Research Guides: INTL 3151/POLS 3151: International Political Economy: Library Resources

Library Resources

Political Handbook of the World (2020-2021) This link opens in a new window
This resource provides political information and in-depth coverage of current political controversies with facts and analysis on individual country’s governmental and political makeup.

These databases provide access to journal articles, ebooks, and other sources of information for your research assignments.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A great database to get started with for your research on any topic. Use it to search for articles from scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals, newspapers, and magazines.
ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research This link opens in a new window
Archive of social and political science data and datasets. Reading and manipulation of this data may require statistical software such as SPSS, SAS, Stata, or R.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides access to academic journals and books covering a wide range of disciplines; it also includes some limited primary source collections.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
This resource covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources. PAIS Archive is included in this database and includes the content from printed volumes published 1915-1976.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science, international relations, law, public administration, and public policy.

1995 - present

NewsBank This link opens in a new window
Full-text newspaper articles covering international, national, and local news. Includes the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Charlotte Observer, and many others.
New York Times (1980 - Present) This link opens in a new window
Major resource for national and international news and current events, provided by Nexis Uni. In the guided search, choose "A Publication", then your search term(s), then choose "New York Times" in the "Find Publication" box.
Washington Post (via Nexis Uni) This link opens in a new window
Complete full-text content of The Washington Post newspaper. In the guided search, choose "A Publication", then your search term(s), then "Washington Post" in "Find Publication" box.

Credo Reference provides background information and is a good place to start your research.