Tom Glynn
Political Science Selector
glynn@rci.rutgers.edu
December 13, 2005

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Political Science:
Indexes and Databases

The indexes listed below can be used to locate articles, essays, documents, reports, and other sources of information in the field of political science. Many indexes will provide only citations and abstracts for sources, although some electronic indexes provide full-text. To locate an article or essay from a citation in an index, click on the "Article Linker" link. Article Linker will provide a link to the fulltext of the article, if available, or a link that will open a new browser and search in IRIS for the journal in which the article appeared. If neither a paper nor fulltext version of the article is available from a Rutgers library, you may request a copy from another library through Interlibrary Loan Services.

Each section of the list below is divided into four subsections. The first subsection lists indexes specific to the discipline of political science, including titles such as ABC Pol Sci. The second subsection lists indexes to government publications from the U.S. government as well as foreign governments and international organizations such as the United Nations. Indexes to popular magazines, newspapers, and other current events and news sources are listed in the third subsection, followed by indexes covering scholarly literature in other disciplines related to political science and interdisciplinary indexes.

Additional indexes beyond those listed here can be found by consulting the RU Libraries Indexes and Databases page, and the Selective Guide to Indexes and Abstracts in Alexander Library.

Electronic Indexes - Rutgers Restricted Access

To access the electronic indexes, click on "Indexes and Databases" from the Libraries homepage: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu.

Political Science

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online - A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on and includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

CQ Researcher - Substantial, well-researched reports on important issues under consideration by the United States Congress.

Declassified Documents Reference System - The fulltext of previously classified documents of the executive branch beginning in 1941.

Hein-On-Line - The fulltext of articles from most North American law reviews, beginning with the first issue. The most recent issues are not available, but they can be searched in fulltext in Lexis Academic.

Lexis Academic - A fulltext database indexing over 5,600 publications. Its main strengths are news coverage and legal material. It makes available the fulltext of several hundred newspapers from around the world, as well as the fulltext of state and federal court opinions, statutes, and regulations. It also has the fulltext of the major North American law journals.

PAIS International and Archive - Indexes periodicals, government documents, statistical directories, reports, pamphlets, conference proceedings, and books covering the entire spectrum of public and social policy issues, with an emphasis on factual and statistical information. Subject coverage includes agriculture, business, demographics, education, environment, finance, government, health, international relations, law and legislation, political science, public affairs, social work, and statistics

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - WPSA provides citations to material in over 1,000 journals in political science and related fields such as law, sociology, economics, and international affairs. As of March 2001 the database contained 241,000 citations. Approximately 10,000 citations are added annually.

Government Publications

Access UN - 1966+.
Declassified Documents Reference System - The fulltext of previously classified documents of the executive branch beginning in 1941.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Electronic Index. 1977-Sept.1996 ALEX REF-COM 1977-1996.
FBIS Publications. ALEX DOCREF CD-ROM Workstation 1, July 1996-.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Monthly Catalog) An index to the publications of the federal government issued since 1976 .
Human Rights on CD-ROM: Bibliographical Data and International Instruments.United Nations, 1980-1996. ALEX DOCREF CD-ROM Workstation 2.
Index to Current House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. 1996- ALEX DOCREF CD-ROM Workstation 2, Current Ed. Only.
Indexes of British Parliamentary Papers. [1801-1945] Bunsei Shoin, 1997. ALEX DOCREF CD-ROM Workstation 2.
The OECD Index on CD-ROM. ALEX DOCREF CD-ROM Workstation 1, Current Year Only.

News and Popular Literature

Academic Search Premier - Popular magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers. Full-text.
Access World News - Fulltext of the Philadelphia Inquirer and twelve New Jersey newspapers.
Factiva - Business publications and newspapers. Full-text.
Ethnic NewsWatch - Ethnic, minority, and native press, 1990- . Full-text.
Lexis Academic - Fulltext of newspapers from around the world.
New York Times - Fulltext of the Times going back to 1851.
World News Connection - Summaries and fulltext of foreign print news sources and broadcast media.

