Discovery searches a wide range of databases and collections at once. Contains scholarly (peer reviewed) articles, books, video, reviews, magazines, newspapers, primary sources, and more.
Contains literature on political science, including such topics as comparative politics, political economy, international development, public policy, and more
JSTOR provides access to core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. NOTE: JSTOR is primarily useful for locating older articles. This is due to an agreement with publishers where JSTOR typically does not provide full text coverage for the most recent 2 to 5 years.
Not an academic source, but sometimes the reports and articles published by these groups can be very useful. Created by librarians at Harvard Kennedy School, this tool will allow you to search hundreds of think tank websites at one time.
This PDF will help you find the most highly respected think tanks around the world, organized by world-wide ranking, regional ranking, and ranking within an area of research. The methodology and reasoning behind the rankings is included in this report.
Good source of direct information on many issues. This archive allows you to locate video recordings of a wide variety of hearings, press conferences, and related activities of the United States Congressional bodies.