Research Guides: Political Science: Background Information and Data Resources

Reference Databases

Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Reference books by Oxford University Press, including the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. from a variety of sources.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
In-depth reports of current and controversial issues of the day.
Points of View Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Provides topics each with an overview, point, counterpoint, and Critical Thinking Guide. Includes essays, leading political magazine articles, newspaper articles, and radio & television news transcripts.

Historical Statistics of the United States | Millennial Edition
Quantitative historical information (over 37,000 annual time series) covering all aspects of American history, from the beginning to the present.

ICPSR (Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window
Social Science data archive. Contains data files that are used with statistical packages such as SPSS. N.B. To download data you must create an account. In order to download data from off-campus, you need to have accessed your account from on-campus within the past 6 months. Please contact Whitney Court (wcourt@csbsju.edu) or Bennett Frensko (bfrensko@csbsju.edu) if you need assistance in using this resource.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Data sources for industries in countries around the world. Visit the Getting Started Guide for more information.
World Bank Data This link opens in a new window
World Bank's compilation of data which includes education, health, economics, and more.

Harvard Dataverse
An online data repository where you can share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data. No account required.