Research Guides: Political Science: Political Science Databases

Polls, Datasets

ICPSR Data Archive This link opens in a new window
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Abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data
iPOLL Databank (Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) This link opens in a new window
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A database specifically for survey questions–best finding aid for US survey data and all major US commercial, media, and academic polls. Learn How to Search iPOLL
International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events (ITERATE) This link opens in a new window
The ITERATE project is an attempt to quantify data on the characteristics of transnational terrorist groups, their activities which have international impact, and the environment in which they operate. Coverage from 1962 - 2012.

Roper Center Data
various topic and collections, such as elections, presidents, Latin American Databank, etc.CMU users need to sign up individual accounts.
The Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive
(1815-2016 excluding the two modern wartime periods, 1914-1918 and 1940-1945) Political, Legislative and Economic Data on Domestic Conflict Events: Assassinations, Revolutions, Riots, General Strikes, Terrorism/Guerrilla Warfare, Major Government Crises, Anti-Government Demonstrations and Purges

Political Science Journal Articles Indexes

WorldWide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Citations and abstracts in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration.
Military & Government Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Academic journals and other content covering current issues related to all branches of the military and federal government.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. NOTE: In many cases, articles from the last 3-5 years are NOT available due to publisher copyright restrictions.
PsycINFO (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Includes publications on, Political Elections; ; Political Attitudes; Political Participation; Political Parties; Voting Behavior
Smart Search This link opens in a new window
Smart Search allows you to search millions of items simultaneously, including journal articles, books, streaming media, CMU Libraries Digital Collections, and legal, governmental, and archival materials.

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GuideStar Includes information on all tax-exempt nonprofits registered with the IRS. There are more than 1.8 million organizations in the database including more than 1 million public charities, approximately 141,000 private foundations, and more than half a million other exempt organizations.

Writing Grants and Proposal

HeinOnline online research product with more than 70 million pages of legal history available in an online, fully-searchable, image-based format.

Laws and Regulations - USA..GOV

Legal Information Reference Center (EBSCO) an online database designed to assist the general public in legal matters of all kinds.

Westlaw Offers full text coverage to thousands of news databases and business, trade, and professional publications.

Research literature can be defined as written reports from research studies. There are many types of research literature, with published research articles representing the most common source for research literature. Other sources include dissertations, books, and internet websites.

Published research articles, for some, are considered the most trustworthy type of research literature. When identifying articles, it is most important to consider the origin of the work....Read more

How to Read a Journal Article - Tips and tricks to make reading and understanding social science journal articles easier.

How to cite legal sources in APA style?

The 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2009) outlines the citation style for legal materials in the Appendix to Chapter 7 (pp. 216 – 224).

APA format (Reference List): Name of law, State Abbreviation, Code Abbreviation, section number(s) (Year), an example:

Probationary Teacher Rated as Effective or Highly Effective; Displacement. Mich. MCL 38.82a (1973 & 2011),

In-Text citation, an example:

Probationary Teacher Rated as Effective or Highly Effective (2011)

Note: The 6th edition of APA does not provide examples for Michigan Compiled Laws (MCL), the two examples above are made based APA's samples of a status in a state code (p. 220) and samples under "Administrative and Executive Materials" (p. 223). If you'd like to discuss how to cite MCL in APA, please email Rui Wang, Social Sciences Librarian, at wang1r@cmich.edu

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Citation Databases

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus uniquely combines a comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly content.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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The premier research platform to find and analyze scholarly research literature on Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Includes proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

Research Help

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