Research Guides: POSC 200: Politics of the Future: The Psychological and Political Barriers to Imagining New Orders: Books, Articles, and News

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A comprehensive current news database, contains hundreds of local, regional, national, and international news sources (including the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Minneapolis Star Tribune).
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A broad collection of newspaper articles published across the U.S.. Covers 1995 - current for most newspapers. An ELM Database.
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Scholarship and Policy

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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This is the core disciplinary index to political science journal articles. Broad coverage of political science along with complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration & policy. Covers 1975 - present.
JSTOR
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Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago.
Web of Science
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A vast index of literature from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Also offers cited reference searching to see who has cited a particular document. 1898 - current.
Policy Commons
Research from leading policy experts, nonpartisan think tanks, IGOs and NGOs.

Reference Sources

Reference materials can provide a vital introduction to concepts. Typically written by experts, often with good bibliographies, a reference entry offer an overview of important ideas, theories, and thinkers within a discipline, offering clarification for complex phenomena and (occasionally) an overview of the trajectory how a phenomenon has been studied over time. To find a relevant reference entry, use the Material Type facet in your Catalyst search results (usually, you have to click "Show More"). The search results will list the title of the reference entry and the title of the reference work ("Encyclopedia of...") where it is found.

Oxford research encyclopedia of politics by William R Thompson
ISBN: 0190228636

Publication Date: 2014-

The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, published by Oxford University Press (OUP) offers an in-depth and comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed summaries on political science topics, created in collaboration with a global network of scholars. This resource provides authoritative and up-to-date insights into political theory, comparative politics, international relations, making it a valuable tool for researchers, students, and professionals.

Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Comprehensive, scholarly, in-depth, and peer-reviewed summaries on a wide range of topics. Carleton has access to the full Religion, Asian History, African History, American History, Classical Studies, Climate Change,Communications, Education, Food Studies , International Studies , Politics, Psychology and Linguistics encyclopedias, plus selected articles from other encyclopedias.
Oxford Bibliographies
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This is a key starting place for research in several different fields, providing bibliographies on current scholarship on topics from the social sciences and humanities.
CQ Political Reference Suite
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Search across an entire suite of reference sources on politics and political science.