Political Psychology

Research Guide

This is an annotated list of selected print and online research tools that help researchers
investigate the psychological aspects of national and international political developments
and contemporary issues related political leadership behavior, emotions, and discourse.
All the sources described in this guide are located in the USC Library system. To search
for books, conference proceedings, and other monographs associated with his topic,
search HOMER, the online library catalog [http://library.usc.edu]. For periodical articles
concerning this topic in scholarly journals, consult the section in this guide entitled,
"Indexes and Abstracts." Other research guides are also available and should be used
when appropriate to your topic. Please consult a reference librarian if you need further
research assistance.

DICTIONARIES

Colman, Andrew M. A Dictionary of Psychology. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Doheny Library [Bookstacks] BF31 .C65 2006
The most up-to-date dictionary of psychology available, and the only one to combine psychology,
psychiatry, and psychoanalysis in one volume. This dictionary contains 10,500 alphabetically arranged
entries that cover all the major topics in psychology. It provides clear, concise definitions of terms and
concepts in such areas as sensation and perception, cognition, learning and skills, mental disorders, emotion
and motivation. The editor not only covers all areas of psychology, but he also explains relevant technical
words from other disciplines used by psychologists, including psychiatry, neuroanatomy, and statistics.
Likewise, this is the only dictionary to offer extensive coverage of psychoanalysis, with clear explanations
of terms introduced by Freud, Jung, Adler, Erikson, Kohut, Lacan, Reich, and others. There is
comprehensive coverage of phobias and phobic stimuli and mental disorders, as well as a list of over 700
abbreviations and symbols commonly used in psychology. All entries are detailed and explicit, with word
origins and illustrations given where necessary. Moreover, the entries are far more extensively
cross-referenced than customary. For example, the entry "visual illusion" includes cross-references to every
particular visual illusion described in the dictionary, and the entry for "cranial nerve" directs the reader to
all twelve of the human cranial nerves, each of which has its own separate entry.

VandenBos, Gary R., ed. APA Dictionary of Psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association, 2007.
Doheny Library [Reference] BF31 .A63 2007
W ith over 25,000 terms and definitions, the Dictionary encompasses all areas of research and application,
and includes coverage of concepts, processes, and therapies across all the major sub-disciplines of
psychology. It includes thousands of incisive cross-references directing the user to synonyms and
antonyms, acronyms and abbreviations, and related terms and concepts that deepen the user's understanding
of related topics; balanced coverage of over 100 subject areas across the field of psychology including
clinical, experimental, neuropsychology, cognitive, personality and social, developmental, health,
psychopharmacology, methodology and statistics, and many others; entries include nearly 8,000 terms from

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the APA's Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms; users guides that explain important stylistic and format
features to help readers most effectively use the Dictionary; and, four appendices that gather terms into a
thematic summary listing, covering biographies; institutions, associations and organizations; psychological
therapies and interventions; and, psychological tests and assessment instruments.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Asher, Ron, ed. Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. 14 vols. 2nd ed. New York: Pergamon
Press, 2006.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/isd/gateways/10698.php
The second edition is an authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source.
Alphabetically arranged with extensive cross-referencing, the online version includes updates as subjects
develop, including supplementary audio, video and text files online. There are more than 3,500 glossary
definitions, an extensive list of commonly used abbreviations, a list of languages of the world,
approximately 700 biographical entries, and 200 language maps. The Encyclopedia feature extensive
browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to
journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy.

Fink, George, ed. Encyclopedia of Stress. 3 vols. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2000.
Doheny Library [Reference] BF575 .S75E52 2000
The Encyclopedia covers a broad range of issues relating to stress, with topics ranging from physiological
and biochemical studies to descriptions of stress effects on human individuals, specific populations, and
society in general. Intended for a broad-based audience, this work is written on a level that is accessible
to the educated layperson, yet with content that is rigorously peer-reviewed and appropriate to the
specialist. The work contains a comprehensive reference source on stressors, the biological mechanisms
involved in the stress response, the effects of activating the stress response mechanisms, and the disorders
that may arise as consequence of acute or chronic stress. The book consists of approximately 400 entries
classified in fourteen different subject areas encompassed within the overall field of stress. The articles are
arranged in alphabetical format and will include appropriate illustrations and suggested readings. Extensive
reference aids to the reader are provided through a detailed subject index, cross references to related
articles, and an index of articles by subject. There is also an extensive glossary to provide relevant
definitions for key terms.

