Political Science - Research Guide  

Syracuse University Library purchases and provides access to a wide variety of information sources (e.g., books, journals, DVDs, electronic resources) in all areas of political science.

To find out more about these sources, please explore the links on this page and on this guide's top menu bar.

World News Connection {Dialog} - An online news service offering extensive translated and English-language news and information, compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources. Sources WNC draws upon include full text and summaries of newspaper articles, websites, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals and non-classified technical reports.  This information is generally available within 24-72 hours from the time of original publication or broadcast. For additional historical perspective on the World News Connection service, see NTIS Program Manager, John Hounsell's - White Paper on World News Connection (2011) and Barry Newman's Wall Street Journal background article on World News Connection (Feb 28, 2011).

Proquest Statistical Datasets - Described as “The World’s Largest Collection of Organized Statistical Data.”

Once inside Proquest Statistical Datasets, look toward the left of the screen for a series of subject folders.  Use these to select datapoints of interest.  Data categories cover education, commerce, housing and construction, population and income, prices and cost of living, energy, health, labor & employment, banking, finance and insurance and more.  Variables can be cross-compared using side by side tables and charts.

For additional databases that focus on numeric data, you can:

• visit the Library's online subject guide for numeric data
• visit the Library's list of statistics databases 
• contact the political science librarian 

Global Foresight Books project offers a unique profiling service, describing new and forthcoming book titles published in various areas of current affairs.  Subject categories for the book titles profiled are highly interdisciplinary and include topics such as world futures, climate change, development, security, water, energy, cities, health, communication and more.  Special features also offer sections on paradigm breaking books, appropriate economics, recommended books and a book of the month. The project was launched in 2009 by Michael Marien, founder and editor of Future Survey, published by the World Future Society between 1979-2008.  Marien earned his PhD in social science and national planning studies from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. 

Faculty or students are welcome to recommend Library purchase for titles of particular interest by emailing Political Science Librarian, Michael Pasqualoni, at mjpasqua@syr.edu   

Maxwell School of Syracuse University - Department of Political Science

DemocracyWise is a unique online resource center created by Syracuse University - Newhouse School - Professor Charlotte Grimes, SU's Knight Chair in Political Reporting.  DemocracyWise offers basic knowledge and information for everyone to participate in democracy — everything from stories about candidates and issues to a democracy toolkit on the nuts and bolts of registering to vote.