Scholarly Literature (Related Disciplines)

Academic Search Premier - Multidisiplinary. Full-text.
America History and Life - American and Canadian History.
Business Source Premier
Contemporary Women's Issues - International, interdisciplinary information on women. Full-text.
CountryWatch - Demographic, economic, political and cultural information on 192 countries.
Dissertations and Theses - Citations from 1861- , abstracts from 1980- , many full-text dissertations (for a fee).
EconLit - Economics
ERIC - Education and Related Disciplines.
Historical Abstracts - to "History of all countries except the United States and Canada
IngentaConnect - Multidisciplinary
LexisNexis Statistical; - Includes American Statistics Index, Index to International Statistics, Statistical Reference Index, and Statistical Abstract of the United States. Full-text.
Philosopher's Index - Philosophy and Related Disciplines.
PsychINFO - Psychology
Sociological Abstracts - Sociology and Related Disciplines
Web of Science - Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

Print Indexes

Political Science

ABC Pol Sci: Advance Bibliography of Contents: Political Science and Government. ABC-CLIO. ALEX REF Z7161.A223 1969-1994; DANA REF Z7161.A214k Current 5 Years. (Also available on CD-ROM at Alexander Library.) Reproduces the table of contents of more than 300 journals, U.S. and foreign, covering political science, government, international relations, and related topics. Valuable as a current awareness service and as a tool for retrospective searching of the political science literature.
Bulletin Analytique de Documentation Politique, Economique, et Sociale Contemporaine. Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. ALEX STACKS Z7163.F7 1946-1955, 1961-1998. The French equivalent of A London Bibliography of the Social Sciences. (see below).
C.R.I.S. : The Combined Retrospective Index Set to Journals in Political Science, 1866-1974. Carrollton Press, 1977. ALEX REF AI3.C17; DANA REF AI3.C185. Author and subject access to 200 major American and British political science periodicals. Covers international affairs and organizations, political behavior, research methodology, public administration, and government.
International Bibliography of Political Science. Bibliographie internationale de science politique. UNESCO / Tavistock. ALEX STACKS Z7163.I64 1952-1996; CAMDN REF Z7163.I64 1953- ; DANA REF Z7163.I64 1952- . Multi-lingual and extremely selective subject, placename and author bibliography covering a wide-range of journal articles, essays from edited monographs, pamphlets, and government publications. Lacks currency; publication can lag three to four years behind.
International Political Science Abstracts. Documentation Politique Internationale. International Political Science Association / International Studies Conference. ALEX, DANA REF JA36.I5 1951- with gaps.

The Left Index: A Quarterly Index to Periodicals of the Left. ALEX REF HX1.L34 1992- ; KLMR REF HX1.L34 1982-1987. Indexes American and European periodicals, popular, scholarly, and ephemeral, with a Marxist, radical, or left perspective. Includes a list of book reviews.
A London Bibliography of the Social Sciences. Mansell. ALEX REF Z7161.L84 1929-1989. Primarily based on the holdings of the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics. International coverage of books, pamphlets, and some government publications. Ceased publication in 1990.
PAIS International and Archive in Print.(title varies) Public Affairs Information Service. ALEX REF AI3.P9 and Index Table 7 1915-1998; DANA REF Z7163.P9 1991- ;CAMDN REF Z7163.P9 1945-1994; KLMR REF Z7163.P86 1915-1995. (also available online.) Contains records of articles in 1400 periodicals and thousands of government documents, statistical directories, reports, pamphlets, conference proceedings, and books. Covers the entire spectrum of public and social policy issues, with an emphasis on factual and statistical information.
Peace Research Abstracts Journal. Canadian Peace Research Institute. ALEX STACKS JX1903.P43 1964-1998. Indexes and abstracts books, periodical articles, research reports and documents on peace-related topics including ideologies, international organizations, national policies, and crisis areas.
Political Science Abstracts. Annual Supplement. IFI/Plenum. ALEX REF Z6461.U66 SUPPL. 1982-1996. Previous title: Political Science, Government, and Public Policy Series. Annual Supplement. Universal Reference System. ALEX STACKS Z6461.U66 SUPPL. Selectively indexes 300 journals in a year and also indexes chapters from books, essays from edited monographs, newspaper articles and news broadcasts transcripts. Coverage includes political science and all related fields, including international relations, public policy, and comparative government.
Political Science and Related Disciplines. International Current Awareness Services. ALEX REF JA1.A1P65 1993-1994. A short-lived current awareness service for journals and edited monographs. This index ceased to be published in 1994.
Selected Rand Abstracts. Rand Corporation. ALEX REF AS36.R332 1963- ; LSM REFPER AS36.R284 1981- .
A guide to the publications of the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit institution specializing in research and analysis in the area of public policy. Their work involves most of the major disciplines in the physical, social, and biological science, with emphasis on their application to problems of policy and planning in domestic and foreign affairs.
United States Political Science Documents. University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh. ALEX REF Z7161.U54 1975-1991; CAMDN REF Z7163.U58 1975-1991. This index, which ceased publication in 1991, indexed 140 journals, which were determined by the American Political Science Association as being the most commonly used by political scientists.

