PSC 327: American Political Parties
Librarian for Political Science :
Lynda Kellam
Phone: 336-334-5251
Finding Journal and Magazine Articles
Academic Search Premier
- Use to find articles from magazines and journals
- Offers full text for over 1,200 academic journals on all subjects.
Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)
- A large, general database covering a wide range of current events, news, and scholarly articles.
- Covers over 9,000 general periodicals and scholarly journals.
- Includes full text from over 5,100 journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Covers journals in politics, international relations, government, and public policy.
More PSC databases for your reading pleasure!
Finding Books
KEYWORD Anywhere is the simplest way to search the Library Catalog, but not the most effective.
- Try using "KEYWORD in Subject" to find more specific sources.
Below are some examples:
- elections--united states--states
- voting--united states--states
- political parties--united states--states
- new hampshire (or name of your state)--politics and government
Finding Newspaper Articles
EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus
- Easy and familiar search interface
- Full text of The New York Times, Washington Post, and many major state publications like Wisconsin State Journal or Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
ProQuest Direct
- Provides full text articles from thousands of journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- Includes Research Library, Ethnic NewsWatch, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more.
LexisNexis Academic
- Covers over 350 U.S. and international papers, and news transcripts.
Finding Legal Journal Articles
LexisNexis Academic
- Select the "LexisNexis Academic" link above.
- If you are off-campus, you will be asked for your E-Spartan username and password. If you are on-campus, you will connect into LexisNexis Academic.
- On the red Search bar at top, select “Legal”.
- The default screen searches law review articles.
- To find specific terms mentioned in the text of an article, you would type: text (BCRA or McCain-Feingold or Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act)
- Use Expanded List option (beside Show) to see your terms used in the article
- Change Sort method (beside Sort) by choosing Relevance.
American Politics Specific Sources
CQ Researcher
- Great source of reports on a variety of political and social topics.
- Make sure to examine the bibliographies included with the reports!
- You can browse for topics or use the quick search box.
Elections and Voting Sources
CQ Voting and Elections Collection
- Provides U.S. voting and elections results, demographics, data, and analyses.
- Covers the U.S. voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.
CQ Politics in America
- Profiles of governors, senators, and representatives for each state.
- Profiles include key votes, interest group support ratings, and extensive narratives.
- 2008 edition available online; older print editions available in the Reference Department or on the 5th floor of the tower (JK 1010.P64)
CQ Vital Statistics on America
- Provides basic statistics on many aspects of American government.
- Current edition available online; older print editions available in the Reference Department or on the 5th floor of the tower (JK274 .S74).
Almanac of American Politics
- Provides extensive narratives of politics and politicians in each state
- Includes basic statistics such as state and district demographics.
- Location: ref JK271.A530
America Votes
- Includes presidential, gubernatorial, senate and congressional election returns for each state.
- Location: ref JK 1967 .A8
State Information
Almanac of the 50 States
- Provides comparative statistics for states on a variety of topics including government and elections.
- Location: ref HA203 .A5
State Rankings
- CQ product that ranks states based on a variety of indicators, from government finance to social welfare and more.
- Location: ref HA203 .U17
State Profiles: The Population & Economy of each US State
- Provides statistical profiles for each state.
- Location: ref HA203 S734
CQ's State Fact Finder
- CQ product that ranks states based on a variety of statistics.
- Much like State Rankings.
- Location: ref HA214 .C270
Congressional Districts in the 2000's
- CQ product that gives statistical and narrative profiles of each Congressional district in each state.
- Includes interesting data like major newspapers and circulation in each district or number of universities and colleges with enrollment figures.
- Location: ref JK 1341 .C64
The Book of the States
- Includes discussion and statistics for state legislatures.
- Location: ref JK 2403 .B6
Writing and Citing
UNCG's Writing Center
Writing tips and information for Non-Purdue Students (from The Owl at Perdue)
Library Guide to Turabian Reference Lists
EndNote
EndNote is a citation management software available in desktop or web versions. If you have questions, please ask Lynda or at the Reference Desk. Also, it is still your responsibility to check the citations against the Turabian Guide (or whatever style guide you are using) to keep from turning in incorrect citations!
Library User Guide
EndNote Web
Importing citations from a database on the EBSCOhost platform:
Export records directly into EndNote Web:
- It is best to start with EndNote Web open in a tab on your browser.
- Choose a reference using Add to folder link.
- Choose the Folder link
- Within the Folder, check the box next to each reference and choose Export
- On the next screen, choose Direct Export to EndNote Web then hit the Save button
- If you are logged into EndNote Web already, the EndNote screen will open and import your references automatically. If you are not logged into EndNote Web, it will send you to the log in screen.
- To see your references, click My References and [Unfiled].
- Click a reference title to view the entire entry.
For additional databases and platforms, please see the library user guide.
Additional support resources
Page Author: Lynda Kellam
Feel free to contact me for additional assistance!
