POLI SCI 499CE : Is Democracy Possible Everywhere?
Databases
UMass Amherst subscribes to hundreds of information databases; here are some that are likely to be of the most use to you.
- UMass subscribed databasesA list of all databases that UMass subscribe to. Results can be narrowed by subject matter or format (e.g. data, newspapers).
Background
- CRS Reports This link opens in a new windowReports by the public policy research arm of the U. S. Congress on current issues and their legal and legislative status, 1970-present. Library doesn't subscribe to tabbed extras like Bills, Memebers & Votes, etc.
Scholarly articles and policy papers
- Discovery Search This link opens in a new windowFind articles across a large number of library resources with just one search! Begin your generalized research here.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Core scholarly journals from a range of disciplines, dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before present.
- ProQuest Political Science This link opens in a new windowFull text political science periodical articles. Dates vary by title.
- PAIS International This link opens in a new windowArticles, government documents, reports in the fields of political science, public and social policy, international relations 1915-.
- PolicyFile This link opens in a new windowFull text policy papers from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.
Government documents
- ProQuest Legislative and Executive Publications This link opens in a new windowHearings, bills, laws and legislative histories, committee prints, Congressional Research Service reports, Congressional Record and predecessors, Executive Branch docs to 1939, and the Serial Set.
- A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and AgenciesA list of websites for federal executive agencies.
- State Legislature WebsitesA list of links to the legislatures of the U.S. states and territories.
Data and surveys
- iPOLL This link opens in a new windowOver 650,000 public opinion survey questions and answers - from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Survey from 1935 to present.
- Pew Research CenterTopics, datasets (requires free account)
- World Values SurveyThe World Values Survey is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life.
- Global Barometer SurveysThe first comprehensive effort to measure, at a mass level, the current social, political, and economic atmosphere around the world.
- World Bank Open DataProvides a range of global economic and development indicators, including GDP, trade, and population statistics.
- StatistaCollection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries.
Newspapers
- Access World News - Historical and Current This link opens in a new window
Includes current and archived news content (with backfiles beginning in the 1980s) from more than 7,050 sources spanning 200+ countries and territories across the globe.
