Political Science & Global Studies Resources

Databases

Academic Search CompleteScholarly database with articles and citations from peer-reviewed journals across many disciplines. Creating an advanced search (video tutorial)

Biography: Gale In ContextBiographical information on the world's most influential people throughout history.

CultureGrams World EditionConcise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world.

CQ ResearcherCurrent and controversial issues with complete summaries, opposing viewpoints, bibliographies and more.

Global Issues: Gale In ContextGlobal perspectives on international relations and current world events.

Global NewsstreamUS and international newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in multiple languages from 1980 to present.

HeinOnlineU.S. government publications and reports back to 1754 as well as treaties, constitutions, case law, classic treatises, international trade, and foreign relations.

JSTORBack issues of core scholarly journals as well as books and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, & sciences.

Nexis UniNews, business, and legal sources from LexisNexis® including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Nexis Uni tutorials. 

Opposing Viewpoints: Gale In ContextMultiple perspectives on current events and social issues from topic overviews, articles, primary source documents, court cases and more. State of Maine funded.

ScopusCitations and abstracts from scholarly research journals across the sciences. Advanced tools for citation analysis and journal ranking. Video tutorials.