, click BOOKS in right column.
Statista - Solid Data and Analysis
- Statista This link opens in a new windowType in what you want, for example:
refugees
and see what data and analyses come up. All the analyses cite the original data sources.
GMID (Euromonitor) - economic, country data profiles and forecasts
- Passport (Euromonitor) This link opens in a new windowEuromonitor's Passport database (formerly called GMID) is an industry research database that provides international and (select) local statistics, reports and ongoing comment on products, services, companies, channels, consumers, economics, demographics, and social trends. This database is co-sponsored by the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences and the Orfalea College of Business.
More Books
- OneSearchUse relevant keywords then use filters on left. For immediately available electronic results, use the filter on the left: "Available Online at Kennedy' and then filter for ebooks if you want online ebooks. For tangible items held in Kennedy click on the filter: Robert E. Kennedy Library. You can also filter a second time for books. But remember, If you are signed into OneSearch any record for an item not immediately available will give you clear options for getting articles, chapters, or whole books.
- WorldCat This link opens in a new window100s of libraries in North America - and we share most print materials!
Databases Good To Search One at a Time
- CountryWatch This link opens in a new windowThe CountryWatch product suite includes CountryReviews, which includes demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information for each country; and CountryWire, which provides daily and archived news coverage for every country in the world. Additional features include CountryWatch Data, CountryWatch Map Gallery, Image Gallery, Global Guide, Political Intelligence Briefing and Intelligence Wire.
To log in, click the login button in the upper right corner and then click "Login via my IP Address." - CountryWatch Forecast : Macroeconomic This link opens in a new windowThe CountryWatch Macroeconomic Forecast projects the major macroeconomic variables of each of the established countries in the world over a 20 year period. In addition this Forecast provides five years of history.
To log in, click the login button in the upper right corner and then click "Login via my IP Address." Use the "Intelligence Zone" menu to return to Country Forecasts. - Europa World Plus This link opens in a new windowEuropa World Plus features economic, political and geographic background information and statistical data on countries and territories of the world. Comparative statistics tables and charts can be generated for online viewing or download.
- RAND California This link opens in a new windowRAND California provides information, research reports and statistics on the California economy and public policy issues, as well as access to selected policy reports, statistics, and information at the national and international scale.
- Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new windowMilitary & Government Collection covers subjects related to all branches of the military and government, including defense systems, disease control, monetary policy, international relations, and environmental policy, with full text available for hundreds of indexed publications.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a full-text database of back issues for scholarly journals as well as eBooks, primarily in the social sciences and humanities. eBook content reflects current scholarship in most cases while journal content starts with volume one, but because JSTOR is an archival database, the most recent 3-5 years of journal issues are not available in JSTOR.
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles from journals and reference sources. Covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, technology, literature, and many other subjects.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive index of peer-reviewed scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multicultural studies, as well as popular magazines published from 1990-present. Provides Full-text access to peer reviewed articles from thousands of journals.