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POL 340 - Political Theory

Professor: Luis Cabrera

Librarian: Lisa Kammerlocher

Librarian's Goal : To provide students online instruction and resources that facilitate effective research on paper topics through magazines, newspapers, books and web sites.

Library PIN - You will need a Library PIN to access library databases from off campus. Get your PIN at . If you have one but don't remember it contact the Library Circulation Desk.

The USA Patriot Act: summaries/background Books
Broadcast Media Web Resources
Print Media

The USA Patriot Act: Summaries/Background

"The Patriot Act" from Thomas - Bill Summary and Status for the 107th Congress
Officially cited as the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001

American Library Association - Libraries and the Patriot Legislation
Includes an excellent list of summaries and analyses from organizations such as the American Library Association, American Bar Association, Center for Democracy and Technology, Congressional Research Service and the Electronic Privacy Center.

CQ Library
        - includes CQ Weekly (1983+) and CQ Researcher (1991+)

What is the Broadcast media saying?

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Instructions:

select News, then the News Category News Transcripts, then any or all transcripts

What is the Print media saying?

Pick up a FREE New York Times weekdays on campus!

BEST Databases for Print Media - Try all to gain multiple perspectives.

Academic Search Premier (1990+)
Contains information from a range of academic areas, including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education, multicultural, and general reference. Covers The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Christian Science Monitor.

Alt-PressWatch (ASU West Campus Only)
A full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press.

Ethnic NewsWatch (1989+)
Accesses articles, editorials, columns, and reviews from a collection of newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press.  Provides perspectives and viewpoints not seen in the mainstream media.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Covers U.S. and international news from newspapers, magazines, journals, wire services, television and radio news broadcasts, reviews, entertainment and sport news, student newspapers and non-English Language news sources.

Periodical Abstracts Fulltext (1986+)
Covers the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1990/1991. Every article is indexed.

What is the Scholarly Community saying?

Criminal Justice Abstracts (1968+)
Emphasizes criminal justice topics that include juvenile justice, juvenile delinquency, crime prevention and deterrence, police, courts, punishment, and sentencing.

PAIS International (1972+)
Indexes material on international or global social, economic, political and public policy issues published in magazines, journals, government documents, pamphlets, books, yearbooks, directories, and public and private agency reports.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975+)
Supplies up-to-date bibliographic information and research within the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Provides links to web sites on related topics.

Books

ASU Online Catalog

OCLC FirstSearch WorldCat
The OCLC Online Union Catalog contains all the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Offers millions of bibliographic records, indicates owning libraries, and includes records representing 400 languages.

Web Resources

Google Advanced Search Engine



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