FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Indexes relevant to your topics include:

LEXIS-NEXIS--Academic Universe (via PLU Network. Requires PLU ePass username and password to access from off-campus) Provides access to a range of news, business, legal, and reference information. It is particularly strong in its news coverage, featuring mostly full-text articles from newspapers around the world. It is also strong in its law coverage, offering full text from law reviews, federal case law, and state case law.

PAIS International (Requires PLU ePass username and password.)   Indexes and abstracts international publications of all kinds in the social sciences and public policy, from the mid-1970s                                      to present.

EBSCOhost (via PLU Network. Requires PLU ePass username and password to access from off-campus) An abstracting and indexing tool that also provides some full-text articles.

Alternative Press Index  (via PLU network.  Requires PLU ePass username and password) Indexes 250 non-mainstream journals, magazines, and newspapers that offer alternative perspectives in the humanities and social science fields, including areas such as cultural, economic, political and social change.

JSTOR(via PLU Network. Requires PLU ePass username and password to access from off-campus) An archival database with core scholarly journals in the arts, social sciences, sciences and general science journals many of which date from the 1800s and some even to the 1600s.   JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all journal content.  As this is an archival service, current issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available.

GPO Monthly Catalog (via PLU Network. Requires PLU ePass username and password to access from off-campus) Records on all subjects of interest to the U.S. government from 1976 to the present.
 
 

Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books.  Journals at PLU also identifies any full-text journals online.

 
 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

American attitudes: who thinks what about the issues that shape our lives
(ref. HN90.P8M58 1998)

American treaties and alliances (ref. KZ236 2000)

Blackwell Dictionary Of Political Science: A User's Guide To Its Terms (ref.JA61.B43 1999)

Dictionary of American foreign affairs (ref. E183.7.F58 1993)

Encyclopedia of American foreign policy: studies of the principal movements and ideas
(ref. JX1407.E53)

Encyclopedia Of Government And Politics(ref.JA61.C66 1992)

Encyclopedia of U.S. foreign relations (ref. E183.7.E53 1997)

Europa World Year Book (ref.JN1.E85 JN1.E85, latest behind the reference desk)

Immigration and the law: a dictionary (ref. KF4817.H56 1999)

International Encyclopedia Of Public Policy And Administration (ref. H97.I547 1998)

Oxford companion to politics of the world (ref. JA61.O95 2001)

Political science: illustrated search strategy and sources: with an introduction to legal
research for undergraduates (ref. JA88.L69 1993)

United States immigration: a reference handbook (JV6465.M55 1996)

World Encyclopedia Of Political Systems And Parties (ref.JF2011.W67 1999)
 

INTERNET

The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best
information for all situations.   Read the handout  "Evaluating Information from the Internet" (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).  Check out Search Engine Watch (http://www.searchenginewatch.com/) for hints on Internet searching.
 

Central Intelligence Agency (http://www.cia.gov/)
Executive Office for Immigration Review (http://www.usdoj.gov/eoir/)
Federal Agencies Directory (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html)
FedStats (http://www.fedstats.gov/)
Immigration and Naturalization Service (http://www.ins.gov/graphics/index.htm)
Immigration and Refugee Services of America (http://www.refugeesusa.org/)
Political Resources on the Web (http://www.politicalresources.net/)
Political Science Resources (http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/)
Thomas (http://thomas.loc.gov/)
United States Foreign Policy (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forpol.html)
U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/)
U.S. Diplomatic History Resources Index (http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/sarantakes/stuff.html)
US Immigration (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook28.html)
White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/)
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.  You may either order them from Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally.  We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:  Northwest College, St. Martin's College, University of Puget Sound, Seattle Pacific University, and Seattle University.  You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.  If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.
 
 
 
 

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance. My office hours for spring are:  Mondays 1-2, Tuesdays 9-10, Thursdays 1-2.  Feel free to call for other times!

 

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