Political Science: POSC 3101

Guide to Resources and Reference Assistance for Political Science

Library Databases

JSTOR from JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Guest Access
Broad collection of full-text scholarly journals (approximately 2700 titles). Discipline coverage uneven and usually does not include the most-recent three years.
Hein Online from Hein This link opens in a new window
Retrospective full-text/image access to 300+ law reviews, Canadian Supreme Court Reports, CFR, Early American Case Reports and some British and European legal documents.
Political Science Complete from EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Search full-text of journals, reference books and conference papers.
Oxford Handbooks Online - Political Science from Oxford Univ. Press This link opens in a new window
Full text handbooks covering the major topics in Political Science. Marquette does not have access to all titles in this collection.
PAIS Index from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Search for a wide range of documents related to current events, public policy, and social sciences. 1972 to present.
Indexes books, pamphlets, and publications of the U.S. government and of international organizations, in addition to selected articles in 1400 periodicals.
Political Science Database from ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Contains political science, public policy, and international relations scholarly journals; recent full-text doctoral dissertations on political science topics; working papers; country reports (EIU); conference proceedings, policy papers and other sources. Dates of coverage: 1985 – present.
Social Sciences in ProQuest from Proquest This link opens in a new window
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Index, abstracts, with some full-text of sources in social science. 1986-present.

Government Reports

International Organizations

Think Tanks

Think Tanks Directories

Data Sources

Basic Country Facts

Additional Sources related to Food Policy

Think tanks:

International Food Policy Institute https://www.ifpri.org/
The John Hopkins Center for Livable Future https://clf.jhsph.edu/
Yale Sustainable Food Program https://www.sustainablefood.yale.edu/

Scholarly Associations:

Activist groups:

Additional Databases and Resources for Food Policy

GreenFILE from EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Index of scholarly, general interest, and government sources regarding human effects on the environment.
Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.
Environment Complete from EBSCO This link opens in a new window
Full-text for 750+ journals on environmentally-related topics.

USDA Open Data Catalog
This catalog is the authoritative source of publicly available USDA data.
Food Aid Information System from USDA
The Food Aid Information System (FAIS) is used by the Foreign Agricultural Service to manage its food assistance programs and interact with its partner organizations.
European Food Information Resource Network
EuroFIR AISBL is an international, member-based, non-profit Association under Belgian law was set up in 2009 to ensure sustained advocacy for food information in Europe.
FAOLEX
FAOLEX is a database of national legislation, policies and bilateral agreements on food, agriculture and natural resources management. It is constantly being updated, with an average of 8,000 new entries per year. It currently contains legal and policy documents drawn from more than 200 countries, territories and regional economic integration organizations and originating in over 40 languages.
FAOSTAT
The Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT) website disseminates statistical data collected and maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). FAOSTAT data are provided as a time-series from 1961 in most domains for 245 countries in English, Spanish and French.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Food Policy Briefs

CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
Growing Food Connections
The Growing Food Connections Planning and Policy Brief Series highlights promising planning and policy strategies used by local governments across North America to promote agricultural viability and/or healthy food access.
Hunter College Food Policy Center
A series of short reports that summarize recent policy news and scientific studies of key food policy questions.
Berkeley Food Institute
FAO Food and Agriculture Policy Briefs
Food & Nutrition Policy Briefs
From Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at University of Minnesota.