Library Resources for POLS V01
Finding Books and eBooks
Use OneSearch to find print books and electronic books at the VC Library.
Try searching for the subjects:
- Political science -- United States
- United States -- Politics and Government
- Democracy -- United States
And try browsing these call number areas:
- J -- Political Science
- JK -- Political Institutions and Public Administration (United States)
- KF -- Law (United States)
VC Library Databases
- CountryWatch This link opens in a new windowUse this database to find up-to-date and reliable information on the politics, history and geopolitical intelligence of all countries in the world.
- CQ Elections A-Z This link opens in a new windowThis is a guide to all things pertaining to United States elections. Find out information about presidential parties and elections, state government, midterm elections, gubernatorial candidates, and caucuses. There are graphs, charts, images, historic documents, and dictionary entries.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowThis is an excellent place to look for impartial and extensive reporting on controversial and complex issues, and it's a great resource to use especially for speech and debate classes. CQ Researcher provides full-text access to reports from Oct. 1991 to the present.
- EBSCO Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new windowThis database provides current news to all branches of the military and government as well as other useful information. It has the full text of almost 300 periodicals and indexing for more than 400 titles.
- GALE Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new windowThis database is an excellent place to begin one's research on any current event or controversial topic. Opposing Viewpoints includes opinion pieces (i.e. viewpoint essays), magazine, newspaper and journal articles, entries from reference works (such as encyclopedias and dictionaries), statistics, images, scholarly websites, plus much more.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowProQuest Research Library accesses more than 5,000 titles, over 3,500 of which are full text, from 1971 to the present. Topics range from business to psychology, from literature to political science, with articles coming from a mix of popular and scholarly sources, as well as magazines and newspapers.
