Politics Resources

Books and Media

Earlham Libraries Catalog
Catalog of books and other materials available in the Earlham Libraries, with the option to search catalogs in the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI).

WorldCat
The world's largest library catalog, covering books and other materials available in OCLC member libraries around the globe.

Articles

Academic Search Premier
Comprehensive index to scholarly journals and general periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including full text. Coverage prior to 1990 is sparse.

LexisNexis Academic
Full text of hundreds of newspapers and legal resources.

JSTOR
Full text of hundreds of scholarly journals in all disciplines dating back to the 1700s.

CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online
Full-text documents covering international affairs, including working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs, 1991 to present.

CQ Weekly Report
The Congressional Quarterly (CQ) weekly magazine on government, politics, and commerce. "Readers get in-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up 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", 1983 to present.

Military and Government Collection
Indexes periodicals pertaining to all branches of the military and government, and includes several peace studies journals.

Periodicals Archive Online
Full text of 425 journals and magazines covering all topics dating back to the 1800s. Coverage ends at 1995.

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Reference

Blackwell Reference Online – Politics
Contains the complete texts of encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other reference works from Blackwell Publishing.

CQ Almanac
Coverage of the people, elections, legislation, and controversies in the US Congress from 1945-2006, with in-depth review and analysis of legislation and policy for each year, organized by policy area and comprehensive roll call votes for all major legislation.

CIA World Fact Book
Fact Books for most countries of the world are produced annually. They provide a good overview, including maps, of most of the countries in the world.

Oxford Reference Online – Law
Contains the complete texts of Oxford University Press dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference titles.

Oxford Reference Online – Politics
Contains the complete texts of Oxford University Press dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference titles.

The Statesman's Yearbook
Online version of the famous yearbook that provides an overview of political, economic, and demographic information on world countries.

Dictionary of American History
Online version of the 10-volume, 3rd edition reference set from Charles Scribner's (2003). An introduction to topics in American history.

Directory of Associations
Available only on campus.

Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Online version of the 10-volume, 2nd edition of Macmillan's standard encyclopedia (2006) . An excellent starting point for research on topics related to philosophy.

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Online version of the six-volume reference set from Charles Scribner's (2004). An introduction to "how we think" about concepts as diverse as physics and communism.

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