Election Sources

Parties and Organizations

Congressional Sources

Major Issues

News Sources

Research Strategies

Reference Resources

This short search strategy could be utilized by a political science student at Indiana University. Feel free to modify or elaborate it for your own use.

To find books on past campaigns, candidates and elections check Reference Resources or do a keyword or subject search on:

• IUCAT

Library of Congress Subject Headings

• Campaign funds--United States
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Electioneering--United States
• Lobbying-United States
• Political action committees--United States
• Political participation--United States
• Presidents--United States--Election--[date; e.g., 2004]
• Pressure groups--United States
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854-)
• Elections--United States
• Voting--United States

For Congressional information or Election information, including articles and statistics, use:

• CQ Congress Collection
  A research and reference tool for historical analysis of members of Congress, their voting behavior, and the legislative process.
• CQ Voting and Elections
  A research and reference tool for voting and elections at the state and federal level, including demographic data, bibliographies, and encyclopedia entries.

To find current or past journal articles search:

• Academic Search (EBSCO)
• America: History and Life
• ComAbstracts
• International Political Science Abstracts
• JSTOR
• PAIS International
• Periodicals Contents Index (PCI)
• Politics and International Relations: Sage Full-Text
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Three especially important weekly journals are:

• Campaigns & Elections
  For full-text access, go to Lexis-Nexis Academic or EBSCO.
• CQ Weekly
• National Journal
• Roll Call
  For full-text access, go to Lexis-Nexis Academic or Lexis-Nexis Congressional (click on "Inside Washington").

To find current newspaper articles search:

• Lexis-Nexis Academic
• Factiva
• Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
• Political Information
• Current newspaper subscriptions in the Kent Cooper Room

To find additional current information on issues and candidates use:

• Lexis-Nexis Current Issues
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional

To find public opinion polls check:

• Polling Report
• Lexis-Nexis Reference Polls & Surveys
• Polling the Nations
• The Gallup Poll Monthly (HM261.A1 G17 RR)

Last Updated: March 17, 2004
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