LibGuides: Political Science: Databases

Newspapers

American Memory This link opens in a new window
History full-text archive that reproduces print, spoken words, sound recordings, photos, films, prints, maps and sheet music from the Library of Congress collections. On the free American Memory platform.
New York Times Recent, 2008-3 months ago This link opens in a new window
Historic full-text newspaper that covers 2008 to 3 months ago. Part of the ProQuest Historical Newspaper series.

General

PAIS Index [Public Affairs Information Service] This link opens in a new window
Social science indexing database that covers journals, government documents, books, reports, and conference papers back to 1972. On the ProQuest platform.
Political Reference Suite This link opens in a new window
A collection of reference titles on American government, politics, history, public policy and current affairs. On the CQ Press platform.
Political Science Database This link opens in a new window
Political science indexing/full-text database that covers journal articles back to 1985. On the ProQuest platform.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Social science indexing database covering journal articles and citation information back to 1956. Part of Web of Science on the Web of Knowledge platform.

Data

Data and Statistics About the U.S. This link opens in a new window
Reference portal that allows searching federal agencies for statistics and links to those agencies. On its own platform.
Data Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Index of data studies and data sets in international repositories, covering social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, and arts & humanities, with citation information. On the Web of Knowledge platform.
Gapminder This link opens in a new window
Gapminder identifies systematic misconceptions about important global trends and proportions and uses reliable data to develop easy-to-understand teaching materials to rid people of their misconceptions. Our mission is to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based worldview everyone can understand. Gapminder is an independent Swedish foundation with no political, religious, or economic affiliations.
iPoll This link opens in a new window
A database containing public opinion survey data collected by Roper.
World Factbook (CIA) This link opens in a new window
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Also includes: maps of the major world regions, flags of the world, a physical map of the world, a political map of the world, a world oceans map, and a standard time zones of the world map.
VitalLaw This link opens in a new window
This CCH/Wolters Kluwer platform includes the Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reporter, an S Corporations Library, and the Tax Professional Library.

Videos

C-SPAN Video Library This link opens in a new window
The C-SPAN Video Library is one of the most comprehensive video archives of governmental and political content, with over 230,000 hours of programming. The Video Library records all three C-SPAN networks seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. Programs are extensively indexed, making the database of C-SPAN programming an unparalleled chronological resource.
Current Affairs in Video This link opens in a new window
Current Affairs in Video features award-winning films and documentaries emphasizing detailed analysis and discussion of the critical political issues of the day
American History in Video This link opens in a new window
History streaming media database that includes primary sources (newsreels and archival footage and educational videos from PBS, History Channel and other sources. On the Alexander Street Press platform.
American Archive of Public Broadcasting This link opens in a new window
The Library of Congress and WGBH in Boston have embarked on a project to preserve for posterity the most significant public television and radio programs of the past 60 years: The American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Meet the Press This link opens in a new window
Meet the Press from Alexander Street makes over 1,500 hours of footage—the full surviving broadcast run to date—available online in one cross-searchable interface. Meet the Press specializes in interviews with national leaders on issues of politics, economics, foreign policy, and other public affairs, along with panel discussions that provide opinions and analysis.

Political Science: Databases

Introduction

Newspapers

General

Data

Videos