LibGuides: Political Science Subject Guide: Databases

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General and Reference Databases

Searching Skills - Central Search Quick Reference Guide This two-page handout introduces database search structure and acts as a quick reference guide to the limiters, links, and tools embedded in Central Search

Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting your research with dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other excellent tertiary sources. Use this box to search hundreds of full-text reference titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.

Films on Demand

Films on Demand
Outstanding content from Films for the Humanities & Sciences, ABC News, NBC News, PBS, BBC, National Geographic, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Bill Moyers, Shopware, The Open University, A&E, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Fred Friendly Seminars, Cambridge Educational, and many more. Programs from more than 700 producers are included.

Browse Videos Specific to Political Science

Films on Demand allows you to browse videos by subject. Choose one of the Political Science subjects below to browse the available videos.

ILL Request

Can't Find the Article You Are Looking For?

If you cannot find the item you need in either our catalog or databases, you can place an InterLibrary Loan (ILL) request directly with the Library. Delivery of articles usually takes 3 business days; delivery of books usually takes at least 7 business days.

Go to InterLibrary Loan Form

Featured Databases

Academic Search Complete
A large multi-disciplinary database, with many journals in full-text and coverage in politics, history, and the social sciences.

General searching techniques and format, including keyword and advanced searching
Guided subject searching for better results
Use left column search guides to refine your search
Use our interlibrary loan form to order articles that are not full-text.

JSTOR
One of the largest databases in the world, JSTOR includes a collection of full-text scholarly journals across multiple disciplines, multimedia including images and audio, and primary sources.

JSTOR: Viewing Subject: Political Science - View a listing of journals, books, and research reports in JSTOR listed under the subject of political science.

Learning Express Library
Learning Express is a practice test service that provides immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Included are LSAT practice tests and logic games practice sets.
Nexis Uni
(formerly Lexis-Nexis University) Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.

Looking For Something Else?

Database Help

Need Tips on How to Search Library Databases?

Are you not sure where or how to start searching library databases? Check out our Introduction to Research Skills guide's Form a Search Strategy and Search Tips pages. As always, you can also reach out to a librarian for assistance.

The NYTimes & The Athletic

Smiley Memorial Library is proud to offer digital access to premier news and sports journalism for all CMU students and faculty. Use your current CMU email address to register.

Political Science Subject Guide: Databases

General and Reference Databases

Central Search by EBSCO

Films on Demand

Films on Demand

Browse Videos Specific to Political Science

ILL Request

Can't Find the Article You Are Looking For?

Featured Databases

Featured Databases

Looking For Something Else?

Database Help

Need Tips on How to Search Library Databases?

The NYTimes & The Athletic

Smiley Memorial Library