Databases by Subject
Law, Politics & Society Research Guide
Law, Politics & Society
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America: History and Life (EBSCO)
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Index to the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
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American History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
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Historical coverage from the early history of Native Americans to the 1988 Vicennes Affair in the Persian Gulf. Biographical coverage ranges from eighteenth century to modern day figures. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Access)
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Free index to federal government publications distributed through the Superintendent of Documents. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) |
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Scholarly source for theory and research in international affairs; includes papers, projects, proceedings, books, journals, policy briefs and teaching materials (i.e., case studies and background readings). | No | No | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Up-to-date news and information on all of the world's countries. | No | No | more information | |
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Declassified Documents Reference System (Gale)
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Provides access to 500,000+ pages of previously classified government documents. Covers major international events including the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Underpins studies in international relations and U S. foreign & domestic policy studies. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Eighteenth Century Collections Online - Law |
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Encompasses the development of law in the British Empire between 1701 and 1800. Topics include acts, criminal and international law, appellants’ cases and more | Yes | No | more information | |
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Global Issues in Context (Gale)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | Yes | more information | |
| HeinOnline |
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An online research tool with more than 100 million pages of legal history available in a fully-searchable, image-based format. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Index to Legal Periodicals (EBSCO)
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This retrospective database indexes legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand dating back to 1908. | Partial | No | more information | |
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LegalTrac (Gale)
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Database for research in case law, government regulations, the practice of law, statutes, taxation and international law. Covers all major law reviews, and specialty law and bar association journals. | No | Yes | more information | |
| LexisNexis Academic |
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Provides over 9,000 full-text news, business, and legal sources. | No | No | more information | |
| Making of Modern Law |
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This database provides full-text access to over 22,000 American and British legal treatises. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Making of Modern Law Trials, 1600 - 1926 |
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A collection of legal transcripts and sensational trial accounts describing the courtroom drama in America, the British Empire and the world. | No | No | more information | |
| Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources |
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Offers online access to early state codes, city charters, documents relating to constitutional conventions, and other resources in American legal history. | No | No | more information | |
| National Review Archive |
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The National Review has been a leading journal of opinion since its inception in 1955. | Yes | No | more information | |
| New Republic Archive |
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The New Republic, founded in 1914, is a U.S.-based journal of opinion on politics and the arts. Approach tends to be centrist conservative. | Yes | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (LexisNexis) |
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NYT, from 1930 to present (for older coverage, see "New York Times Historical Newspaper") For all articles from today's version, just click on "Today" in the date field and then "Search." | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2014 | Yes | No | more information | |
| Original Sources (Encyclopedia Britannica) |
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Original source documents. | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Handbooks Online |
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Full-text online versions of the Oxford Handbooks, available in seven complete subject modules: Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Literature, Psychology, and History. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Politics in America |
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Information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts. | Yes | No | more information | |
| ProQuest Congressional |
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Historic and current congressional information supporting in-depth research in public policy, historical, and legal areas of interest | No | No | more information | |
| Springer eBooks, 2010-2019 Collections |
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A collection of electronic books in a variety of subjects. Users have the option to order a personal print copy of ebooks owned by Drake (2010-2019 collections) for $24.99 (regardless of the actual book price). These "MyCopy" books are soft-cover b/w print copies that are mailed to the user’s address. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Statista |
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Online statistics portal providing access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions. Includes many easily-cited authoritative infographics. | No | No | more information | |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest)
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Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. | No | No | more information | |
| U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 |
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Features approximately 11 million pages and more than 350,000 separate documents. Almost 150,000 Supreme Court cases are available. | No | No | more information | |
| Vital Statistics on American Politics |
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More than 230 tables and charts covering the full spectrum of American politics dating back to 1788. | No | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
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Scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 6,000 full-text periodicals, including more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press)
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A single cross-searchable repository of Alexander Street Press online video titles currently available to Drake users. This includes American History in Video and World History in Video. | Yes | No | more information | |
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American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955 (EBSCO)
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Searchable, open access database of dissertations from 1933-1955. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Annual Reviews |
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Collection of critical reviews written by leading scientists in 40 disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Artemis Primary Sources (Gale)
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Combines Gale primary source databases into one searchable environment. | No | No | more information | |
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ArticleFirst (OCLC)
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Index of articles from the contents pages of journals in business, science, humanities, social sciences, medicine, technology and popular culture. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Bibliography of Native North Americans (EBSCO)
