The database provides access to citations and abstracts of journal articles appearing political science journals. Years of Coverage: 1975 to the present.

Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS) International provides indexing and abstracting of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.

This resource provides fairly comprehensive essays on current events. A single-themed essay is published every two weeks and includes background information, chronological timelines, graphs, statistics, opposing viewpoints and a bibliography. A great place to begin research on an unfamiliar topic.

Documents and articles devoted to research, analysis, and scholarship on international politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies.

An easy way to research social issues. Use the Browse Issues link to access a pro/con essay and articles, chapters, images, news, and more on hot topics in the news. Great for preparing for debates or argument essays.

Historic and current congressional information. This collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, and the full text of public laws and other research materials. This includes the US Serial Set.

Country information, maps, intelligence, demographics, and more. Good for ;pcating military, conflict or country research.

ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. Also includes access to articles and other publications related to the datasets.

Provides abstracting, indexing, and full text for publications from hundreds of public domain and licensed sources, including:
-US Federal statistical publications. Coverage from 1973; full text from 2004. Also known as American Statistics Index, or ASI.
-State government and business statistical reports. Coverage from 1980; full text from 2007. Also known as Statistics Reference Index, or SRI.
-International statistical publications from the UN, OECD, EU, etc. Coverage from 1980. Full text from 2007. Also known as Index to International Statistics, or IIS.