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Summary of Useful Resources
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This website is designed to give you information on a number
of resources to use for any political studies topics. Below
is a summary of useful databases, as well as
more detailed pages on finding background information, articles,
and books.
Summary of Most Useful Resources
For books, use:
For biographical information, try:
- American
National Biography -- over 18,000 famous Americans including
portraits, background, accomplishments, etc. (Note: Does
not include figures who are alive.)
- Biographies
Plus -- over 110,000 famous people from all over the
world from hundreds of reference books, including Current
Biography.
For a few recent articles on any subject, try:
For a more comprehensive search for historical or political
studies issues, try:
To see what the key articles are for your issue, try:
- Social
Sciences Citation Index -- indexes and analyzes
citations for relevant scholarly journals from 1,725 journals
cover to cover, and another 3,300 journals selectively back
to 1987; can sort results by number of times cited [help
with database]
For news coverage, try:
Detailed Discussions
Click on the links on the left to get to specific areas of
the guide.
- Find Background Information
offers suggestions on useful reference sources for overviews
of a topic or person
- Find Books has information on
how to search our book catalog, and how to find books that
UIS doesn't own
- Find Articles offers a discussion
of the different kinds of article databases UIS has, how
to choose a database, how to phrase searches, and suggestions
on when to use a particular database.
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