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Finding Background Information

If you'd like to read an objective description on your topic, try looking for an entry in a specialized encyclopedia. Encyclopedias typically provide an overview of accumulated knowledge and do not put forth new findings or ideas. They are usually most appropriate as a starting point for your research and do not replace scholarly articles and books.

Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Also includes the Oxford Companions Series.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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A starting point for research and learning that offers unlimited access to hundreds of full text reference books on every subject. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.

Finding Academic Journals & Books

OneSearch (advanced search page) This link opens in a new window
Search WorldCat plus Academic Search Complete and Proquest Research Library to find book, eBooks, scholarly articles, news, and more.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Provides author, keyword, and cited reference searching to thousands of leading social sciences journals, in many cases with searchable abstracts plus links to e-journal images. One of the Web of Science databases. Coverage: 2000 - present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An archive of scholarly journals. Content spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. The most recent 3-5 years of journals are generally not available. JSTOR has a number of other collections to which we do not subscribe. Provided through a cooperative agreement with Stetson's College of Law Library.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A broad, general full-text database that includes both popular and scholarly periodicals. It covers virtually all academic areas of study, including social sciences, sciences, and humanities.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database with full-text articles in the arts, business, health, medicine, history, science, technology, social sciences. Includes scholarly articles, professional publication, and magazines.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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Google Scholar searches academic publishers, professional societies and pre-print archives. Use this link to sync results with library access.

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Access World News This link opens in a new window
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A collection of thousands of U.S. and global news sources.
NexisUni This link opens in a new window
News, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. newspapers, magazines, and some journals. Coverage includes general news topics; foreign language news; company, industry, and market news; legal news; general health topics; accounting/tax info; government topics.
ProQuest U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
More than 350 newspapers, many with full-text. Coverage 1995 to present. The Major Newspapers collection includes The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and more.

Finding Quantitative Data

World Development Indicators This link opens in a new window
World Development Indicators Online is a database of statistics from the World Bank’s Data Group. It provides high quality national and international statistics for users worldwide and lets users assess what governments do by accessing reliable data. Click on Data & Resources --> Databank to use the dataset online.
World Bank Data This link opens in a new window
Provided as a free resource by the World Bank, the data portal provides access to current and archived data on international development.
UN Data This link opens in a new window
Search all publicly-available UN databases at a single entry point. Also includes International Financial Statistics, World Development Indicators, OECD data, LABORSTA, & Key Indicators of the Labour Market.
Statista This link opens in a new window
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Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.

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POLI 201: Comparative Politics (Spring 2018)

Finding Background Information

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Finding News

Finding Quantitative Data