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Research Guide: resources for starting your research in Government.
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Subjects: English and Creative Writing, Government, History, Law, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Newspapers and News

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Highlighted Journals

  • The RUSI Journal
    The RUSI Journal is the oldest publication of its kind in the world and a leading forum for exchanging ideas on national and international defense and security issues. Practitioners and scholars alike consider it essential reading for anyone seeking to understand war and conflict, British and international defense and security policies, and military history.
  • International Affairs (Moscow, Russia)
    Offering unique, first-hand analysis of major foreign policy and security issues facing Russia and other former Soviet republics, this is the English translation of the Russian-language journal Mezhdunarodnaia zhizn, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. As such, International Affairs is an excellent primary source for Russia’s foreign policy, worldview, and approaches to international development.

GOVT 07.12: Intelligence & National Security

  • Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
    Contains the most comprehensive collection of primary documents available. The database includes more than 43,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions.
  • EIU Country Reports This link opens in a new window
    The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) provides reports on nearly 200 countries. Each report thoroughly examines and explains the issues shaping the political scene, economic policy, domestic economy, sector trends, and foreign trade and payments. Detailed two-year forecasts complement the analysis and pinpoint political and economic developments and trends.
  • C-SPAN Video Library Quick Guide
    Current affairs, historical content, and non-fiction books have been staples of C-SPAN programming for more than 40 years. A quarter of a million hours of content.
  • Cover ArtThe Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence by Loch K. Johnson (Editor)
    ISBN: 9780195375886
    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
    The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence is a state-of-the-art work on intelligence and national security.
  • Cover ArtThe Oxford Handbook of U. S. National Security by Derek S. Reveron (Editor); Nikolas K. Gvosdev (Editor); John A. Cloud (Editor)
    ISBN: 9780190680015
    Publication Date: 2018-06-01
    National security is pervasive in government and society, but there is little scholarly attention devoted to understanding the context, institutions, and processes the U.S. government uses to promote the general welfare. The Oxford Handbook of U.S. National Security aims to fill this gap. Coming from academia and the national security community, its contributors analyze key institutions and processes that promote the peace and prosperity of the United States and, by extension, its allies and other partners.
  • Cover ArtRoutledge Handbook on Israeli Security by Stuart A. Cohen (Editor); Aharon Klieman (Editor)
    ISBN: 1351676385
    Publication Date: 2018-10-17
    The Routledge Handbook on Israeli Security provides an authoritative survey of both the historical roots of Israel's national security concerns and their principal contemporary expressions.

GOVT 004 01: Politics of the World

  • Quality of Government Institute: World Map
    Visualize a variety of political, economic, and civil society indexes and metrics on a global map.
  • Our World in Data
    Our World in Data publishes research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems. It provides research and data that those working towards progress need to serve that community. Additionally, it seeks to inform more people about big problems and to make the decision that they use their energy and resources to contribute to progress.
  • Freedom House
    Founded in 1941, Freedom House has established itself through its advocacy, programs, and research as the leading American organization devoted to the support and defense of democracy around the world.
  • Democratic Erosion Consortium: Democratic Erosion Event Dataset
    Capturing events related to democratic erosion and autocratic consolidation across over 100 countries since 2000.
  • EIU Country Reports This link opens in a new window
    The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) provides reports on nearly 200 countries. Each report thoroughly examines and explains the issues shaping the political scene, economic policy, domestic economy, sector trends, and foreign trade and payments. Detailed two-year forecasts complement the analysis and pinpoint political and economic developments and trends.
  • U.S. Department of State: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
    The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, also known as the Human Rights Reports, cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements.
  • News and Newspapers Research Guide: Aggregators
    Scroll down the landing page to the heading "News and Newspaper Databases: Nexis Uni, Factiva, and NewsBank." These databases, known in Libraryland as aggregators, allow you to search across tens of thousands of news outlets simultaneously.
  • Cover ArtThe Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics by Carles Boix (Editor); Susan C. Stokes (Editor)
    ISBN: 9780199566020
    Publication Date: 2009-09-07
    The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics offers a critical survey of empirical political science through the collection of chapters written by top scholars in the discipline of comparative politics.
  • Cover ArtThe Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics by Joel Krieger (Editor-In-Chief); Craig N. Murphy; Margaret E. Crahan
    ISBN: 9780199738595
    Publication Date: 2012-10-10
    Comparativists apply various theories and concepts to analyze the similarities and differences between political units, using the results of their research to develop causalities and generalizations. The Companion thoroughly defines these theories and outcomes, as are major resultant conclusions, comparativists who have significantly influenced the field, and politicians whose administrations have shaped the evaluation of contrasting governments.

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How to Cite

  • American Political Science Association (APSA) Style Manual
    The APSA's guide revises The Chicago Manual of Style for political science. Full-text available online as a PDF.
  • Cover ArtChicago Manual of Style Online
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    Publication Date: 2024-09-19
    Published September 19, 2024, this latest edition presents substantial changes to citation and other directions for scholars, editors, and publishers alike.
  • Cover ArtThe Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition by The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
    ISBN: 9780226817972
    Publication Date: 2024-09-19
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