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International Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Includes current indexing and abstracts of the world's leading journals in political science.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni is a database for news, legal research (federal & state cases, law reviews), & company dossiers. Also includes U.S. Executive Compensation database, SEC files, D&B Market Identifiers, Hoovers Company Records, & executives & board of directors.
Peace Research Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for top-ranked scholarly journals, recent reference works, and professional conference papers.
Public Affairs Index This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic database covering all aspects of global contemporary public policy issues ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international conflict and natural disasters.
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Provides abstracts & articles from journals from 1895 to the present in the field of sociology and related social sciences.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study. Includes scholarly articles, magazine articles, & articles from newspapers.

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Federal Election Committee: Search Campaign Finance Data
Search for contributions received by a specific campaign using candidate's name, state, or party affiliation.

PubDefense
Public (open access) collection of scholarly articles, manuscripts, and data on research funded by the Department of Defense and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).

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