Research Resources for Comparative Government
Journal Articles
A multidisciplinary database
with full-text articles. You can find scholarly articles by checking the box to the left of the option,
"Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals". Academic Search Premier contains many major peer-reviewed
journals in Political Science, including: Chinese Law and Government, Government and Opposition,
American City and County, Political Science Quarterly, and many others.
CQ Researcher
is often the first source that librarians recommend when researchers are seeking original, comprehensive
reporting and analysis on issues in the news. Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ
Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice,
international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
Identifying Books in the
library catalog
To find items on a specific
aspect of topics for comparative government papers, do a Word
search for keywords related to your topic.
For example:
Reference Books
(Available online through the
Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Levy, Leonard
W., and Kenneth L. Karst, Eds. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 2nd
ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2000. 3164 pp. 6 vols. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Thomson
Gale. Carlisle,
Rodney, Ph.D., Ed. Encyclopedia of Politics. Thousand Oaks: Sage Reference, 2005. 1052 pp. 2 vols. Gale
Virtual Reference Library. Thomson Gale. This electronic resource guide, often called the ERG,
has been published online by ASIL since 1997. Since then it has been systematically updated and
continuously expanded. The chapter format of the ERG is designed to be used by students, teachers,
practitioners and researchers as a self-guided tour of relevant, quality, up-to-date online resources
covering important areas of international law. The ERG also serves as a ready-made teaching tool at
graduate and undergraduate levels.
(after clicking on library catalog
link, you will be directed to the CCA Library Online Catalog)
Web Sites
American Society for International Law