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Library Course Guide: Writing in Political Science
Political Science 399
Introduction
This guide is arranged in the order that one might work through the research process. However, if you would like to go to a particular area, choose from the alphabetical grouping below.
Books | Citation Styles | Databases | Internet Resources
Journals, Periodicals | Library Help & Contacts | Locating Library Materials
Books
Search for books in the UMass Library Catalog by subject. Below are a few of the subject headings you could use:
Ports of Entry Security Measures United States
United States Emigration and Immigration Government Policy
Use WorldCat and Other Library Catalogs for searching other catalogs if you don't find books in the Five Colleges Catalog. Borrow books from Interlibrary Loan.
Databases
Locate citations, abstracts and/or full text of journal articles, magazine articles, newspapers, dissertations, government documents, and other information sources in your subject.
Please note: In some of our databases you may see the UMLinks button - 
. Clicking on this button will take you directly to the full text of your article, if available, or to other options for finding the article if not available online. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions about UMLinks.
Education
Education Complete
Contains references to articles from 550 periodicals in the field of primary, secondary and higher education.
ERIC
Citations and abstracts for education journal articles (EJ references) and ERIC documents (ED references).
Legal
LegalTrac
Citations to law reviews and law-related journals.
LexisNexis
Full-text articles from tens of thousands of periodicals, including approximately 500 law reviews and law-related journals; state and federal case law; and statutory law.
Westlaw Campus Research
Full text legal encyclopedias, law reviews, and legal treatises; federal and state statutes, regulations, court decisions; and newspapers, news wires, magazines and business and industry data.
Multi-Disciplinary
Academic Onefile
Contains citations and full text of articles from a wide variety of scholarly journals.
Academic Search Premier
Indexes hundreds of scholarly journals.
Social Sciences Abstracts
Includes citations to articles in over 520 English-language scholarly journals covering a wide range of interdisciplinary fields.
News
Alt-PressWatch
Several hundred U.S. alternative newsweeklies.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of ethnic communities in the United States.
LexisNexis
Full-text articles from international, national and college newspapers.
NewsBank
The full text of all the articles, editorials, and letters to the editor of the Boston Globe, the Springfield Union News, and the Berkshire Eagle.
Westlaw Campus Research
Full text newspapers, news wires, and magazines.
Political Science and Public Policy
Congressional Research Service Reports
Brief reports by the public policy research arm of the U. S. Congress on current issues and their legal and legislative status, 1970-present
PAIS International
Includes articles, books and book chapters, government documents, statistical directories, research reports, conference reports and other materials relating to public and social policy published in Western European languages.
Political Science: Sage Fulltext Collection
Includes the full-text of 25 journals published by SAGE and participating societies, some journals going back 24 years, encompassing over 10,000 articles.
How to Locate Materials from Databases
If you do not see the full text (or a link to it), try these steps.
1. The UMLinks button appears near the citation in most (but not all) databases. Click to view your options, which depend on the source (e.g. journal titles) and the UMass Amherst Library's holdings.
2. If the UMLinks button does not appear in the database you are using, open a new browser window, so you do not lose your place in the database. Search the UMass Library Catalog by Title (if a book) or Journal Title (if a journal article). Alternatively for journal articles, check the EJournal Locator for online access. Note: Be sure to look up journal titles rather than article titles.
3. If you have a citation to a book, article, or journal, enter the information you have about the item into the Citation Linker to view your access choices.
4. If we do not own or have access to the material you need, try these steps.
Search the Five Colleges Catalog and if found, click on the "Request Item" button.
Request it through Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery.
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Internet Resources
Please note: Keep in mind when you are researching information on the Web that anyone can publish a web page. Read about the advantages and disadvantages of the "Free Web" and evaluate the information you find.
Department of Homeland Security
National Immigration Law Center
National Education Association
People for the American Way
Rand Corporation
Citation Styles
See Using Citation Styles for examples and links to other standard style formats.
Prepared for Political Science 399, Writing in Political Science, by Barbara Morgan, 10/2007, updated 4/2008.
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