Databases by Subject
Politics & International Relations Research Guide
Politics & International Relations
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America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Journals and books covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Associated Press: Washington, D.C. Bureau Collection (Gale)
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Records from the Washington, D.C. Bureau of the Associate Press from 1952—2009. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Catalog of U.S. Government Publications |
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Index of federal government publications distributed through the Superintendent of Documents. | Yes | No | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Political, economic, and cultural information about every sovereign country in the world. | No | No | more information | |
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Declassified Documents Reference System (Gale)
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Previously classified government documents from presidential libraries and numerous executive agencies, spanning the 20th and 21st centuries. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Global Issues (Gale in Context)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | 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. | Yes | No | more information | |
| International Historical Statistics |
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Statistical compendium covering the years 1750-2010 (with annual updates). Includes all statistical tables as Excel spreadsheets, which can be downloaded for further analysis. Topics include population, national accounts, labor force, agriculture, external trade and industry. Each section has a full description of the sources used to compile the statistics. | No | No | more information | |
| JSTOR-19th Century British Pamphlets Collection |
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This collection, as part of JSTOR, contains the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. | 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 (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2020 | Yes | 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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Congressional publications and legislative histories. Includes citations for bills, public laws, and statutes. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Springer eBooks |
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A collection of electronic books in a variety of subjects. You also have the option to order a personal print copy of eBooks owned by Drake (2010-present) for $24.99 (regardless of the actual book price). These "MyCopy" books are soft-cover b/w print copies that are mailed to your 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 | |
| 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. | Yes | No | more information | |
| World DataBank |
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Access to nation-by-nation (or aggregate) statistical data. | No | No | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area. | Partial | No | more information | |
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Academic Video Online (AVON) (ProQuest)
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Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas. | Yes | No | more information | |
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American Politics: Campaign Newspapers (Readex)
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Digitized newspapers from over 30 states covering political campaigns and issues from 1803-1876. | No | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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The complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Cambridge Histories Online |
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Online version of the prestigious Cambridge Histories Online. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. | No | No | more information | |
| Chicago Tribune (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Chicago Tribune (1849-1994). | Yes | No | more information | |
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CQ Researcher (CQ Press)
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Discussions of current, controversial public policy issues. 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 | |
| Credo Reference |
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Reference articles covering all major academic subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated websites and documents. | No | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | No | more information | |
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Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
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Citation and full-text access to theses and dissertations from around the world. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Encyclopedia of Associations |
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Information concerning nonprofit American membership organizations. | 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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Articles written primarily by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Jewish people. | Yes | No | more information | |
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European Views of the Americas (EBSCO)
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Citation search of primary sources related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Gale eBooks |
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Reference works and eBooks in all subject areas. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Gale in Context: Environmental Studies (formerly GREENR) |
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Journal articles, case studies, news, and videos focused on the study of the environment and sustainability. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| Gale Primary Sources |
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Search interface for all Gale Primary Source databases. | No | No | more information | |
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Government Printing Office (OCLC)
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Citation search of U.S. government documents. | Yes | No | 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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Citations to legal periodicals published in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, dating back to 1908. | Partial | 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 | |
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LegalTrac (Gale)
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Citations and selective full-text for all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Listener - Historical Archive |
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The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. The complete archive of this landmark publication is an essential witness to the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century. | 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 | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Mergent Online: Country Insight |
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Provides up-to-date political, economic and commercial information on over 130 countries worldwide, including risk assessment. Easily downloadable in PDF format. | No | 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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Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
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Primary sources from the 1800s, including monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, statistics, and more. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
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Articles on current controversial social subjects, offering informed views on both sides of each issue. | Yes | 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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eBooks in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. | 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 | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science)
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SciELO content includes regional journals from Latin American and the Caribbean as well as titles from Spain, Portugal and South Africa. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Springer Journals |
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Full text access (1997-present) to most journals available through Springer. | 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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Journal article citations in science and technology, arts and humanities, and social sciences. | 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 | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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Locate books, journals and magazines, music scores, and media 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 |