American politics and government
American politics and government is the scholarly study of politics within the United States, including political behavior, public opinion, elections and electoral systems, institutions, political parties and pressure groups, public law and constitutions, branches and levels of government, whether taken on their own or as they relate to US domestic- or foreign-policy making.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts from CSA
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts from CSA
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts indexes citations and abstracts from journal articles, books, essays, book reviews, working papers, technical reports, theses, and dissertations in the social sciences related to politics. You can limit to peer-reviewed sources. 1975-present.
CQ Press Electronic Library
CQ Press Electronic Library
CQ Press Electronic Library allows searching across multiple CQ Press ebooks, periodicals, and analytical reports on all aspects of American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Major document types included are court case summaries, chronologies, floor votes in Congress, election analyses, legislative analyses, maps, and primary sources. Most full-text content is presented as HTML web pages, though tables and PDFs are also included. 1700s-present.
ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Congressional
ProQuest Congressional indexes citation to and provides some full text for congressional publications and legislative history. 1969-present.
Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) from CQ Press
Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) from CQ Press
CRSR allows browsing and full-text searching of Congressional Research Service (of the Library of Congress) reports, which are provided to members of Congress and Congressional committees and could cover any topic. By law, most CRS reports are confidential, so this database is not complete. 1978-present.
HeinOnline
HeinOnline
HeinOnline provides full-text PDF legal documents organized into libraries: Law Journals (ABA, Core, Criminal Justice, International, Intellectual Property), Legal Classics, United States Code, U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S Federal Legislative History, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, U.S. Presidential, Treaties and Agreements, Pentagon Papers, Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, World Constitutions Illustrated, and the European Center for Minority Issues. 1200s-present.
ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is a membership-based organization providing access to the world's largest archive of computer-based research and instructional data for the social sciences. The archive of data sets includes a broad range of disciplines, including political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, education, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, and law.
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