DATABASES AND INDEXES

Major Databases and Indexes:

Political Science & Law

Political Philosophy

Other Databases and Indexes:

Significant Political Science & Law

In Related Fields

Database	Description
Major Databases and Indexes for Political Science and Law
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts	This index and abstracting service provides bibliographic access to research in over 1500 journals in the political science discipline and related fields, such as international relations, law, government, and public administration/policy. Coverage is from 1967 to the present. (Should the above not work for any reason try the mirror server.)
PAIS International	PAIS International includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition to English, some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Social Sciences Full Text	Provides access to over 500 social sciences journals covering a broad range of fields including addiction studies, anthropology, criminal justice, economics, ethics, gender studies, international relations, law, policy studies, political science, psychology, psychiatry, and sociology. Indexing begins in 1983, abstracting in 1984, and full text for selected titles in 1994
Social Sciences Citation Index	A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It completely indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines. SSCI selectively indexes articles from an additional 3,300 journals.
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Major Databases and Indexes for Political Philosophy
Philosopher's Index	Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields from 1940-present. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.
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Other Databases and Indexes with Significant Political Science and Law Content
Academic Search Premier	Designed specifically for academic institutions, this scholarly collection offers information in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It contains full text for more than 4,600 publications, including over 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. A good starting point for research, but other subject specific resources should be also consulted.
Ad Spotlight	Explore political and issue television ads with streaming audio or video. (National Journal Group's Policy Central)
America: History and Life	Index to scholarly literature on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. It provides access to articles, books, and dissertations published since 1964.
Armed Conflict Database	The International Institute For Strategic Studies (IISS) Armed Conflict Database is a frequently updated source of information on armed conflicts worldwide. You can generate reports and download data as well as browse through the yearly analyses and fact sheets online.
CIAO	(Columbia International Affairs Online) Provides access to a wide range of scholarship in international affairs from 1991 to the present and includes working papers, occasional papers, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, journal issues, and books.
CQ Electronic Library	The CQ Electronic Library allows to you to search and read content from CQ's Politics in America, CQ Supreme Court Collection, CQ Researcher, and CQ Weekly.
CQ Supreme Court Collection	Contains all Supreme Court decisions full-text, biographies of Supreme Court justices, and the U. S. Constitution. The system also has useful "Cases in Context" for interesting public policy topics such as Capital Punishment, Federalism and Abortion.
DDRS	(Declassified Documents Reference System-US) Provides access to over 70,000 declassified documents from numerous government agencies plus supplemental information. Ranging from the late 1940's through the 1970's, it covers nearly every major foreign and domestic event of the time period.
Digital National Security Archive	Full-text access to 50 years of declassified documents related to U. S. foreign policy.
EconLit	Produced by the American Economic Association, this is a comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature. Coverage is from 1969 to the present. (Should the above link not work for any reason try the mirror server.)
Europa World Plus	Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories.
FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends	Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) provides an authoritative and structured reference system on international relations and security, states and international organizations, statistics, chronologies and data on conflicts, arms transfers and military expenditures. It is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
GalleryWatch	This is an index to the research materials produced by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). These materials cover a variety of topics that are used by Congress to gain insight into proposed legislation.
Government Documents Index	(MarciveWeb DOCS) Catalog of U. S. Government Publications July 1976-Present.
Historical Abstracts	Provides access to scholarly literature on world history (excluding the US and Canada) covering the period from 1450 to the present day and published since 1954.
Humanities Full Text	Provides access to 500 of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines in such fields as archaeology, art, classical studies, communications, film, folklore, gender studies, history, literature, and philosophy. Coverage for indexing begins in 1984; abstracting begins in 1984, and full text of selected titles in 1994.
ICPSR Resource System	The Naval Academy is a member of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Center. This online resource is a collection of statistical data sets that can be used for a variety of social and political science research areas. The system replaces, and enhances, a series of ICPSR books in our collection. It is recommended that new users access the "Thematic categories" file as the primary step to understanding the arrangement of materials in this file. Please contact the USNA Political Science Department if you are experiencing any difficulties with this system.
Index Islamicus	The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. The database includes over 3,000 journals, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews.
iPOLL	Founded in 1947, the Roper Center at the University of Connecticut is the largest archive of public opinion data in existence. iPOLL is the only comprehensive database that provides access to these data. To access the database, click on the iPOLL icon at the top/center of the home page. The user is then presented with a brief registration page and will need to agree to user terms - all this happens the first time a user logs in to iPOLL. Each time thereafter, the user only needs to enter his or her email address.
Jane's Online	Jane's Publishing is one of the foremost publishers of military information. Jane's online includes all of the Jane's print materials we get in the Nimitz Library such as Jane's Fighting Ships and Jane's Defense Weekly, but also includes many additional publications previously unavailable at USNA. Jane's Online is very useful for tracking military topics such as new aircraft and new ships, developments in foreign Orders-of-Battle, country studies and terrorism. Jane's online is also extremely useful in researching industry developments in transportation (air, land and sea) and defense markets. Select More Information for tips in using Jane's Online.
JSTOR	Full-text archive of scholarly journals. Select More Information for tips in using JSTOR.
LexisNexis Academic	Provides full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
LexisNexis Congressional	Provides full-text access to US legislative information from the Congressional Information Service, Inc.
LexisNexis Presidential Studies	This database contains key primary and secondary presidential sources on almost every major political event in American history. Components include manuscript coverage from 1789, every inaugural and State of the Union Address, and thousands of government documents including Executive orders, photographs and other images.
