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John Jay College of Criminal Justice

POL 409: Colloquium for Research in Government and Politics (Spring 2025): Home

Professor Utku Sezgin by Librarian Prof. Ellen Belcher

Finding Articles and Books

Open Academic Search Complete first. Click on "Choose Databases" add one or all of the following databases to your search. Searching all at once omits the duplication of results.

Suggested keyword & subject searches - in the above databases and OneSearch Advanced Search

  • Right Wing Populism  (subject terms) --> search results for Books in OneSearch
  • Right wing AND voting and statistics
  • Polls AND Right Wing and voting
  • Polarization OR Partisanship (subject terms) AND Politics
  • Immigration (Subject term) AND United States AND Politics --> search results for Books in OneSearch
  • US Electoral Politics (subject term)
  • Elections (subject term) AND United States (subject term) --> Search results for Books in OneSearch
  • Executive Power (subject term) AND United States
  • Presidential Power (keyword) AND United States
  • Authoritarian (Keyword) AND Voting
  • Populism AND Statistics (Keywords)
  • Immigration (Subject term) AND Public Opinion AND Statistics (Keyword terms)
  • Elections United States AND  Authoritarianism
  • Electorate AND United States AND Statistics

tips: Try adding the keyword term "Statistics" for empirical data based studies | try adding a country to your search terms "United States" "Germany" | click on | try sorting OneSearch results newest to oldest and clicking on "books"

 

Polling and Voting statistics and data

Roper Ipoll  The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. (JJ login)

Vital Statistics on American Politics 2017-2020 (JJ login)

CQ Almanac (JJ login) - note that it appears to have ceased data publication in 2020.

Census Data (Social Explorer)

 

CQ Researcher

Search or Browse for reports on your topic in CQ Researcher - recent reports include:

  • Clemmitt, M. (2024). Presidential power. In CQ Researcher. CQ Press https://doi.org/10.4135/cqresrre20241025
  • Karaim, R. (2024). Democracy under threat. In CQ Researcher. CQ Press https://doi.org/10.4135/cqresrre20240920
  • Vyse, G. (2024). The Electoral college. In CQ Researcher. CQ Press https://doi.org/10.4135/cqresrre20240510

 

Additional resources

List of Library Databases on Political Science

SAGE Research Methods Videos - click on "political science" (JJ login)

Baglione, L. A. (2020). Writing a research paper in political science : a practical guide to inquiry, structure, and methods (Fourth Edition.). CQ Press, an Imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc. Reserve Room - 3 hour loan ; JA86 .B24 2019 [2012 2nd edition is in the stacks JA86 .B24 2012]

New York Times educational free subscription

New York Times Historical Index (JJC login)

Wall Street Journal educational free subscription

Economist Historical Archive  (JJC login)

Gale E Books (JJC login)

Opposing Viewpoints (JJC login)

Annual Reviews

 

Subject Guide

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