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the Catalog: books, e-books, government documents, special collections materials, music and films
- at CC's Tutt and Sealy Music Libraries
Prospector: collections of 22 regional libraries
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Political Science videos via Films of Demand
Guides to Look at:
- Congressional and Legislative TrackingCovers this branch of government with links to databases and other resources (paper and online).
Political Parties
- Democratic Party- committed to keeping our nation safe and expanding opportunity for every American; wealth and status should not be an entitlement to rule and that each of us has an obligation to each other
- Republican Party- the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person’s dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored.
- List of US political parties- from Politics1
Best Bets for Databases
- Political Science Complete This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1887-current. Political science database with a global scope. Contains full text for some journals, reference books, monographs and conference papers, in addition to abstracts and indexes for many journals.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1865 - current. Large database with extensive full text access to journals, in addition to abstracts and indexing. Subject coverage is general and broad.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowCoverage: late 1800's - up to most recent years; can limit to political journals.
- Project Muse Scholarly Journals Online This link opens in a new windowCoverage: varies. Project Muse Standard Collection (so not all) of core scholarly titles; current and back issues; may limit to political journals.
- CQ library This link opens in a new windowCoverage: Nov. 1991 - current. This weekly publication covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
Interdisciplinary sources
- America: History and Life This link opens in a new windowCovers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
- Social Sciences Abstracts With Full Text This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1972 - current. International, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. Broader coverage than SocIndex. Upgraded to full text version in July 2017.
- NBER working paper series This link opens in a new windowCoverage: November 1994 - current. NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) working papers focus on empirical research such as the development of new statistical measures, effects of public policy on U.S. economy, and estimating quantitative models of economic behavior. The papers are searchable by subject and available fulltext.
International Look at the USA
- Ciao: Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new windowCoverage: varies. Journal articles and papers relating to International Affairs.
News
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Coverage: 1977 - mostly current. Access to popular press material such as newspaper articles. Also contains law review articles. (Not for walk-in use per license. Reference librarian on duty may consult for a public patron at the Research Desk computer.) Formerly known as Lexis Nexis Academic Universe, which was discontinued 1/1/2019. - Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
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Coverage: 1969 - mostly current. Full text for major U.S., regional U.S. and international newspapers, as well as full text transcripts from television and radio news.
- Newspaper guidecovers news sources with tabs for Colorado, USA, International, Historical and Current