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Academic Search (EBSCO)
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Provides full-text coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journal articles for most academic disciplines.

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Access World News
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Access news from US and international sources.

Source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Offers coverage at local, regional, national and international levels. Covers a range of disciplines, including political science, journalism, English, history, environmental studies, sociology, economics, education, business, health, and social sciences. Enables researchers to track subjects geographically and over time, analyze trends and statistics.

CIA World Factbook
Country-specific statistics and overview of political, social, and economic landscapes.

Columbia International Affairs Online
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A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs, offering fulltext of working papers from research organizations, abstracts of foreign policy journal articles, etc.
CQ Researcher
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Full-text discussion of current, controversial public policy issues; coverage of newsworthy global affairs and issues from a variety of international viewpoints.
HeinOnline
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Searchable digital library of legal journals, texts, cases, statutes, regulations and treaties, as well as international and foreign legal journals, cases and materials.

Provides full-text of
-The Federal Register 1936-2007
- Federal Register Indexes 1939-2004
- Code of Federal Regulations and Supplements 1938-1983
- Compilation of Sections Affected 1949-2004
- List and Index to Presidential Executive Orders (1789-1941) (Lord)
- Public Papers of the President (1931-2001) including FDR's
United States Government Manual 1935-2005
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 1965-2004

Also treaties and other items. For full information, see https://libraries.indiana.edu/heinonline
MarketLine Advantage
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Search for country profiles to learn more about the political, economic, social and legal aspects of a particular country.
Nexis Uni
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Includes articles from local, regional, national and international newspapers, magazines, online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs, transcripts, and legal research, as well as federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790.
OECD iLibrary
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Online portal for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development publications and statistics issued since 1998.
PAIS Index
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PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) is a library database that indexes materials related to pubic policy and social issues, including the fields of political science, government, international relations, economics, finance, law, environment, demography, sociology and business.

Policy Archive
The Policy Archive is a free digital archive of non-partisan public policy research from the Center for Governmental Studies. It collects and disseminates summaries and full-texts, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia material of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research. NOTE: Always check the think tank individually for specific bias.

ProQuest Political Science
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Access to over 450 political science and international relations journals.

ProQuest Political Science provides the full text of many core titles included in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. The database also includes thousands of recent, full-text, political science dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities and other sources such as country reports and policy papers.

Subject coverage includes political science, international relations, comparative politics, political economy, international development and environmental policy.

Social Sciences Research Network
SSRN provides access to abstracts of scholarly working papers, forthcoming papers, and some downloadable full-text documents for a variety of disciplines, including policy and political science.

Books

IUCAT Online Library Catalog
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Search the catalog for relevant books, both electronic and print., as well as videos, journals and more.

Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017 by Tom Lansford (Editor)
ISBN: 9781506327181
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
The Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information with in-depth coverage of current political controversies and political parties. Find facts and analysis on each country's governmental and political makeup. Political science and international relations scholars have revised this edition, and made understanding complex foreign affairs and political situations easy and accessible. Also, the new "For Further Reference" feature included for every country entry directs readers to additional resources to continue their research.

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