Electronic Databases
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- Academic Search Elite Abstracts and full text journal articles in all subject categories.
- Arts & Humanities Citation IndexA citation index can be searched by author, topic and citation.
- CQ ResearcherIn-depth, weekly publication covering current and controversial issues. Full text.
- Ethnic NewsWatchNews, culture and history from over 200 ethnic press publications. Full text.
- Gender WatchInternational publications devoted to women and gender issues. Full text.
- GPO Monthly CatalogAn index to information published by the U.S. Government. Also available in print (Government Documents, 3rd Floor - Index Tables)
- Humanities Full TextCovers the fields of art, history, communications, language and literature, literary and political criticism, philosophy and religion. Full text.
- JSTOR: Arts and Sciences Collections 1 & 2 Archives of scholarly electronic journals in Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Mathematics, History, and more.
- Legal Periodicals & Books Articles from legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications.
- LexisNexis Academic Provides access to 5,000 news, business, legal and reference information. Some full text.
- Periodical AbstractsGeneral and academic journals in business, current affairs, economics, literature, religion, psychology, women's studies, etc.
- Project Muse 300+ of the Johns Hopkins University Press's journals are offered online via Project Muse. Subject areas include the arts, culture, history, literature, philosophy and politics. Many titles have coverage back to 1995. Available on campus only.
- Proquest Newspapers Full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of 150+ major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. Full-text coverage of Wisconsin newspapers including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, plus selected coverage of other regional sources.
- Readers' Guide Full Text
Indexes and abstracts from more than 400 popular journals, from as far back as 1983. Also available in print, Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900 - 1982 (Reference Area)
- SIRSResearcherGeneral reference database exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political and global issues.
- Social Sciences Full TextIndex to social science journals. Full text.
- Social Sciences Citation IndexA citation index can be searched by author, topic or citation.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts "Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy."
- General Electronic Databases
Comprehensive Sites on Political Science
Related Sites at UW-Platteville/Karrmann Library
- History (Resources by Academic Discipline)
Political Science at UW-Platteville
- The Political Science Office is located in 324 Warner Hall and the contact person is Thomas Waters. For a listing of courses or for more information on this program, call (608) 342-1893.
- James Hibbard is the Karrmann Library's liaison to the Political Science program. Contact James at (608) 342-1229 for individualized consultations and/or library instruction sessions in political science. His e-mail address is hibbardj@uwplatt.edu.