MicroCase Data Archives	Collection of useful social science datasets converted to MicroCase format and covering a wide range of areas: political science, sociology, economics, criminology, and anthropology. Data are available at Workstation 12 in the reference area of the library.
Military & Government Collection	This index provides access to many of the important military and government journals. Titles represented include specific service titles as well as those titles devoted to a specific military community. The majority of the titles are full-text; for titles not full-text, please check Nimitz Library holdings for additional information.
National Journal Group's Policy Central	Provides full-text access to several political and policy databases, including The Hotline, Congress Daily, Technology Daily, The Almanac of American Politics, and Polltrack.
National Newspapers	Search and read: The Baltimore Sun (1990-present) The Christian Science Monitor (1988-present) The New York Times (1980-present) Wall Street Journal (1984-present) Washington Post(1987-present) All five papers
NTDB	A service of the U. S. Department of Commerce, provides authoritative information from the Federal government on business, economics, and trade.
Open Source Center (formerly FBIS)	A United States government operation which translates the text of daily broadcasts, government statements, and select news stories from non-English sources around the world. FBIS Online contains materials published from April 1995-present and is updated continuously with reports available for searching within 30-60 minutes of being filed. Password required. USNA personnel needing access must register and apply for their own password.
Political Risk Yearbook Online	This online yearbook includes country reports for 100 countries. Each report expertly assesses potential political, financial, and economic risks to business investments and trade. Reports include political risk ratings and alternative regime scenarios.
Poll Track	Start your research with a database of public opinion surveys from across the country. There are over 5,000 surveys on political races, important issues, and national figures. (National Journal Group's Policy Central)
PressDisplay	Read newspapers from around the world the day they are published. To get started, click here for a brief overview.
Project Muse	Full-text access to more than 100 journals published by various associations and university presses. These titles cover a variety of subjects but mostly related to literature, political science, history and culture.
Proquest Military Collection	This is index should be used for current and historical military topics. The index includes most of the leading English language military periodicals, published commercially or by the military. The major advantage of this index is the availability of full-text resources including every page of Naval History magazine, published by the United States Naval Institute Press and the two most critical Marine Corps publications; Marine Corps Gazette and Leatherneck.
PsycINFO	Produced by the American Psychological Association, this is a comprehensive, international database covering the academic, research, and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines from 1872-present. All records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. (Should the above link not work for any reason try the mirror server.)
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research	Founded in 1947, the Roper Center at the University of Connecticut is the largest archive of public opinion data in existence. iPOLL is the only comprehensive database that provides access to these data. To access the database, click on the iPOLL icon at the top/center of the home page. The user is then presented with a brief registration page and will need to agree to user terms - all this happens the first time a user logs in to iPOLL. Each time thereafter, the user only needs to enter his or her email address.
STAT-USA	A service of the U. S. Department of Commerce, provides authoritative information from the Federal government on business, economics, and trade. Password required. USNA users call the Reference Desk at x32420.
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Other Databases and Indexes in Related Fields
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals	Provides citations to military periodicals from 1990-present.
Books In Print	Over 1.9 million titles retrievable by title, author, subject, publisher, etc.
Britannica Online	The complete encyclopedia online with related Internet sites, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, interactive maps, daily features, and more.
Business Source Premier	Provides full text of nearly 2,300 journals (including 1,100 peer reviewed journals) covering management, economics, finance, accounting and international business.
DTIC STINET	(Defense Technical Information Center, Scientific and Technical Information Network) Access to all unclassified, unlimited citations to documents from late 1974 to present.
ERIC	(Educational Resources Information Center) ERIC is a national information system designed to provide users with ready access to education-related literature. ERIC provides access to the broad range of educational resources included in Current Index to Journals in Education and Resources in Education.
FirstSearch	Provides access to dozens of indexes and databases in a variety of subject areas. Password required; contact the Reference Desk at x32420. Patrons wanting to use WorldCat Online click here.
IFS Online	(International Financial Statistics Browser) The International Financial Statistics database produced by the IMF (International Monetary Fund) contains time series data from 1948 to the present for more than 200 countries and areas. Users may select and transfer data to other software systems. Included are Country, World, and Commodity Price Tables as well as the Economic Concept View for individual or groups of countries.
Ingenta	Formerly Uncover Reveal, this global research gateway is the world's largest website for search and delivery of research articles. It offers access to article summaries from over 30,000 publications with links to the full text of titles owned by the Nimitz Library. Customized research and table-of-contents alert services are also available.
netLibrary	Collection of electronic books covering a wide range of scholarly topics.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations	(NDLTD) Provides a digital archive of electronic theses and dissertations from universities world-wide. Some sites include historical dissertations. Most dissertations are from 1989-present.
NTIS	(National Technical Information Service Database) Index to technical reports from government research agencies (1990-Present, weekly updates).
Torpedo	This link is to an information resource at the Naval Research Lab (NRL). Torpedo is a source for full-text access to journal articles published by Elsevier (almost 800 journals are covered) as well as full-text access to more than 1 million technical reports published by NRL. Torpedo includes a search engine to search topics in the articles and reports that are part of this system [Search Help]. *Due to subscription cancellations USNA can no longer access many of the Elsevier titles for articles published in 2004 and 2005*
WorldCat Online	A catalog of more than 24,000 academic, public and special libraries containing more than 36 million records for books, journals, videotapes, books-on-tape, computer files and other materials held in library collections. These records include items in print and out-of-print. A note of caution, many of the items listed in this file may be difficult to obtain due to the esoteric nature of some publications.
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DATABASES AND INDEXES

Major Databases and Indexes for Political Science and Law

Major Databases and Indexes for Political Philosophy

Other Databases and Indexes with Significant Political Science and Law Content

Other Databases and Indexes in Related Fields