Political Science: Overview

If you need broader understanding and context, look for books by limiting to the Library Catalog. For articles, add subject filters like "political science" to help narrow results.

Start here for articles for most political science topics.

Find resources for researching a specific country's government, politics, economy, and more.

Primary and secondary sources

Primary and secondary resources

Recommended databases, data sources, and research organizations.

Recommended news publications

Resources for classical and modern approaches to political theory.

Covers primary and secondary sources for all three branches of government and Texas and other state governments.

Covers public policy, foreign policy, elections, interest groups, polls, and political speech.

Search across major scholarly encyclopedias on political science topics. Add your own keywords to this Library Search string by clicking Search Criteria.

Look for the search box in the upper right corner to find articles that cover the state of the research, with citations to major literature. These are great for understanding the state of the literature, and can include critique of methodology and future directions for research.

Start here for summaries on the state of the scholarly research by topic with citations to major works. This is a Library Search for all books in the series.