Skip to Main Content

History & Political Science: Political Science

Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Political Science Resources

American legislative, executive, and judicial politics and comparative and international politics

Political History

Online resources to primary political history sources

Constituton Society
A searchable site devoted to key documents in the American Founding – Convention Debates, Anti-Federalist Papers, Federalist Papers, as well as collected works of the Founders.
Founders’ Constitution
A collection of primary sources from the Founding outlined according to the Constitution.
TeachingAmericanHistory.org
A site devoted to key documents from American political history from the Founding to modern America.

American Political Science

Websites and databases to American Political Science sources.

Center For Politics
University of Virginia’s research center devoted to American electoral politics.
Government Printing Office
Official federal government documents.

ProQuest Central
Newspapers, magazines and some old journals. From about 1970 to the present.

UC Santa Barbara Presidency Project
Data and primary sources on all American presidents.
Legal Information Institute
A not-for-profit group "that believes everyone should be able to read and understand the laws that govern them, without cost."
4President.org
Presidential campaign materials since 1960.

International and Comparative Politics

Online resources to International and Comparative Politics sources.

The World Factbook (CIA)
Basic information on countries around the world from the Central Intelligence Agency.

U.S. Aid
Information on U.S. foreign aid around the world.
World Bank
Information on foreign aid and developing countries.

Library Tools

Submit a Question
Call 714-966-6382
Stop by a Librarian's Office

Install LibKey Nomad!

Go to libkeynomad.com
Select your browser
Download and install
Select Vanguard University
Go! Check out Wikipedia, PubMed, Sage, and other websites and look for LibKey links.
Look for the "Access Options" button on the websites you visit.

Helpful Links