Yale University Library Research Guides: Political Science Subject Guide: Political Science

Welcome

Welcome to the Political Science Subject Guide. In this guide, you'll find:

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Hein Online
Contains many "libraries" of legal materials, including law journals, treaties, U.S. government information, and more.
International Political Science Abstracts
Indexes the world's leading journals in political science.
ProQuest Social Science Search
Single search of many databases, including: EconLit; IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences); PAIS International (policy literature); Sociological Abstracts; Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; ...and more. To restrict your search to some or all of the databases above, click on "Searching: 25 databases" in the upper left of the screen.
Social Science Citation Index
Search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. ISI Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching.
Social Explorer
Years: 1790-2000 (decennial census), 2005-2012 (ACS)
Geographies: all, down to block groups
Formats: Download data to Excel, SAS, SPSS, Stata; download maps as images

Government Documents & Information
Yale University Library is a depository for documents from the following governments and IGOs: United States federal, Canadian federal, United Nations, European Union, Food and Agriculture Organization.
Research U.S. government archives without leaving Yale
Yale researchers have access to a wealth of U.S. federal government archival material, including microfilm sets of materials from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These resources may save you the time and effort of making a trip to NARA or to a presidential library.