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Political Science International Relations

See also Social Sciences, General

ABC Pol Sci -- American Foreign Relations since 1600 -- CIAO -- CQ Weekly -- FBIS
International Political Science Abstracts -- Left Index -- LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Congressional -- Military & Govt. Collection -- Monthly Catalog -- The Nation
National Journal -- Peace Research Abstracts Journal -- Sage Public Administration Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

Online (CSA):  1951--

Subject coverage: political science, economics, social and cultural anthropology, sociology
Materials indexed: scholarly books and journals, research reports, dissertations, specialized bibliographies; international coverage. Online equivalent of International Bibliography of Political Science.
Note: can limit search to just political science subset of resources using search limits. Ask for help.

 

International Political Science Abstracts 

Paper (LASR): 1952-1961, 1963--

Subject coverage: Political science, international relations, public administration
Materials indexed: more than 600 scholarly journals (selectively indexed) and yearbooks; international coverage
Publishing info: Paper copy published bi-monthly; cumulated annually. Annual subject and author indexes.

 

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Online (CSA):  1975--

Subject coverage: political science, international relations, law, and public administration / policy
Materials indexed:  more than 1,400 journals, books, essays, dissertations. Includes reviews.
Note: formed by the merger of two databases (ABC PolSci and Political Science Abstracts). Prior to 2000,  records use different subject headings; beginning in 2000, all entries use subject headings listed in the online thesaurus. Use keyword searching to ameliorate the problem.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) -- users' guide

Online (WWW):  1991--
Available from campus network only

Subject coverage: theory and research in international affairs
Materials indexed: full text of working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, CIA maps. Abstracts/summaries of articles from 18 scholarly journals and books (some books have full text online). Links to selected web sites.
Publishing info: updated with new material on a regular schedule. Working papers are augmented every month, as are conference proceedings. Links and resources, the schedule of events and the response files are updated weekly. New journal issues and books are added as they become available.

American Foreign Relations since 1600: a guide to the literature

Online (ABC CLIO):  2nd ed.

Subject coverage:  U.S. foreign relations
Materials indexed: books, articles, essays, a few websites; primarily English languge publications

 

Sage Public Administration Abstracts

Online (FirstSearch ECO):  1988--

Subject coverage: all aspects of public administration, including politics, law, economics, civil and human rights, government, trade, immigration, public health, social services, environmental protection, and banking
Materials indexed: books, articles, pamphlets, government publications, significant speeches, legislative research studies
Important: Searching a database within a database. 
        In Advanced Searching always enter “Sage public administration abstracts” in one search box as a Source Phrase. Enter identifiers or keywords or authors in other search boxes.
        Journal, volume, pages, date information display in the Source field as Full Text; no full text available online.

 

Military and Government Collection

Online (EBSCO):  dates varies

Subject Coverage:  current news pertaining to all branches of the mililtary and government
Materials indexed:  cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals; indexed and abstracts only for more than 500 titles

 

Peace Research Abstracts Journal

Online (FirstSearch ECO):  1999--
Paper (LASR):  1994-98, 2004-05

Subject coverage: peace studies and international relations, including foreign & military policy, war, population, economics, labor issues, technology & industry, politics, law, and social issues.
Materials indexed: books, journals, government documents, speeches, scholarly papers.
Important: Searching a database within a database. 
        In Advanced Searching always enter “Peace research abstracts” in one search box as a Source Phrase. Enter identifiers or keywords or authors in other search boxes.
        Journal, volume, pages, date information display in the Source field as Full Text; no full text available online.

 

Left Index

Paper:  1982--
Case Indexes (Reference trailer) AI3 .L44

Subject coverage: multi-disciplinary
Materials indexed: periodicals with a leftist slant. Includes book reviews
Publishing info: published quarterly with author and subject indexes; annual cumulative subject index

 

LexisNexis Congressional

Online:  varies with portion of database (coverage chart)

Includes the online version of CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress, including abstracts and legislative histories; selected full text of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills, and the Congressional Record; prepared statements at hearings, full text of bills and bill-tracking, U.S. Code  Service, current Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, biographical and financial information and voting records of members of congress; committee rosters, charters, and schedules; news from the hill, including stories from the Washington Post, Roll Call, and The Hill; and links to hot bills/topics and other websites.

 

GPO Monthly Catalog

Online (FirstSearch):  1976--
Paper:  1924-1976
Case Indexes (Reference trailer):  Z1223. A18

Subject coverage: multi-disciplinary
Materials indexed: publications of the U.S. government
Paper publishing info: Subject index; author, title, report number indexes begin in 1976; keyword title index in 1980. Preceded by (all titles shelved in same area of Case Indexes):
    Checklist of United States Public Documents  1789-1909 (arranged by agency of publication)
    Poore's  1774-1881 (no SuDocs numbers)
    Ame's  1881-1893 (no SuDocs numbers)
    Documents Catalog  1894-1939 (no SuDocs numbers)
Use CIS Index to Executive Branch Documents and CIS Serial Set Index for subject access to and SuDocs numbers for documents prior to 1924.

 

LexisNexis Academic -- user guide for News files

Online (WWW):  varies with file, many 1981--

Subject coverage: multi-disciplinary, with especially strong news, business and legal material
Materials indexed: full text of newspapers, periodicals, wire stories, laws, federal regulations, State and Supreme Court cases, tax codes.
Publishing info: most files updated daily

 

Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index  (Newsbank)

       Online (WWW):  1975-1996
FBIS Publications (U.S. G.P.O.)

CD-ROM (LASR):  1996--

Subject coverage: economic, political, military, environmental, and sociological news and commentary
Materials indexed: translations of foreign radio and television broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from foreign countries. Full text of documents in Case Docs Microfiche (1975-1996) PREX 7.10: and on CD-ROM (1996-- ) PREX 7.10/3:
CDs Installed upon request. Ask at Reference

 

Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report (1996-98)
CQ Weekly (1998-2001)

Online (various databases):  Oct. 1983--
Paper (LASR):  v.24-56 (1966-98)
Paper (LASR):  v.56-59 (1998-2001)

Single periodical title.

 

The Nation

Online:  1865 to 2 yrs ago
Online: (Academic Search Premier):  1984 to 1 month ago
Paper (LASR):  v.1 (1865)--v.171 (1950); current issues in Cooley until bound
Microfilm (LASR):  v.172 (1951)--

Single title.

National Journal

Online (National Journal Publications):  1977--
Online (Academic Search Premier):  2000 to 14 days ago
Paper (LASR):  v. 7 (1975)--  ; current issues in Cooley until bound

Single title.

 

ABC Pol Sci: Advanced Bibliography of Contents, Political Science and Government

DOS CD-ROM (LASR):  1984-1997

Subject coverage: political science, as well as related areas such as economics, sociology, law
Materials indexed: periodicals
CD-ROM:  Installed upon request. Ask at Reference.