Political Science — Race & Politics

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  • Academic OneFile NU resource A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from more than 5000 journals, plus indexing of an additional 4000+ journals, newspapers and wire services. Coverage from 1980 to the present. Extensive coverage of the social sciences and other disciplines. Use this database for a broad search to retrieve both first tier as well as second tier sources. For a less broad search of first tier sources only, use Expanded Academic ASAP (EXAC) NU resource.
  • African American Almanac NU resource
  • African American Biographical Database NU resource
  • African American Newspapers and Periodicals A description of 4,000-6,000 titles and their locations. This web site lists microfilmed African American newspapers and periodicals available for Interlibrary borrowing.
  • African American Reference Sources Electronics lists of references resources, in subject order, for scholarship in African American studies.
  • African Women's Bibliographic Database Covers the literature of African women, a part of the Africabib.org website. Includes comprehensive bibliography on women travelers, missionaries, and explorers to Africa (1763-2000).
  • Alternative Press Index NU resource Citations to articles of 5 or more paragraphs from approximately 300 alternative, radical, and left publications.
  • America: History and Life NU resource Citations and abstracts from more than 2,100 journals published in approximately 40 languages covering the history of the United States and Canada.
  • Anthropology Plus NU resource
  • Black Electorate.com "Where Culture, Economics and Politics Meet."
  • Black Studies Center Combines three resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index of Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender. Fully cross-searchable gateway to scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.
  • Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources Over 170,000 citations from the Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986 from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library covering topics in African-American, African, and African Diasporan Studies. See also, the Black Studies Center.
  • Black Studies on Disc Bibliographic information on materials held in New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture covering African-American, African, and African Diasporan studies. Also includes indexing of articles appearing in the Index to Black Periodicals. See also, the Black Studies Center.
  • Campaign Against Racism and Fascism (CARF)
  • Chicago Defender NU resource Available as part of the Black Studies Center. Currently available: full text of issues from 1935-1975.
  • Chicano Database NU resource University of California, Berkeley, Ethnic Studies Library.  Resources on the experience of Mexican Americans, Chicanas/Chicanos and the broader Latino communities within the U.S.  Subjects include art, education, history, labor, and politics.
  • Contemporary Women's Issues NU resource Citations and full-text access to global information about women in over 150 countries from journals, newsletters and research reports. Subjects include development, education, family life, gender equity, human rights, and others.
  • eHRAF Collection of Ethnography: Web-accessible version of the Human Relations Area Files ethnography collection.
  • Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History NU resource
  • Encyclopedia of Black Studies NU resource
  • Encyclopedia of Race and Racism  NU resource "Examines.... theories of race and racism in the modem era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Includes biographies of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists."
  • Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society NU resource 3 volumes, 2008.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch: Full-text articles from 200+ newspapers and magazines of the ethnic and minority press. Once connected, click on either 'English' or 'Español' to begin.
  • Ethnic NewsWatch: A History NU resource
  • Expanded Academic ASAP (EXAC) NU resource This is an important database for social sciences (political economy, gender studies, development, etc) with more than 20 years of coverage of about 3,500 first tier, indexed, and full-text titles, of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed. For a broader search which will retrieve both first tier as well as second tier sources, see Academic OneFile NU resource.
  • GenderWatch NU resource Full-text articles from scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, and newsletters, etc., including ethnic and minority presses. Coverage of regional, national, and international issues from 1980 to the present.
  • Handbook of Latin American Studies: HLAS Online NU resource Annual bibliography by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities.
  • HAPI Online: Hispanic American Periodical Index Citations to worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Coverage is 1970 to the present. See, too, Latin American Studies, Volume 1 NU resource, which HAPI expands on.
  • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences NU resource Citations from an international selection of publications, including over 2600 journals, in all areas of the social sciences with emphasis on economics, political science, sociology and anthropology.
  • International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text NU resource Citations from over 150 scholarly and popular journals including 40 with full text articles. See also, the Black Studies Center.
  • International Political Science Abstracts NU resource Provides indexing and abstracting of articles from English and non-English language, major journals in political science, international public law, and international relations.
  • Left Index Citations, abstracts and selected full text from over 260 publications of the political left.
  • LexisNexis Statistical (formerly Statistical Universe) Statistical information from governmental and privately-published sources, including the American Statistics Index (ASI) and Statistical Reference Index (SRI).
  • Minority Data Resource Center An important and extensive initiative by the ICPSR which"... brings together in one place existing datasets on race and ethnicity with regard to subjects such as..." Click for full description and the links to resources.
  • PAIS International NU resource Bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. Journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations, and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world are indexed. This database covers 1972 to the present. Go to PAIS International Archive NU resource for coverage from 1937-1976. (The archive will eventually cover 1915 through 1976.)
  • Race Relations Abstracts  NU resource There are two links: to current issues, to earlier issues.  "... includes bibliographic records covering .... ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Race, Ethnicity & Education and Ethnic & Racial Studies."
  • Social Sciences Abstracts NU resource Comprehensive sets of citations and abstracts to scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. Includes many links to full text. Also includes databases for subjects in humanities and law.
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) NU resource Provides bibliographic information and some abstracts from articles from more than 1,700 in the social sciences. Search by topic, author, source title, or by cited reference: authors and titles from the bibliography of an article. Searches may also lead to related records: articles with citations in common. Results may be printed, saved to a text file, exported in a delimited format for import into personal bibliographic programs like EndNote or ProCite, or may be sent via email. (For more information, see citations to faculty publications.)
  • Sociological Abstracts NU resource Citations and abstracts of articles in sociology journals and related fields which cover gender issues.
  • USAfricaonline
  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts NU resource Citations with abstracts from more than 1100 journals in political science and related disciplines. Coverage is international in scope.
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Lucy E. Lyons
Collection Analysis, Journalism, and Political Science
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
(847) 491-2229, fax 467-7899
l-lyons@northwestern.edu
Office Location: Room 2623, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Main Library

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