Political Science Resources - General - Political Science - Library Guides at University of Nevada, Reno

General Statistical & Data Resources

Statistical Abstract of the United States
A comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. This resource includes monthly updates to tables, image and spreadsheet versions of all current and historical tables, along with links to provider sites.
Note: Previously published by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Statistical Insight
Abstracts and index to U.S. federal & state government publications, and to privately published & international and intergovernmental statistical sources from 1972.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
Note: To download datasets, create a MyData account on the ICPSR site while on-campus.
IMF Data
Provides comprehensive access to International financial statistics (IFS), Balance of payments statistics (BOPS), Direction of trade statistics (DOTS), and Government finance statistics (GFS) databases. View and download predefined reports or build your own data reports using IMF (International Monetary Fund) data.
Data-Planet Statistical Datasets
Provides access to data from billions of licensed and public domain datasets. Users can scan the contents of the collection, select subjects and variables of interest, and view data in side-by-side tables and charts. All of the data have been standardized and structured, and are described with up to 37 fields of metadata, including a controlled vocabulary.
Note: See our Data-Planet guide for more information.
World Bank Data Catalog
The World Bank Group provides free access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards, finances, and energy data around the globe - over 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.

Political Science-Specific Databases

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
This database covers the international literature of political science and complementary fields, The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500+ serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.
PAIS International
Contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more. PAIS covers 1915 forward from most sources.
Political Science Database
In addition to hundreds of leading political science and international relations journals, this resource includes over a thousand recent full-text doctoral dissertations on political science topics, together with working papers, conference proceedings, country profiles, political news and other sources.
Social Sciences Citation Index
A social sciences database produced by Web of Science searchable by subject, author, or cited reference. 1965 - present.

Annual Review of Political Science
The Annual Review of Political Science covers significant developments in the field of Political Science including political theory and philosophy, international relations, political economy, political behavior, American and comparative politics, public administration and policy, and methodology. Annual Review articles are review articles. Finding the sources mentioned in the reviews requires the additional step of searching for the material in UNR's holdings, and possibly obtaining through interlibrary loan

CQ Researcher
A collection of reports covering political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.

Interdisciplinary Databases

Project MUSE
Full text journals and books in the humanities and social sciences from several university presses and scholarly societies. 1993- present for some titles.
Note: Funded by the Beckwith Memorial Endowment.
JSTOR
Core academic journals in mathematics, humanities and social sciences disciplines, beginning with their first volumes (sometimes dating back to the 1800s). Issues from the most recent 3-5 years are not available electronically through JSTOR; however, they may be available through their publishers or other vendors.
Note: Funded by the Beckwith Memorial Endowment.
Academic Search Premier
This multidisciplinary database indexes over 6,0001+ scholarly journals, with full text for almost 3,100 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1975 - present for selected titles.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
Includes searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and some full-text coverage for older graduate works.

News Databases

U.S. Newsstream
Search key national and regional U.S. news sources such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and Reno Gazette-Journal spanning from the 1980s to present. Includes newspapers, magazines, blogs, trade journals, images, and audio/video content.
Access World News Research Collection
Find information on a wide breadth of topics from a variety of news media including newspapers, newswires, periodicals, blogs, videos and web-only content including the Las Vegas Review Journal, Financial Times (London), San Francisco Chronicle, and USA Today.

Other News Databases

Political Science Librarian

Teresa Schultz

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Room 214H
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
University of Nevada, Reno

775.682.5638

Subjects:Anthropology - Cultural & Linguistic, Government Information, Journalism, Judicial Studies, Political Science, Sociology/Social Psychology

Finding Books

The best place to start in finding books - including ebooks - is the Library Catalog. If you don't find what you're looking for in the UNR collection, you can search Link+ to see if any of our partner libraries own the item you're looking for. Link+ books will arrive within a few business days, and you're allowed to keep them for up to six weeks. You can also request the item through Illiad if it's not in Link+, although lending periods can change depending on the home library.