Government Publications - Foreign and International

Note: In addition to the sources below, many of the specialized indexes for political science, listed above, selectively index U.S., state, foreign, and international government publications.

American Foreign Policy and Treaty Index. Congressional Information Service. ALEX DOCREF (Index Table) JX1417.C65 1996- Previous title: American Foreign Policy Index 1993-1995.
British Government Publications. For a listing of indexes to British Government Publications available at Alexander Library, including Parliamentary Papers, consult this separate guide to the collection.
Index to International Statistics: IIS. Congressional Information Service. ALEX DOCREF (Index Table) Z7551.I5 1983- ; CAMDN REF HA155.I53 1988- ; LSM REFPER Z7552.I53 1983- . Also available online as LexisNexis Statistical.
FBIS Daily Reports. U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Services. ALEX DOCUS PrEx 7.10 1947-1964 microfilm (Cabinet 11C-E), 1965-1977 paper, 1977-1996 microfiche (SuDoc Cabinet), July 1996+ CD-ROM. Indexed by FBIS Index on CD (see CD-ROM Menu).
JPRS Reports. U.S. Joint Publications Research Service. ALEX DOCUS Microfiche 1977-1996. (Filed at the end of the depository microfiche collection.) Indexed by Transdex Index DOCREF Z7403.C381. Merged with FBIS Daily Reports in 1995.
UNDOC. ALEX DOCREF Z6482.U454 1978- (formerly UNDEX 1970-78; United Nations Documents Index 1950-73) (see also Index to United Nations Documents and Publications on CD-ROM 1990-, and AccessUN)
UNESCO List of Documents and Publications. ALEX DOCREF Z6483.U43a 1972-

