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ProQuest Congressional (ProQuest)

Retrieve congressional materials and legislative histories by searching abstracts, titles, indexing information and other bibliographic data. For any topic dealing with policy issues, this database is a must. Newspapers indexed are The Hill, Rollcall, and Washington Post

CQ Researcher (CQ)

Comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.

CQ Weekly (CQ)

Reports on the world's most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week. In-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.

CQ- Public Affairs Collection (CQ)

Features in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.

Statesman's Yearbook (Palgrave Macmillan)

The Statesman's Yearbook includes reliable information on every country in the world, covering key historical events, population, etc....

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Academic (LexisNexis)

Provides access to full-text news, business, and legal publications, using a variety of flexible search options and resources often not indexed elsewhere. 1980-Present

Academic OneFile (Gale)

A source for peer-reviewed full-text articles from world's leading journals and reference sources. Over 13,000 indexed journals, more than 6,500 full text. Full Text Coverage of the New York Times from 1995 – current. Total coverage 1980 – current

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 7,300 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage: 1887-

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CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data through its suite of products to over 4000 clients including public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests

GPO (Free Database)

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JSTOR (JSTOR)

The JSTOR Archive Collections provide complete digitized runs for hundreds of journals in more than 50 academic disciplines. For most journals in the JSTOR archive there is a “moving wall” embargo (typically five years, but sometimes longer or shorter) on current access.

Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)

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ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)

Over 5000 titles and 3,500 Full Text titles. Search for coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Coverage: 1971 - present

Who's Who (Marquis)

Our powerful online database provides up-to-the-minute biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment and more – in one convenient source! It provides access to all biographies that have appeared in 24 Marquis Who's Who print titles since 1985. Including Who Was Who in American History from 1607-present

WorldCat (FirstSearch)

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Funding for WorldCat is provided by the Rochester Regional Library Council through a grant from the New York State Education Department. Dissertations and theses available.

Were are Political Science books Located in the Golisano Library?
Call Number: J
However, related material is either in History or Law

Subject Headings
Politics and Government is a subheading for most countries, e.g.
United States--Politics and Government. It can be further divided by chronology
Other headings include
Political Science - for the subject itself.
Right and Left (Political Science)
Politics in the Bible
Politics in Literature

Where can I find bacground or quick facts about Political Science
Encyclopedia of Politics, The Left and Right Ref JA61 .E54 2005
Oxford Companion to Politics of the World Ref JA61 .O95 2001
Statesman's Yearbook : Statistical and Historical Annual of States of the World Ref JA51 .S7

Spotlight on Websites
RollCall http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5
FactCheck.org http://www.factcheck.org/
Real Clear Politics http://realclearpolitics.com/
USA.gov http://www.usa.gov/ - Start here for any Federal, State, and Local government agency, policy, or law.

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