Databases for Politics
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For the most up-to-date list of databases, please go to the Find Database function of Brandeis Scholar.
To search across multiple databases at one time, use the QuickSearch function of Brandeis Scholar.
Key Databases
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- Indexes and abstracts articles in over 550 international, English-language social science journals, 1983 to present
- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
- Indexes over 1400 journals, books, and government documents on public policy aspects of business, economics, government and other social science topics, 1972 to present
- LexisNexis Statistical
- Accesses statistics from federal, state, private and international sources with some links to full text
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Covers journals/serials in political science and its complementary fields. Includes international relations, law, and public administration policy. 1975 to present
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
- Full-text source for theory and research in international affairs. Offers 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
Additional Databases
- Access UN
- Indexes United Nations documents, including some links to full text, 1966 to present
- CenStats
- Provides access to popular Census Bureau databases such as the Annual Survey of Manufactures and County Business Patterns
- Digital National Security Archive
- Provides access to more than 35,000 important declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), including materials from the Berlin Crisis 1958-1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Iran-Contra Affair and others
- Fedstats
- Accesses statistics and information produced by more than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government
- GPO Access
- Accesses the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Economic Report of the President, Code of Federal Regulations, GAO Reports and more
- GPO Monthly Catalog
- Indexes U.S. government publications, 1976 to present
- Homeland Security Digital Library
- Federal, state, and local documents as well as papers from think tanks, non-governmental and international agencies and organizations relating to the area of homeland security, primarily 2002 to present.
- LexisNexis Congressional
- Accesses congressional publications, legislative histories, bills, current laws, regulations and information about congressional members and committees
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
- Full-text of the most recent statistics on U.S. social and economic conditions and some international data
- STAT-USA
- Accesses statistics and business and economic data from the U.S. government
Multidisciplinary Databases
- American FactFinder
- A subsection of the U.S. Census Bureau Web site that provides searchable statistical data from the Census 2000, 1990 Census, 1997 Economic Census and other data sets
- InfoTrac Web
- Indexes and provides full text to thousands of journals and magazines in all fields, including academic disciplines, business, and health, 1980 to present
- JSTOR
- Indexes and provides full-text to the older issues of over 100 scholarly journal titles from most disciplines, 1800s to the recent 2-5 years
- LexisNexis Academic
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- Provides full-text news, business, industry and legal information
- Project Muse
- Full text access to over 160 journal titles, the bulk of which are produced by university presses
- Academic Search Premier
- Provides full text and indexing of thousands of journals in all academic fields. Dates vary according to publication
- World Development Indicators
- Accesses statistical data worldwide, containing more than 575 time series indicators, 1960 to 2001
- World News Connection
- Full-text of translations to English of international foreign news sources by the U.S. Government
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