My Colby-Sawyer Experience
"I was reinforced in thinking about my approaches but also found some alternative methods in strengthening the messages to my students."
- Jerry Bliss, Professor, Fine and Performing Arts
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government resources @ CSC library
online databases
Proquest Social Sciences Journals full-text and peer-reviewed articles.
CQ Researcher weekly reports covers current and controversial issues of the day. It provides summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
Oxford Online Reference A collection of online Reference Books
Credo Reference A collection of online Reference Books
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)cover-to-cover full text for 25 national & international newspapers. Full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
Access World News The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources; includes world map
AP Images
netLibrary e-books
EJS E-Journals (EBSCO) articles
SearchAll search all these databases at once
government websites
The American Presidency Project Created by two professors at UCSB, an archive of 77,479 documents related to the study of the Presidency
Center for American Women and Politics The CAWP, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, is nationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about American women's political participation.
Pew Research Center a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does so by conducting public opinion polling and social science research; by reporting news and analyzing news coverage; and by holding forums and briefings. It does not take positions on policy issues.
Country Insights Country facts and cultural information on the countries of the world.
THOMAS Library of Congress Federal Legislative information
International Labour Organization UN agency that provides publications, databases, statistics
CIA World Factbook Country information
UN Statistics Statistical information on a wide range of topics, for countries all over the world.
International Links
books
Use the CSC Library catalog to find books about government:
Search with Subject Browse or Subject Keyword using any of these words: democracy, comparative government, political science, world politics or try your own words in a General Keyword search.
Most government books are classified under J (Politics), K (Law), and G (Geography), and can be found on the main level of the barn, and in the Reference Collection on the library's main level.
