InfoGuides: POSC 3315: Religion and Politics: Introduction

Purpose of this Guide

The information in these pages will help you:

find information about religion and politics in library databases
find articles in scholarly journals about religion and politics
find reference sources to define and explain concepts in your textbook
find information for the course projects
contact librarians for research assistance

Recommended Library Databases

Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Indexing of more than 11,000 peer-reviewed journals and full text of more than 8,000, with coverage in such subject areas such as, biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database with ongoing comprehensive coverage of U.S. statutory materials and more than 2,300 scholarly journals, all of the world’s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, federal regulations, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of federal case law.

Also includes specialized collections focused on:
- Criminal Justice & Criminology
- Early English Law
- Foregin Relations of the U.S.
- History of Supreme Court Nominations
- Gun Regulation in America
- JFK Assiassination
- Presidential Impeachments
- Slavery in America
- Texas Legal History
- Women and the Law
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
** Expanded access continues as we work to implement a new contract for JSTOR's new all-access model, which will provide access to all archival journals and primary source content. **

Back volumes for 2,890 journals from the very first issue but usually excluding the most current 2-5 years, though almost 100 with coverage through the most recent issue. General subject areas include art & architecture, Asian studies, botany, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, language & literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology and statistics.
Format: Majority full-text; some additional full-text via link resolver, Coverage: Dates vary with beginning date of journal., Truncation and Wildcard: + and ----, Search Tips: Boolean commands are supported. Use quotation marks to search keywords as a phrase.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
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Data visualization and mapping program providing easy-to-use location analysis tools for users to create in-depth data maps, reports, and presentations drawing on robust data on demography, economy, health, politics, environment, crime and more from a variety of sources.

Among data sources included are the Decennial Census, American Community Survey (ACS), County Business Patterns, Population Estimates, LEHD and more, many available at detailed geographic levels. Users can also add their own data for visualization.

Training webinars are available multiple times each week. Anyone can easily register online. (If none of the listed times work, please let us know.)

Try these keywords when searching databases for information on religion and politics:

Religion AND politics AND United States
Religion AND political aspects
Church AND politics
Church AND political aspects
Church AND state
Buddhism AND politics
Buddhism AND political aspects
Christianity AND politics
Christianity AND political aspects
Hinduism AND politics
Hinduism AND political aspects
Islam AND politics
Islam AND political aspects
Judaism AND politics
Judaism AND political aspects

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