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government resources @ CSC library
online databases
subject specific databases
African American Experience a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora
American Indian Experience full-text digital resource exploring the histories and contemporary cultures of the indigenous peoples of the United States
Latino American Experience a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of U.S. Latinos
Proquest Social Sciences Journals full-text and peer-reviewed articles.
World History Collection World History Collection offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964
other databases
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles
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
CQ Researcher weekly reports covers current and controversial issues of the day. It provides summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and more
Credo Reference A collection of online Reference Books
EJS E-Journals (EBSCO) articles
Integrated Search Search all the EBSCO Government databses at once
netLibrary e-books
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)cover-to-cover full text for 25 national & international newspapers; full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided
Oxford Online Reference A collection of online Reference Books
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
CIA World Factbook Country information
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
Country Insights Country facts and cultural information on the countries of the world
Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System This digital collection includes summary transcripts of interviews conducted with refugees from the USSR during the early years of the Cold War
International Labour Organization UN agency that provides publications, databases, statistics
National Conference of State Legislators State embryonic and fetal research laws
OECD Statistics Organisation for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) uses its wealth of information on a broad range of topics to help governments foster prosperity and fight poverty through economic growth and financial stability.
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
ProCon.org an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, provides pros and cons on diverse controversial topics with facts and quotations from thousands of experts
THOMAS Library of Congress Federal Legislative information
UN Statistics Statistical information on a wide range of topics, for countries all over the world
World Digital Library United Nations site bringing together, in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world
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.