Kazdin, Alan E., ed. Encyclopedia of Psychology. 8 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Doheny Library [Reference] BF31 .E52 2000
Organized into eight volumes, this is a definitive guide to every area of psychological theory, research, and
practice. International in scope, the Encyclopedia represents a synthesis of both classic and contemporary
knowledge and International in scope, the Encyclopedia provides authoritative information on every area
of the field and thousands of questions about concepts, methods, theories, findings, major figures, schools
of thought, and emerging areas of interest. Organized alphabetically, the articles range from 500 to 7,000
words in length. Multi-article entries cover major topics in depth, and the 400 biographies constitute a
mini-encyclopedia in itself. An extensive system of cross-references and blind entries facilitate research
from article to article and clarify links within the field. Bibliographies are included after each article. An
exhaustive index makes topic location easy.

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Levinson, David, ed. Encyclopedia of Human Emotions. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference,
1999.
Doheny Library [Reference] BF531 .E55 1999
The Encyclopedia of Human Emotions covers the essence of the human experience. It presents a
comprehensive look at what is known today about the nature, causes, expression, and societal role of
human emotions throughout history and across cultures. The 146 alphabetically arranged entries are
subdivided into four general topic areas: 1) specific emotions and behavioral expressions of emotions; 2)
conceptual, thematic, and theoretical issues that cut across emotions; 3) emotions in society and in human
experience; 4) biographies. The Encyclopedia is an valuable reference guide for researchers who want
more information about a particular human emotion. The work is also useful because it blends the
perspectives of sociology, biology, anthropology, medicine and the arts into an interdisciplinary and cross-
cultural treatment. Comprehensive subject index facilitates access to specific information.

DIRECTORIES

Encyclopedia of Associations. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, Inc. Annual.

Doheny Library [Reference] HS17 .G3362
Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, Inc. Annual.
Doheny Library [Reference] HS17 .G3364
Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations. Detroit, MI: Gale Group,
Inc. Annual.
Doheny Library [Reference] HS17.G3363
The most comprehensive source for detailed information on more than 22,000 nonprofit American
membership organizations of national scope. Every entry offers a wealth of valuable data, typically
including the organization's complete name, address and phone number together with the primary official's
name and title; fax number, when available; founding date, purpose, activities and dues; national and
international conferences; and more. Also featured is an alphabetical name and keyword index so you can
quickly locate the name and address of the organization you need to contact without ever having to consult
the main entry. Encyclopedia of Associations has two companion volumes: V olume 2, Geographic and
Executive Indexes and V olume 3, Supplement, which updates contact information from the previous
edition and provide coverage of new or newly identified associations and projects. The Regional, State and
Local Organizations volume provide detailed information on U.S. nonprofit membership organizations
with interstate, state, intrastate, city or local scope and interest. The International Organizations volume
covers multinational and national membership organizations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, including
U.S.-based organizations with a binational or multinational membership.

HANDBOOKS/YEARBOOKS

Dalton, Russell J. and Hans-Dieter Klingemann, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
VKC Library [Bookstacks] JA74.5 .O93 2007
This Handbook examines the role of the citizen in contemporary politics, based on essays from the world's
leading scholars of political behavior research. The recent expansion of democracy has both given new
rights and created new responsibilities for the citizenry. These political changes are paralleled by

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tremendous advances in our empirical knowledge of citizens and their behaviors through the
institutionalization of systematic, comparative study of contemporary publics–ranging from the advanced
industrial democracies to the emerging democracies of Central and Eastern Europe, to new survey research
on the developing world. These essays describe how citizens think about politics, how their values shape
their behavior, the patterns of participation, the sources of vote choice, and how public opinion impacts
on governing and public policy. The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior responds to the very latest
scholarship in political behavior, with sections covering mass belief systems and communication,
modernization and social change, political values, new debates in political behavior, political participation,
does public opinion matter?, and the methodology of comparative political behavior research. The volume
covers and critiques all the key approaches to political behavior from the detached observer to the engaged
practitioner.

Dow, Bonnie J. and Julia T. Wood, eds. The Sage Handbook of Gender and Communication.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006.
Doheny Library [Bookstacks] P96 .S48S34 2006
A vital resource for those seeking to explore the complex interactions of gender and communication. This
work brings together an illustrious group of contributors, review and evaluate the state of the gender and
communication field through the discussion of existing theories and research, as well as through
identification of important directions for future scholarship. The Handbook examines the primary contexts
in which gender and communication are shaped, reflected, and expressed: interpersonal, organizational,
rhetoric, media, and intercultural/global. Contributors discuss the development of gender and
communication research during the past three decades and examine the theories, questions, and issues
about gender and communication that are ascending to define the next stage of work in the area. Each
section summarizes existing theory and research related to an area of gender and communication
scholarship and guides readers to the central works in the field, as well as directs future scholarship toward
the most urgent, important, and promising topics, methodologies, and/or perspectives. Includes
comprehensive reference lists.

