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POL-100 Web Resources

The SFU library provides helpful material on Political Science: Resources at SFU and Beyond.

General Search Sites:

For Searching For Bibliographic Information for Printed Material:

Databases of Academic Journals and Media Sources Available through the SFU Library (some require you to login with your SFU ID if accessing from off-campus):

Canadian Newsstand - full text of Southam newspapers for varying dates, including Nation Post from 1998 and Vancouver sun from 1987.

CPI.Q - Canadian Periodical Index covers many journals and newspapers, including the Globe & Mail.  Indexing for most, but full-text of others, including Globe & Mail

Canadian Research Index - index of government documents from federal and provincial governments, from 1980 to present (formerly MicoLog)

CBCA: Canadian Business & Current Affairs - index of Canadian magazines and newspaper articles, plus full text from subset of these periodicals

International Political Science Abstracts - search engine for political science journals

Ingenta - massive index of academic journals; with some full text coverage, including Canadian Journal of Political Science from 2001-persent

JSTOR - searchable online database of full-text academic journals covering political science, economics, history and more

    Lexis Nexis - index and full text for legal periodicals and judicial decisions

    PAIS International - index of international academic periodicals on business and the social sciences with emphasis on contemporary social, economic, and political issues and the making and evaluating of public policy.

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The following media corporations have archived a considerable number of previous news reports at their Internet sites:

 

Canadian Public Opinion Research - search their archives for survey results

Compas

Ekos

Environics

Ipsos Reid (formerly Angus Reid)

Leger Marketing

SES Research

Strategic Counsel

 

The textbook publisher's  PoliSci.Nelson.Com Political Science resource site has thousands of annotated links to material related to the course work in this class. 

The Intro to Government & Politics section links to material from around the world on:

Nations and States 

Political Philosophy 

Political Culture 

Constitutions 

The Executive Branch 

World Legislatures 

The Judiciary 

Political Parties Around the World 

Electoral Systems 

Interest Groups 

Gender & Sexuality 

Political Violence 

International Politics 

 

Canadian Politics On The Web has pages dedicated to Canadian material dealing with:

You can find links to on-line encyclopedias, quotations, dictionaries, grammar guides and other related reference material on line. Have a read also of the SFU Political Science Department's Essay Writing Guidelines.

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