Library Guides: PL 223 Comparative politics: Getting started

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If you want to explore the library, the subclass JF groups most of the works on comparative politics.

In particular, you can find useful books in the following sections:

JF20-1177: Comparative government

JF2011-2112: Political parties

Databases

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) This link opens in a new window CIAO is an online resource that provides access to a a wide range of documents and articles devoted to research, analysis, and scholarship on international politics and related fields. CIAO searches full-text publications from 300 international publishing institutions, including government research organizations, international think tanks, and scholarly journals. Among the materials included we can find working papers, research projects, conference proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics This link opens in a new window This encyclopedia includes peer-reviewed, long-form reference articles on a wide range of topics such as political economy, world politics, political history, governance, political institutions, political violence, and political philosophy written by leading scholars in the discipline.
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Political Science Database This link opens in a new window Political Science Database gives access to hundreds of leading political science and international relations peer-reviewed journals, providing full-text of many core titles. In addition, over a thousand recent full-text doctoral dissertations on political science topics are included, together with working papers, conference proceedings, country profiles, political news and other sources.
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Social Science Research Network eLibrary This link opens in a new window SSRN is composed by a number of specialized research networks. The eLibrary includes abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers, and a collection of downloadable full text documents.

Hein Online This link opens in a new window HeinOnline is an online research platform that provides more than 202 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international resources, case law, and much more. The HeinOnline International Core package includes an entire digital library containing nearly 3,000 law and law-related journals published in more than 60 different countries. HeinOnline Social Justice Suite provides access to the following databases: 1. Civil Rights & Social Justice (View LibGuide) 2. Gun Regulation & Legislation in America (View LibGuide) 3. LGBTQ+ Rights (View LibGuide) 4. Open Society Justice Initiative (View LibGuide) 5. Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, & Law (View LibGuide)
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window A comprehensive spectrum of over 11,000 full text sources, including: national and regional newspapers, international news, U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews and international legal information. In addition, it includes business news journals, company financial information, industry and market news.
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United Nations iLibrary This link opens in a new window United Nations iLibrary offers wide ranging research on topics such as: • Economic and Social Development • International Law and Governance • Environment and Urban Issues • Human Rights and Gender Studies • International Trade • Statistics • International Peace and Security The publications have been authored by the United Nations departments such as DESA, OHCHR and DPI, and agencies, funds and programs such as UNDP, ECLAC and UNFPA. All content is available to access in PDF format for subscribers and full read access for all users by clicking the READ icon.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window This multi-disciplinary collection contains the full text of more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals and magazines. It also includes searchable archived content in PDF for hundreds of titles.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Credo Reference is a customizable general reference solution for learners and librarians. Offering more than 475 highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers, Credo covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window JSTOR offers entire collections of back issues of authoritative periodicals. Journal coverage begins with the first published issue and ends with a variable date, generally three to six years from present. Along with the journal collection, JSTOR provides access to some e-book.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new window Project Muse is a prestigious collection of humanities and social sciences journals available in full text. Current issues are available as well as over a decade of backfile for selected journals.
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