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This is the best place to start for articles, books, government information, and research reports on topics related to government, politics, and public policy. Coverage is international. Be sure to click the blue "Other SMU Options" button to get the full text.
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This is your best bet for law review articles (look for Law Journal Library under Browse Databases by Name). You can also find primary source documents and collections of information around specific themes in the law.
Find primary source documents, including committee hearings, Congressional Record, records for members of Congress, and the U.S. Code. Use Congressional profiles and Legislative Histories for background information.
Back issues of scholarly journals and scholarly books across many disciplines. This can be used for finding older materials because there is a 3-5 year lag in currency.
Access to current news on all branches of the military and government. Full text for journals, periodicals, country reports from CountryWatch, and pamphlets; indexing and abstracts for more than 400 journals.
Find articles of various topics within political science that cover the state of the research, with citations to major literature. This is a great place to start when you are new to a topic and need to find scholarly literature.
This is a Library Search for all books in the series, including the topics of political theory, economy, communications, institutions, and international relations. Handbooks are a great place to start for understanding the state of the research on a specific topic with links to citations of major related work.
