Note: The Proxy Bookmarklet will be going away due to the slow migration over the Spring, 2023 term to an authentication method called Open Athens (more info)
Have you ever found something on the Web that you knew was available through the Libraries, but it was too much of a pain to log into the Libraries site and find it? Now we have a bookmarklet that you can add to your browser button bar so that you can log in via the Libraries and get immediate access (most of the time…) find out more about our new proxy bookmarklet. And it works with tablets too...
Note: after you log in, if you don't get access, just click the proxy bookmarklet again and you will (if your browser is idle for too long you may need to log in again). Also provides information on newish library service LibKey Nomad which can also be used to provide instant access to PDFs available though the WSU Libraries.

"As a public service, this page aggregates information regarding journals in political science and international relations (broadly defined) that public research articles, research notes, and review essays. These lists are filterable and searchable. These lists attempt to provide the information necessary to choose where to send an article, including broad areas of interest and selected passages from their Web sites that describe their mission."
(p.s. - lots of good stuff on his page so be sure to poke around!!)

The WSU Libraries catalog - includes books, journals, articles, media and more available through the WSU Libraries, as well as books available through the regional Summit borrowing system that allows you to order books from OSU, UW, the University of Idaho, and 35 other academic libraries.

Use for finding books not available at WSU or through Summit. You can get to it directly from search results in Search It. The Libraries' upgraded interlibrary loan system is integrated into the database.

A good resource for browsing, but books related to political science and public affairs can be shelved all around the library (i.e. psychology, military studies, law)

This database provides access to citations and abstracts for articles in political science and related disciplines. Use the "Find it@WSU" button to see if we have an article fulltext or in print. Covers 1975 - present; updated monthly.

International and comparative politics, includes scholarly journals as well as content from think tanks and research institutes.

Covers full-text of many journals back to first issue (but often not most recent 3-5 years). Note that if you scroll down you can limit by discipline.

Gathers academic and policy research on international and national security problems and foreign policy issues from a global perspective.
Note: Includes articles and chapters, but chapters are only from JStor books that the WSU Libraries has purchased.

"Includes Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Science Citation indexes, Journal Citation Reports, BIOSIS Previews, BIOSIS Citation Index, Derwent Innovations patent searching, MEDLINE, and Zoological Record. Updated weekly."
Use to find articles, as well as identify citation networks.

Broad-based social science database. Covers 1984-current. See Humanities and Social Science Retrospective database for access to earlier social science and humanities literature going back to 1907.

Access to publications by and about the U.S. Congress, including hearings, bill texts, legislative histories, voting records, congressional calendars, hot topics and more.

Current and former congresses. Track legislation, locate bills and votes, and more. Official US government resource.

“Authoritative analysis on the major legislation and actions of congress for each year since 1945. Unique data on the voting patterns of Congress members provide insight into the legislative process and history of the institution. Users can follow the history of a policy issue with the Policy Tracker tool which links reports on the same issue for almost 70 years.”
No longer being published after 2021.

In-depth weekly reports focussing on a particular political or social topic each issue. Excellent overviews with multiple viewpoints. Look here for a short video tutorial, look here for a slightly longer overview video.

GreenFILE covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. It includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

"The HSDL is the nation's premier collection of homeland security policy and strategy related documents. It supports local, state and federal analysis and decision-making needs and assists academics of all disciplines in homeland defense and security related research. The HSDL provides quick access to important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and research reports from various universities and local and state agencies."

"Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. " Most papers are free; some are fee.

"APSA Preprints is a free-to-submit, free-to-access, pre-publication platform dedicated to early research outputs in political science and related disciplines, developed through the collaboration of the American Political Science Association and Cambridge University Press."
Note: Pre-prints have not yet been through the peer review process.

"The Political Handbook of the World contains entries on countries and territories around the world. It covers each country's political parties and includes names of key ambassadors, international memberships, and profiles intergovernmental organizations."
Via CQ Press Library

"The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities"

"Established in 1994, our mission is to facilitate security-related dialogue and cooperation within a high-quality network of international relations organizations, professionals and experts, and to provide open-source international relations and security-related tools and materials in accessible ways." From the Center for Security Studies.

NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research. Provides full text access to NBER research and publications. NBER covers social sciences fields beyond economics.
"The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonpartisan organization that facilitates cutting-edge investigation and analysis of major economic issues. It disseminates research findings to academics, public and private-sector decision-makers, and the public by posting more than 1,200 working papers and convening more than 120 scholarly conferences, each year."

Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

"AfricaBib is a collection of Africana social science titles, presented in one easily accessible location on the internet. It is the culmination of over forty years of Africana research. The site consists of two bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature (Africana Periodical Literature) and African Women's literature (African Women). "

Digital library of [older] journals, books, and more. Be sure to sign in with your WSU NetID - gives you more functionality and access.

See also the annual review-type publication, Living Reviews in Democracy (2009-2013) (focused on research in...democracy)

"Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 offers a broad range of subject coverage in the humanities and social sciences with high-quality indexing of nearly 1,100 periodicals, dating as far back as 1907, as well as citations of over 240,000 book reviews."

Citations and abstracts to publications on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes journals, books, reviews, and dissertations. Covers 1964-present.

Citations and abstracts to publications covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.

No abstracts or indexing terms, but covers a huge number of journals going back to 1990. Interdisciplinary.

Citations for U.S. (and some Canadian) dissertations 1861- present. Includes abstracts for dissertations published from 1980-present (some recent dissertations offer a 24-page preview). Also includes citations and abstracts for (some) master's theses from 1988-present.

WSU dissertations (and some theses). Many are fulltext.
See the Libraries' institutional repository, Research Exchange, for full-text access to recent theses and dissertations (and more!)

We have seven modules and maybe more in the future (you can see all available modules here)

Free; covers some of the same ground, but much smaller:
"Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents ("the world's largest nongovernmental collection" according to the Los Angeles Times), leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information, global advocate of open government, and indexer and publisher of former secrets."

"a continuously-updated database of thousands of citations of works using data held in the ICPSR archive." Includes DOI, WorldCat, and Google Scholar options for access are provided for most citations; the WorldCat link will provide a Find It @ WSU option.

"This is a bibliography of publications that use data from the Roper Center. Some cite information on overall responses obtained from iPOLL; some are based on individual-level analyses of datasets held by the Roper Center, and others use our Presidential approval series or other indexes constructed from Roper Center data." Research articles only.

link goes to topics but be sure to go to the home page and look around other links, etc.
"Establishment," but can surprise you

Center-liberal

Libertarian

Conservative

Includes the Open Think Tank Directory

"The TTCSP programs are designed to increase the profile, capacity, and performance of think tanks at the national, regional, and global levels, so they can better serve policy makers and the public. TTCSP conducts research on the relationship between think tanks, politics, and public policy, produces the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index, develops capacity-building resources and programs, supports a global network of close to 7,000 think tanks, and trains future think tank scholars and executives."

Older issues available in print

Older issues available in print
"Foreign Policy is the award-winning, bimonthly magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas. Our mission is to explain how the world works - in particular, how the process of global integration is reshaping nations, institutions, cultures, and, more fundamentally, our daily lives. Equal parts scout and translator, FP draws on the world's leading journalists, thinkers, and professionals to analyze the most significant international trends and events of our times, without regard to ideology or political bias." via JSTOR