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Databases

database type of data
Academic Search Premier over 4,600 journals  more
America: History & Life indexes over 1,700 journals  more
American History & Culture Online: 1500-1926 29,000 documents; trial ends Oct. 31  more
Annual Reviews 4 titles  more
Communication and Mass Media Complete over 200 journals   more
CQ Researcher reports on international affairs, etc.  more
Dissertation Abstracts citations, abstracts, recent text   more
EconLit indexes 400 journals   more
Historical Abstracts indexes over 1,700 journals   more
Index to Current Urban Documents guide to governmental reports   more
Infoshare New York City demographics   more
Interuniversity Consortium for Political & Social Research (ICPSR) social science data sets   more
JSTOR 420 scholarly journals   more
Law Library Microfilm Collection legal documents   more
LexisNexis 5,900 publications   more
Military & Government Collection 390 military publications   more
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research professors' working papers  more
New York Times Full Text 1851-2003   more
Opposing Viewpoints social-issues sources   more
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service International) public-policy citations   more
PAIS Archive citations beginning 1915   more
SAGE Political Science Collection 25 journals since 1981   more
Social Sciences Abstracts indexes journals since 1983   more
Social Sciences Citation Index cited references since 1990   more
WorldCat holdings of thousands of libraries   more
World Data Analyst statistical profiles of 200 countries   more
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts indexes 1,500 journals   more

Reference Sources

Encyclopedia of government and politics. GC Ref JA 61.C66 2004
Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy. GC Ref B53 .B635 1993
New Handbook of Political Science. GC Ref JA66.N49 1996
Political Science Research Methods. GC Ref JA73.J64 (Newest edition in Reserve)

Graduate Center reference books in Political Science
 

 Journals

Graduate Center full text e-journals in Political Science
Graduate Center full text e-journals in Government, Law, and Public Policy
Directory of Open Access Journals
Graduate Center print journals in Political Science

Academic Web Sites

Graduate Center
CUNY Graduate Center Political Science Doctoral Program
CUNY Graduate Center for Place, Culture & Politics
CUNY GC Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
CUNY GC Howard Samuels State Management and Policy Center

General Sources
IPSA portal (Top 300 web sites for Political Science)
US Politics & World News (from LexisNexis)
International Affairs Resources 
Annenberg Political Fact Check
H-POL (scholarly discussion of American political history)
CQ Press in Context
Political Science: A Net Station
Political Database of the Americas
Brookings Books Online (Politics : International Affairs)
Foreign Affairs Online
Europa: Gateway to the European Union
Political Database of the Americas
Terrorism Research Center
Zrate's Political Collections

Documents
Government Documents at the NYPL
Docuticker (reports from government agencies and ngo's)
Government Document Search Engine (Google)
Government Document Center (Univ. of Michigan)
International Documents Collection (Northwestern Univ. Library)
Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)
Congressional Data Page

Digital Collections
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy: Avalon Project at Yale Law School :
Chronology of US Historical Documents
American Memory Collections: primary source materials on U.S. history and culture
Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers
John Jay Papers from Columbia Universtiy
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Collection from US Dept of State
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books

Data and Survey Sites
FedStats
Gallup Organization
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
PollingReport.com

United Nations Research
United Nations Research at SIBL
United Nations Official Documents (Available at NYPL)
United Nations Treaty Series (Available at NYPL)
United Nations Official Document System
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) RefWorld
UN Cartographic Section (Maps and Geographic Information)

Blogs
Talking Points Memo
The Note - ABC News Political Unit
Daily Kos
Instapundit.com
James Wolcott
Wonkette

Andrew Sullivan

Associations & Research Centers

American Political Science Association
American Political Development Center
Applied Research Center
Brookings Institution
Center for Democracy and Technology
Center for International Development and Conflict Management
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Center for Voting and Democracy
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Council on Foreign Relations
Institute for Policy Studies
Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Interhemisphere Resource Center
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
International Institute for Strategic Studies
International Institute of Social History
International Organizations
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
National Association of Counties
Policy Studies Organization
Political Studies Association of the U.K.
RAND
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
World Policy Institute

Librarian for Political Science

If you would like to discuss research strategies, arrange an instructional workshop for your class, or make a recommendation, contact:

Scott Johnston
Librarian for Political Science
Mina Rees Library, The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 817-7059
E-mail: sjohnston@gc.cuny.edu