Government Publications - United States

American Foreign Policy and Treaty Index. Congressional Information Service. ALEX DOCREF (Index Table) JX1417.C65 1996- Previous title: American Foreign Policy Index 1993-1995.
American Statistics Index. Congressional Information Service. ALEX DOCREF (Index Table) Z7554.U5A46 1974- ; CAMDN DOCREF 1974-1998; DANA REF 1989- (latest year Index Table); LSM REFPER 1974- . Also available online as Statistical Universe. ASI Microfiche set available at ALEX DOCREF M-FICH 1981- .
CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders and Proclamations, 1789-1983. Congressional Information Service, 1986-7. ALEX DOCREF KF 70.A55.
CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress. Congressional Information Service. ALEX DOCREF (Index Table) KF49.C62 1970- .
CIS Index to Unpublished U.S. House of Representatives Committee Hearings, 1833-1936. Congressional Information Service, 1988. ALEX DOCREF KF27.A2U6. Microfiche set available at ALEX DOC M-FICH Cabinet 12C-D.
CIS Index to Unpublished U.S. Senate Committee Hearings, 1823-1964. Congressional Information Service, 1986. ALEX DOCREF KF40.C55. Microfiche set available at ALEX DOC M-FICH Cabinet 12A-C.
CIS Index to U.S. Senate Executive Documents and Reports...Not Printed in the U.S. Serial Set, 1817-1969. Congressional Information Service, 1987. ALEX DOCREF KF40.C57. Microfiche set available at ALEX DOC M-FICH Cabinet 18.
CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index: From the Earliest Publications through 1969. Congressional Information Service, 1980. ALEX, CAMDN DOCREF J74.C66.
CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index. (1833-1969) Congressional Information Service, 1981- . ALEX, CAMDN DOCREF KF25.C37.
CIS U.S. Serial Set Index. (1789-1969) Congressional Information Service, 1975- . ALEX DOCREF Z1223.Z9C65; CAMDN DOCREF J74.C66.
Congressional Index. Commerce Clearing House. ALEX DOCREF KF49.C6 1947-1998.
Declassified Documents Catalog. Research Publications. ALEX REF J83.D51 1986-1996. Formerly Declassified Documents Quarterly Catalog 1975-85. For later see Declassified Documents Reference System ALEX M-FICH 215, and Declassified Documents Reference System: Index and Abstracts ALEX REF CD-ROM.
FBIS Daily Reports. U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. ALEX DOCUS PrEx 7.10 1947-1964 microfilm (Cabinet 11C-E), 1965-1977 paper, 1977-1996 microfiche (SuDoc Cabinet), July 1996+ CD-ROM. Indexed by FBIS Index on CD (see CD-ROM Menu).
Index to Current Urban Documents. Greenwood Press. ALEX DOCREF Z7165.U5I654 1972- ; DANA REF Z7165.U5I654 1981- .
Index to U.S. Government Periodicals. Infordata International. ALEX DOCREF Z1223.79I15 1970-1987; CAMDN DOCREF 1980-1987; DANA REF 1987; LSM REFPER 1970-1987.
JPRS Reports. U.S. Joint Publications Research Service. ALEX DOCUS Microfiche 1977-1996. (Filed at the end of the depository microfiche collection.) Indexed by Transdex Index DOCREF Z7403.C381. Merged with FBIS Daily Reports in 1995.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. U.S. Government Printing Office. ALEX DOCREF US GP 3.8 1895-1995; CAMDN DOCREF Z1223.A18 1950- ; IMLR PER 1957- ;LSM REFPER 1895- . Online versions: GPO Access (1994- ); Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Monthly Catalog) (1976- , Rutgers Restricted Access); Auto-Graphics (1976- , Alexander Library Restricted Access.)
Monthly Checklist of State Publications. Library of Congress, Processing Services. ALEX DOC US LC 30.9 1908-1994; DANA REF Z1223.5.A1U5 1926-1994 with gaps; DGLSS REF 1966-1994; CAMDN DOC US 1930-1994 with gaps.
NCJRS Catalog: Publications and Services of the Offices of Justice Programs Agencies. U.S. Department of Justice, National Criminal Justice Reference Service. ALEX DOC US REF J28.14/2 1996- .
Statistical Reference Index. Congressional Information Service. ALEX DOCREF Z7554.U5S7 1980- (Index Table); LSM REFPER 1980- ; DANA REF HA203.S651 1980- . Also available online as Statistical Universe. SRI Microfiche set available at ALEX DOCREF M-FICH 1980- .

Popular Literature

Alternative Press Index. ALEX, DANA REF H1.A5 1969- .
The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press. ALEX PER Shelved by Title 1992- . Formerly The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, ALEX PER 1949-1992.
Le Monde (Paris) Index. ALEX REF AI21.M65 1944-1968, 1981-.
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. H.W. Wilson Co. ALEX REF AI3.R4 1900-1998; CAMDN, DANA REF 1900- ; KLMR REF 1900-1993; DGLSS REF 1900-1995.
The New York Times Index. ALEX, CAMDN, DANA, DGLSS REF AI21.N44 1851- ; KLMR REF 1851-1996.
The Times (London) Index. ALEX REF AI21.T47 1941- with gaps; DANA REF AI21.T46 1922- with gaps.
The Washington Post Index. ALEX REF AI21.W332 1971-1994.

