Research Guides: Political Science: Getting Started

Welcome

Welcome to the Calvin T. Ryan Library and the Library Research Guides. This guide is meant to help you pare down all the resources available to those most relevant for Political Science. For further help, please contact your subject guide, listed on the side.

Key Article Databases

Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for over 400 publications, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 800 journals in political science. Also features over 27,000 full text conference papers, including those of the American Political Science Association.
Politics Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes access to renowned databases such as PAIS and WPSA, covering the international literature in political science, public administration and policy.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
U.S. government documents, treaties, case law, and more.

Library Search

Biographies

Dictionary of Political Biography This dictionary covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it describes and assesses the lives of around 870 men and women who have shaped political events across the world.

Oxford Handbooks on Political Science

Oxford Handbooks Online
Expert research reviews in political science

Political Science

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Key Article Databases

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Biographies

Oxford Handbooks on Political Science

Political Science Encyclopedias