LibGuides: POL 112 Introduction to American Government: Home

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This guide will assist you in your study of the American government in POL 112. Don't hesitate to contact the librarians for help!

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Search the library catalog for books, ebooks, and scholarly articles on American government.

Databases

Databases to support studies in Political Science:

Congress & The Nation This link opens in a new window
Congress & The Nation is a reference resource that focuses on congressional trends, actions, and policy. Compiled by CQ press and organized by era, the summaries contain information on legislative activity, including bills passed, defeated, or postponed.
GPO Monthly Catalog of Government Publications (CGP) This link opens in a new window
CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available.
Gun Regulation and Legislation in America This link opens in a new window
A collection from HeinOnline that periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more.
LegalTrac: Gale OneFile This link opens in a new window
"LegalTrac provides indexing for more than 1,200 major law reviews, legal newspapers, specialty publications, Bar Association journals, and international legal journals, including more than 200 titles in full text. The database offers coverage of federal and state cases, laws and regulations, legal practice and taxation, as well as British Commonwealth, European Union, and international law." -from Gale
Military and Government Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes periodicals, academic journals, full-text books and pamphlets on military topics. Provides full text for nearly 300 periodicals and 245 pamphlets and indexes and abstracts nearly 400 titles. Some government publications are included in this database.
Politics in America from CQ Press This link opens in a new window
It contains information on members of Congress, including: biographical data, committee assignments, election results, key votes, interest group ratings, CQ Vote Studies, contact information, descriptions of each member's congressional district as drawn for that term of Congress, including updated maps and voting trends. Information presented is nonpartisan.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a compilation of social, political and economic statistics. The focus is on national data, but some tables cover regions, states, cities, and comparative international statistics. It is divided into broad sections such as Population, Health and Nutrition, Education, Foreign Commerce and Aid, Prices and many others. Each table identifies the source of the data. Tables can be downloaded in .xls or .pdf format.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Contains full text general news and reference information, as well as legislative, legal, business, financial, and health sources. Includes the full text of major newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Le Monde. Updated daily.