Political Science Research Subject Guide

Finding Articles

• Academic Search Elite - General database including popular and scholarly materials; a good place to start for most topics
• CQ Researcher - Database is focused on U. S. political and social concerns and includes a good overview of most current issues
• Directory of Open Access Journals for Political Science - Searchable database of digital scholarly journals in the field of political science that are available without cost
• Expanded Academic ASAP - General database including popular and scholarly materials; a good place to start for most topics
• IngentaConnect – General database focusing on scholarly materials
• JSTOR - Full-text electronic archive of selected scholarly journals
• Lexis/Nexis Academic - Database that provides U. S. newspaper articles as well as a wealth of information on U.S. legislation and legislators
• Project Muse - Full-text searchable database of select scholarly journals in the fields of the humanities, the arts, and the social sciences
• Web of Science - Searchable database of works cited in scholarly publications in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences

Organizations & Associations

International Organizations

• European Parliament
• G8
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
• Organization of American States
• United Nations
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization

Foreign Governments

• Chiefs of State
• Europa - English text version of European Union website
• Foreign Government Resources on the Web - University of Michigan
• Governments on the WWW
• Political Resources on the Net

United States Federal Government

• Oyez - Judicial tracking service
• THOMAS - Legislative tracking service
• U. S. House of Representatives
• U. S. Senate
• U. S. Supreme Court
• White House

State and Local Government

• Access Indiana - Indiana state government website
• Council of State Governments
• GovSpot
• Indiana General Assembly
• IndyGov - Indianapolis/Marion County government website
• National Governors Association
• State and Local Government on the Net
• State Government and Politics
• U. S. Conference of Mayors

Non-Governmental Organizations

• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• American Political Science Association
• Amnesty International
• Brookings Institution
• Cato Institute
• Center for American Progress
• Center for Global Development
• Environmental Defense Fund Worldwide
• Freedom House
• Global Witness
• Greenpeace International
• Heritage Foundation
• Human Rights Watch
• Institute for Policy Studies
• Oxfam International
• PolicyFile
• Progressive Policy Institute
• Project for the New American Century
• RAND Corporation
• Southern Poverty Law Center

United States Political Parties and Voting

• Project VoteSmart
• Democratic Party
• Green Party
• Libertarian Party
• Republican Party

Web Resources

Data Sources

• American National Election Studies
• Economic Policy Institute - Web Features
• Eurostat
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR
• International Statistical Agencies