Scholarly Literature (Related Disciplines)

Future Survey Annual: A Guide to the Recent Literature of Trends, Forecasts and Policy. World Future Society. ALEX STACKS Z5990.F88 1984- Latest Ed. REF.
Human Resources Abstracts. Sage. ALEX, DANA REF Z7164.P87P5 1975- ; IMLR PER 1977-.
International Development Abstracts. Geo Abstracts. ALEX REF HC59.69.I57 1982-1998.
Sage Urban Studies Abstracts. Sage Publications. ALEX REF HT51.S24 1973- .
Social Sciences Citation Index. ALEX REF Z7161.S65 (Index Table) 1972- ; DANA REF (Index Table) 1966-1998. Also available online via Web of Science.
Women Studies Abstracts. Rush Publishing Co. ALEX REF Z7962.W65 1972-1996; DANA REF HQ1206.W64 1972- ; DGLSS REF Z7962.W65 1972- .

Electronic Indexes - Unrestricted Access

Political Science

Cooperative Articles Database - (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) A virtual Pan-European system of databases for international relations and area studies. Includes the databases SIPRI, NATO Review, CIDOB (Centre d'Informacio i Documencio Internacionals a Barcelona), World Affairs Online, and FIIA (Finnish Institute of International Affairs.)
PARLIT Database - (Inter-Parliamentary Union) A database of bibliographic references on books and articles relating to parliamentary law and practice. Covers 1992-present.
Politics Research Group Working Papers - (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) Abstracts and full-text of research papers by Kennedy School faculty encompassing subject areas including institutional analysis, political theory, public law, organizational behavior, race and politics, and international relations.
RIIA Library: Selected Articles - (Royal Institute of International Affairs) Monthly listings of articles published in journals received by the Library, covering many aspects of international and foreign affairs.
Women in Politics: A Bibliographic Database - (Inter-Parliamentary Union) Bibliographic references to books and articles dealing with women in politics. Covers 1983-present.

Government Publications

BOPCRIS: British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service - A bibliographic database of key British Official Publications covering 1833 through 1983.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications - (Government Printing Office) A search and retrieval service that provides bibliographic records of U.S. Government information resources from January 1994 to the present.
GPO Access Multiple Database Search - (Government Printing Office) Search simultaneously across one or more U.S. Government databases, including Budget of the United States, Congressional Record, Economic Report of the President, Federal Register, GAO Reports, Government Manual, and United States Code.
Multilateral Conventions and Treaties - (Fletcher Multilaterals Project, Tufts University) Subject and chronological listings, and a searchable database of full-text international multilateral conventions and other instruments from 1899 to the present.
NCJRS Abstracts Database - (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Contains summaries of more than 150,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.
Supreme Court Opinions, 1893-Present - (FindLaw) Full-text database of U.S. Supreme Court decisions from 1893 to the present, searchable by keyword, party name or U.S. Reports citation; also browseable by year or U.S. Reports volume number.
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet - (Library of Congress) Search current and recent sessions of U.S. Congress for Bills, Public Laws, Committee Reports, the Congressional Record, Hearing Transcripts, and other publications.
United Nations Publications Catalogue - Lists all titles currently available from UN Publications. Browse through the alphabetical list or use the subject index to find publications covering specific topics.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents - (U.S. National Archives and Records Service) Search interface for this official serial containing statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week.
World Court / International Court of Justice Decisions - (Cornell University Law School) A list of all Decisions and Advisory Opinions brought before the Court since 1946, with some full-text.

Popular Literature

Television News Archive - (Vanderbilt University) Searchable abstracts for evening news broadcasts of the three major television networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, from 1968 to present.

Scholarly Literature (Related Disciplines)

Annual Review of Population Law Database - (Harvard Law School / United Nations Population Fund) Contains summaries and excerpts of legislation, constitutions, court decisions, and other official government documents from every country in the world relating to population policies, reproductive health, women's rights, and related topics.
Contents Pages from Law Reviews - (Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law) A keyword-searchable database of tables of contents from more than 750 law reviews and other scholarly publications related to law published in the U.S. and abroad.
Population Index - (Princeton University) The primary tool to the world's population literature. An annotated bibliography of books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials, 1986-present.