Comparative Politics: Finding Literature
A guide for research resources on international and comparative politics
Finding Newspapers
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Newspapers LibGuideA guide to finding news sources available at the library. Go to the "Geographical Location" tab to find newspapers from across the globe.
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Access World News This link opens in a new windowRecent and archived full-text articles from hundreds of domestic and international newspapers, including archival access to the Houston Chronicle and Houston Post. Updated daily.
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International Newsstand This link opens in a new windowSearchable articles, article summaries, and publication information on more than 660 newspapers from around the world. A list of included publications can be found here.
Google Books
Keyword search online books - you will be able to see a small segment of text around matching terms; click on "full view" to limit to books which are totally open and fully readable.
Hathi Trust
Less well-known than GoogleBooks, another source for fulltext digital books online is HathiTrust.
Click here to connect to the HathiTrust catalog search. Click on the "Full view only" box below the search box to limit your result set to books that are fully viewable (without copyright restraints).
Oxford Books Online: Political Science
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Oxford Academic This link opens in a new windowCollection of scholarly ebooks and journals from Oxford University Press.
Fondren owns access to the following subjects: Classical Studies, Philosophy, Political Science and Psychology. Browse by subject and look for the green unlock symbol to find accessible content. -
Politics - Oxford Research Encyclopedia This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed encyclopedia entries and in-depth essays on important people, concepts, theories, and events in politics.
Search the Library Holdings in OneSearch
OneSearch - enter your keywords below.
- OneSearch will find books, e-books, periodicals, films, music scores and CDs, audio recordings, government publications, archival materials, maps, as well as individual journal or newspaper articles.
- To find the location of a call number consult this "stack location guide".
Didn't find what you need? Try the following options:
- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowWorldCat, available on the FirstSearch interface, is a combined catalog for over 70,000 libraries in 170 countries. The information is updated daily.
- Interlibrary Loan (aka ILLiad)If Fondren Library does not have the book or article you need ...
Finding Articles
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ABSEES (American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies) This link opens in a new windowInformation on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Some of the many subjects covered include: anthropology, culture & the arts, economics, education, and geography. Sources indexed include journals, books, dissertations, online resources and selected government publications published in the U.S. and Canada.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly and general interest sources in business, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology, including books, journal and magazine articles, bibliographies, and trade publications.
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African History - Oxford Research Encyclopedia This link opens in a new windowReference articles covering African history from prehistoric times to recent political, religious, and cultural movements.
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Atlantic History - Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new windowBibliographies highlighting writing on the history of interactions between nations on different sides of the Atlantic, from the Columbian exchange to the end of the transatlantic slave trade, with links to full-text resources where available at Fondren.
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Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new windowMore than one million bibliographic entries on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide.
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Country Watch: Website of the World (CountryWatch) This link opens in a new windowContains detailed textual, data and graphic information for countries and regions. Topics include: country overviews, political history and conditions, economic status, investment overviews, social background, and environmental situation and issues.
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Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Search and tools for finding connections between different topics in diversity studies and global culture. Updated daily. -
EconLit with Full Text This link opens in a new windowFull-text database that provides publishing and bibliographic information and abstracts of over 400 journals of economic research, books, dissertations, and working papers.
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Encyclopedia of Political Science This link opens in a new windowReference and overview articles on American government, comparative politics, international relations, public policy, public administration, political behavior, political theory, and political science methods.
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Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities published from 1970 to the present, with a focus on Latin American and U.S. Hispanic topics.
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Index Islamicus This link opens in a new windowInternational bibliography of publications in European languages on Islam and the Muslim world.
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International Law - Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new windowInformation about articles, books, and other resources in international law, with links to the full text where available at Fondren, or to request an item through interlibrary loan.
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International Relations - Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new windowInformation about articles, books, and other important publications in international relations, covering law, politics, culture, economics, and military relations, with links to the full text where available at Fondren, or to request an item through interlibrary loan.
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Jewish Studies - Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new windowInformation on key articles, books, and other publications in the field of Jewish studies, covering history, religion, philosophy, literature, and other related fields, with links to the full-text resources when available at Fondren or to request the publication through interlibrary loan.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowOnline, full text access to scholarly journals from first publication date to a "moving wall" of 2-5 years from present--i.e., the most recent 2-5 years' worth of issues will not be available at any given time. The archived collection includes journals in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The content is searchable by author, title, full-text, discipline, year, and article type.
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowReference articles, news, academic journals, editorials, and other resources on social and political issues, with the aim of providing multiple perspectives. Searchable by topic.
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PAIS Index (Public Affairs Information Service) This link opens in a new windowIndex of journal articles, books, statistical directories, government documents, grey literature, conference papers, and other publications in public policy, with links to the full text where available.
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Political Risk Yearbook This link opens in a new windowYearly reports on political and business investment risk for different countries.).
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SHAFR Guide Online: An Annotated Bibliography of U.S. Foreign Relations since 1600 This link opens in a new windowPublishing information, notes, and descriptions of works published on U.S. foreign relations from 1600 through the Obama presidency.
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SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new windowSocIndex (formerly Sociological Abstracts) covers 3,000 journals (and some books) in sociology, social planning/policy, and related subjects. "...offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology and criminal justice, demography, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, rural and urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse and other addictions, violence and many others."
Collection Highlights
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Inside Countries
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Although comparative politics is conventionally seen as the study of politics across countries, the field has a longstanding and increasingly prominent tradition in national contexts; focusing on subnational units, institutions, actors and processes. -
Comparative Politics: A Practical Guide for a Globalizing World
Comparative Politics: A Practical Guide for a Globalizing World is perhaps the first to be written with an emphasis on case studies from the Global South and other alternative perspectives in comparative politics. -
Coronavirus Politics
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Coronavirus Politics identifies key threads in the global comparative discussion that continue to shed light on COVID-19 and shape debates about what it means for scholarship in health and comparative politics. -
Cases in Comparative Government and Politics
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Using 12 pivotal cases, this book brings comparative politics to life by highlighting the key differences in political systems around the world. -
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics
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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics explores some of the most important environmental issues through the lens of comparative politics, including energy, climate change, food, health, urbanization, waste, and sustainability.
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International GovDocs
For publications and resources on international organizations and governing bodies, please refer to the Kelley Center's Foreign & International GovDocs guide.
Journals for Comparative Politics
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Comparative Political StudiesComparative Political Studies (CPS) published fourteen times a year, offers scholarly work on comparative politics at both the cross-national and intra-national levels. Browse their most recent articles.
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