POLI SCI 473 : Is Democracy Possible Everywhere?
Frederic Schaffer, Fall 2019
Databases
UMass Amherst subscribes to hundreds of information databases; here are some that are likely to be of the most use to you.
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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
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowWell-documented full text overviews of current issues, including bibliographies and chronologies. Produced by Congressional Quarterly, 1923-present.
Scholarly articles
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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.
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ProQuest Political Science This link opens in a new windowFull text political science periodical articles. Dates vary by title.
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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-.
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PolicyFile This link opens in a new windowFull text policy papers from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.
Data and surveys
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PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Map-creation tool for visualizing many categories of data: income, housing, quality of life, federal guidelines, and more.
To learn how to use PolicyMap, see their YouTube channel for videos: https://www.youtube.com/@PolicyMap.
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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.
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Roper Dataset This link opens in a new windowSearch over 20,000 datasets from public opinion surveys dating back to the 1930s. Approximately 60% of these were conducted in the United States; 8,000 datasets are from over 100 countries.
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World Values SurveyThe World Values Survey is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life.
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Global Barometer SurveysThe first comprehensive effort to measure, at a mass level, the current social, political, and economic atmosphere around the world.
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World Bank Open DataProvides a range of global economic and development indicators, including GDP, trade, and population statistics.
Newspapers
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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.
