Subject Guides: Politics: Getting Started

Finding Sources

Political Science Complete
A full-text research database covering political topics with a worldwide focus, including international relations, political theory and comparative politics.

Content Includes
More than 470 active full-text, non-open access journals
More than 320 full-text reference books and monographs
Nearly 48,000 full-text conference papers
A subject-specific thesaurus of more than 26,000 terms
Subjects Include
Comparative politics
Humanitarian issues
International relations
Law and legislation
Non-governmental organizations
Political theory
Nexis Uni
News, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Best for finding court cases, other legal documents, and business information like SEC filings.
HeinOnline
More than 190 million pages of historical and government documents including the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, treaties, constitutions, case law, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and more.
Academic Search Complete
Full-text journals &peer-reviewed full text for all academic disciplines. Great for finding scholarly sources across many different fields.

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Search the Library Catalog
Find items held in the physical library collection.
Search Course Reserves
Find items set aside by your professors for use in your classes.
Search I-Share
Find items held by other Illinois libraries that can be checked out and renewed using your Lake Forest login.
POLS eBooks
Our collection of ebooks relating to election issues.

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