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Contains citations to literature covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life published from the sixteenth century to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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Fully searchable version of this authoritative, general encyclopedia. It also includes the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Cambridge Histories Online |
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Online version of the prestigious Cambridge Economic Histories Online for Europe, Latin America, India, and the Greco-Roman world. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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Online version of the 16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. Fully searchable. | No | No | more information | |
| Chicago Tribune (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Digital version of the Chicago Tribune (1849-1994). | No | No | more information | |
| CQ Press Researcher Online |
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Looking for a "hot topic" on which to do a research paper? This database is a great place to start! It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
| CQ Weekly |
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Reports on issues on the congressional horizon, plus a wrap up of the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee & floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. Coverage from 1983 to present. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Portal to over 500 highly regarded reference sources. Examples of sources covered include: Art, Business, Food & Beverage, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Duke University Press Journals Online (e-Duke Scholarly Collection) |
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Provides access to 39 Duke University Press journals in the humanities and social sciences. Can search across the entire collection or search individual journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Encyclopedia of Associations |
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The Encyclopedia of Associations is a comprehensive source of detailed information on over 151,000 nonprofit membership organizations worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Features newspapers, magazines, and journals from various ethnic and minority presses. | Yes | No | more information | |
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European Views of the Americas (EBSCO)
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Comprehensive bibliographic guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
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A collection of reference works on the Arts, Business, Education, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation & World, Religion, and the Social Sciences. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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General OneFile (Gale)
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Gale's largest general interest database of articles from general, specialized, and professional newspapers and periodicals, many with full text and images. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Government Printing Office (OCLC)
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The GPO Monthly Catalog provides bibliographic citations for all types of U.S. government documents. Not a full-text database | Yes | No | more information | |
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GreenFILE (EBSCO)
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A bibliographic database of resources in a variety of formats that address environmental concerns. | Partial | No | more information | |
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GREENR - Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (Gale)
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A database focused on the issues relating to the environment. Its coverage extends to news, case studies, videos, and news, as well as academic journals. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
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Historic Documents Collection (Sage)
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Primary sources including presidential speeches, international agreements, Supreme Court decisions, US government reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions arranged chronologically. | No | No | more information | |
| Journal Citation Reports |
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Measures research influence and impact at the journal and category levels by showing the relationship between citing and cited journals available in the Web of Science. (Essential Science Indicators is another similar database for exploring scholarly metrics.) | Yes | No | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Nation Archive (EBSCO)
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Full-text of The Nation, a weekly magazine, from 1865 - present. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
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Newspapers, television and radio news transcripts. | Yes | No | more information | |
| NewsVault |
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Cross-search Gale newspaper archives using a single interface. Drake has access to the complete (London) Times Digital Archive and the 19th Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive. | No | No | more information | |
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale)
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Database of information on social issues, including viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. There are also featured news and featured videos. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
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2nd edition of the 20-volume set. Includes meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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Over 4,000 ebooks published from 2016-present in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. Full chapters can be downloaded by PDF. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information | |
| PoliticoPro |
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A premium policy news and information resource designed to keep students, faculty and researchers in lock-step with the unprecedented pace of developments in our current political climate. | No | No | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| RefWorks [Old Version] |
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Bibliographic and citation tool for Drake students and faculty | No | No | more information | |
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Sociological Abstracts (Proquest)
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This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Wall Street Journal (Proquest) |
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Full-text of the newspaper's eastern edition, 1984 - present. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Web of Science |
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A multidisciplinary research platform which searches a range of citation indexes and databases, covering over 33,000 of the worlds top journals. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Web of Science Core Collection |
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This subset of Web of Science indexes primary journals and article citations in several databases spanning a wide range of disciplines. | Partial | No | more information | |
| World DataBank |
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Access to nation-by-nation (or aggregate) statistical data. | No | No | more information | |
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World History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
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Contains a wide-ranging collection of critically acclaimed documentaries that allow you to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late 20th century. Videos are global in scope, and capture longer-term and multiple perspectives, so you can make connections across cultures and over time. | Yes | No | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | No | more information |