Gilbert, Daniel T., et al., eds. The Handbook of Social Psychology. 4th edition. 2 vols. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1998.
Doheny Library [Bookstacks] HM251 .H224
The Handbook of Social Psychology is the standard reference work in social psychology, offering historic,
integrative, and penetrating surveys of the topics that constitute the discipline. The fourth edition updates
of the third with completely new collection of chapters written by and for a new generation of social
psychologists. In its two volumes and 38 chapters, readers will find remarkably thorough and insightful
coverage of social psychology's full spectrum of research topics— from mental representation to world
politics. In addition to chapters on traditional topics such as attitudes, altruism, and aggression, this edition
also contains numerous chapters on emerging topics never before featured in The Handbook (e.g., close
relationships, stigma, emotion, evolutionary psychology, the self, culture, automaticity and mental control).
These substantive surveys are complemented by historical essays written by some of the field's most
distinguished leaders, and by a full range of highly accessible chapters on methodology and statistics (e.g.
measurement, data analysis, experimentation, survey methods). This edition summarizes the science of
social psychology in the 20th century.

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Herman, David, et al, eds. Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory. New York: Routledge,
2005.
Doheny Library [Reference] PN212 .R68 2005
The increasing interest in narrative theory as a focus of inquiry across multiple disciplines makes it
imperative for scholars, teachers, and students to have access to an in-depth reference that cuts across
disciplinary specializations to provide information about the core concepts, categories, distinctions, and
technical nomenclatures that have grown up around the study of narrative in all of its guises. The Routledge
Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory answers that need, providing a comprehensive and authoritative resource
for students and researchers in the many disciplines drawing on concepts of storytelling and using methods
of narrative analysis. In addition to providing ample coverage of structuralist models and of the frameworks
developed for the study of literary narratives, this reference also seeks to give a broad overview of
paradigms for analyzing stories across a variety of media and genres. The entries cover the history of the
field, key terms and concepts, various schools and approaches, important debates, and a wide range of
disciplinary contexts related to the field. Featuring extensive cross-references and suggestions for further
reading, this encyclopedia is written by an international team of over 200 experts in from all over the
world, is extensively cross-referenced and indexed, and includes bibliographies and suggestions for further
reading.

Hogg, Michael A. and Joel Cooper. The Sage Handbook of Social Psychology. London: Sage,
2003.
Doheny Library [Reference] HM251 .S24 2003
This is a comprehensive, scholarly, and up-to-date survey of the field of social psychology for the new
millennium - a single 656 page Handbook containing 23 chapters by leading researchers from around the
world. It is a state-of-the-art text with an eye to the future, in which rich integrative chapters are thorough
analytic reviews. The chapters fall into five sections that reflect the scope of social psychology as a global
scientific endeavor: history and nature of social psychology; individual processes, interpersonal processes;
processes within groups, and intergroup processes and society. The main features and benefits of this book
include: international coverage of social psychology; international line-up of authors; basic and applied
research are integrated within chapters; traditional emphasis on individual and interpersonal processes is
balanced with full emphasis on the study of group processes and intergroup relations; and, chapters on
language and social psychology, culture and self.

Hogg, Michael A. and R. Scott Tindale. Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Group
Processes. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2003.
Doheny Library [Bookstacks] HM716 .B533 2003
This Handbook provides an authoritative, up-to-date overview of the social psychology of group processes.
The topics covered include group decisions, juries, group remembering, roles, status, leadership, social
identity and group membership, socialization, group performance, negotiation and bargaining, emotion and
mood, computer-mediated communication, organizations and mental health. W ritten by leading researchers
from around the world to provide a classic and current overview of research as well as providing a
description of future trends within the area.

Mental Measurements Yearbook. Barbara S. Plake, et al., editors. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of
Mental Measurements, 1938-.
Doheny Library [Reference] Z5814 .P8B932
The MMY includes timely, consumer-oriented test reviews, providing evaluative information to promote
and encourage informed test selection. Typical MMY test entries include descriptive information, one or

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two professional reviews, and reviewer references. To be reviewed in the MMY a test must be
commercially available, be published in the English language, and be new, revised, or widely used since
it last appeared in the MMY series. Beginning in The Fourteenth M ental Measurements Yearbook, tests
also must provide sufficient documentation supporting their technical quality to meet criteria for review.
Between the years 1988 and 1999, the Buros Institute produced Supplements to the Ninth through
Thirteenth M ental Measurements Yearbooks. Beginning with the Fourteenth M ental Measurements
Yearbook, volumes in the MMY series will be produced every 18 to 24 months and the Supplements will
be discontinued. This a good place to begin searching for review of personality psychological tests that may
be noted in research concerning the intersection of politics and emotions.

INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS

ABC Pol Sci. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1969-. 5 times per year.
VKC Library [Reference] Z 164 .A214
This index reproduces the table of contents of approximately 300 journals published in the United States
and abroad in political science, government, law, sociology, and economics. Arranged alphabetically by
journal title, coverage is from 1969 to the present. Access to the contents of each volume can be to browse
the "Bibliography of Contents" (table of contents of all the indexed) or use either the subject index or
author index. This index covers all the major scholarly journals in the field of political science.

Alternative Press Index. Baltimore, MD: Alternative Press Center, 1969-. Quarterly.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/3119.php
Indexes approximately 200 alternative, radical, and liberal journals and newspapers published in North
America and a select number from other nations. The purpose of the Index is to provide access to the
practices and theories of radical social change. The Index is international and interdisciplinary, spanning
the social sciences and humanities, with its central focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national
liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, gays/lesbians, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism.
Citation are arranged by subject and title of article. All areas of social change and public policy are
covered, including issues related to social justice and conflict resolution.

America: History and Life. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1964-. Quarterly.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/936.php
This bibliographic database covers the history of the United States and Canada. It includes key
English-language historic journals, selected historic journals from major countries, state and local history
journals, and selected relevant journals in the social sciences and humanities. Most articles included are
in English; all abstracts are in English. The index also covers book reviews and selected dissertations. This
is the best place to go to find historical literature concerning all aspects of peace and security concerning
the United States. Please note that access to this database is limited to six simultaneous users. If you
experience access problems, please try again later.

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Anthropology Plus. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1993-. Quarterly.

Electronic Resources Web Page
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/isd/gateways/8.php
This database brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from
Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. It offers
worldwide indexing of all core periodicals, in addition to lesser known journals, from the late 19th century
to today and provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited
works and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology,
ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture and interdisciplinary studies. This database is useful for
exploring the cultural aspects of rhetoric and national discourse.

Communication and Mass Media Complete. Ipswich, MA: EBSCO Industries, Inc., 2006-.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/10726.php
Provides comprehensive access to scholarly research in areas related to communication and mass media.
The database incorporates the content of CommSearch and Mass M edia Articles Index along with
numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create
a research and reference resource of significant scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the
communication discipline. It offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 370 journals, and
selected coverage of over 230 more, for a combined coverage of over 600 titles. Furthermore, this database
includes full-text for more than 240 journals. Many major journals have indexing, abstracts, PDFs and
searchable cited references from their first issues to the present (dating as far back as 1915). The database
contains a sophisticated Communication Thesaurus and comprehensive reference browsing (i.e. searchable
cited references for peer-reviewed journals covered as “core”). In addition, CM MC features over 3,000
Author Profiles, providing biographical data and bibliographic information, and covering the most prolific,
most cited, and most frequently searched for authors in the database.

Communications Abstracts. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1977-. Bimonthly.

Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/3085.php
Communication Abstracts is a comprehensive source of information about communication-related
publications worldwide organized in one source. It provides coverage of recent literature in all areas of
communication studies (mass, interpersonal and new communication technologies). Hundreds of books and
articles each month are evaluated for inclusion. The index is organized according to sub-fields within the
discipline of communication. A glance at the table of contents provides easy access to the
communication-related subjects that are covered in a particular issue. The journal is available electronically
from 1998 to the present with older volumes held in the Doheny Library Reference Department. This is
the primary index to the literature of politics and the media and all forms of political communication.

Ethnic NewsWatch. Stamford, CT: Softline Information, Inc., 1985-. Monthly.

Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/1032.php
Ethnic NewsWatch is a comprehensive full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of
the ethnic, minority and native press. A rich collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provide
a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints. W ith over 500,000 articles from more than 200
publications, the titles in Ethnic NewsWatch represent the diversity of the American population in ways
that are not seen in the mainstream media. Topics addressed include the arts, business, education, the

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environment, history, journalism, political science, and sociology. Period covered if from 1985 to the
present and the database can be searched in either English or Spanish. Note: Access to this database is
limited to 5 simultaneous users. If you experience access problems, it is likely that all 5 users are using the
database. Please try again later.

GenderWatch. Stamford, CT: Softline Information, Inc., 1970-. Monthly.

Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/1033.php
This is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of
subject areas. Subjects covered include: business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history,
political science, public policy, sociology, gender and women's studies and more. The database provides
in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives. It includes content on the
impact of gender and gender roles on areas such as: the arts, popular culture and media, business and work,
crime and criminology, education, research and scholarship, family, health care and medicine, politics,
policy and legislation, pornography, religion, sexuality and sexology, sports and leisure. Publications
include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books,
booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, NGO and special reports. GenderWatch
also contains archival material making it a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution
of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles and understandings over the last fifteen to
twenty years. Period covered: 1970 to the present.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts. La Jolla, CA: Sociological Abstracts, Inc.,1973-.
Quarterly.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/isd/gateways/112.php
The definitive database on the nature and use of language, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts,
from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, covers three fundamental areas: research in linguistics (the nature
and structure of human speech); research in language (speech sounds, sentence and word structure,
meaning in language forms, spelling, phonetics); and research in speech, language, and hearing pathology.
The database consists of over 285,000 bibliographic records with abstracts citing journal articles, books,
book chapters, dissertations, and reviews of books and other media. Over 1,300 journals from 50 countries
are scanned for inclusion in the database. Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts is now updated
quarterly. The database indexes publications in over 30 languages. Abstracts are in English. Titles appear
in both their original languages as well as in English translation. T he database includes the LLBA
Thesaurus. Search Tips: Use the search builder to construct searches using Boolean AND, OR, NOT; limit
fields include author, title, citation, institution, abstract, and journal name; language limits include English,
French, German, Spanish or Italian. Use * to truncate, or ? as a wildcard within a word.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe. Dayton, OH: Reed Elsevier, Inc., 1995-. Daily.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/110.php
Searchable full text resource of major, regional, and foreign newspaper articles, magazine articles,
governmental news, as well as medical and legal journal articles. Also includes U.S. state and foreign
country profiles, state legal materials, U.S. code, federal case law, and biographical information. In
addition, there is corporate news and profiles. Use the Transcripts File to search the full-text of transcripts
from television and radio broadcast news programs, such as Meet the Press and All Things Considered.
An excellent source, especially for very current materials and to obtain a regional perspective on a topic.

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LEXIS/NEXIS Congressional Universe. Bethesda, MD; Congressional Information Service, 1970-.

Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/40.php
This service is the best place to look for information published by and about Congress from 1970 to the
present. W ith CIS Congressional Universe, researchers can: pinpoint expert testimony on the leading issues
of the day; tap authoritative sources of statistics, projections, and analyses; discover a law’s intent by
tracing its legislative history; gauge congressional attitudes toward current topics; find out how members
of Congress voted on legislation; investigate the finances of members of Congress; monitor legislation and
public policy on almost any topic; review the federal regulations that implement legislation; and learn the
makeup and mission of congressional committees. The service provides a seamless link to the full range
of legislative and public policy resources, including hearing transcripts and submitted testimony from 1988
forward; committee reports from 1989 forward; bills–all versions of legislation introduced from 1989
forward; bill tracking reports from 1989 forward; selected committee prints from 1995 forward;
congressional documents from 1995 forward; the Congressional Record from 1985 forward; and the
Federal Register from 1980 forward. The vast range of subject matter on CIS Congressional Universe
encompasses topics in public policy, history, sociology, political science, technology and society, and
more. W ith links to related web sites, this system also enhances the user’s ability to explore the legislative
scene even further. The system is thoroughly cross-referenced with controlled vocabulary that lets users
find information from virtually any starting point. Researchers can find information by subject, source
committee, bill number, session of Congress, government document number, publication number, title,
witness name and affiliation, public law number (for legislative histories), and date. Use this database, for
example, to look at the expression of emotions by legislators on the floor of Congress as transcribed in the
Congressional Record.

National Journal Group's Policy Central. Washington, DC: National Journal Group, 2001-. Daily.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/2376.php
This is a comprehensive resource on United States politics and public policy for the academic community.
Among the services provided in this online directory is: the text of the National Journal, the leading
nonpartisan weekly on politics, policy and government; the ability to track American politics and
campaigns with coverage of each day's political news and to follow the key players and legislative process
on Capitol Hill; full-text access to the Almanac of American Politics providing analysis and data on every
member of Congress and their states and districts; the “Markup Reports & Bill Status” directory that offers
complete coverage of every Congressional markup session, as well as constantly updated reports on key
legislation; and, the online Ad Spotlight that allows the users to explore political and issue television ads
with streaming audio or video. Also included is the Poll Track file is a database of public opinion surveys
from across the country. Updated daily.

PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service. New York: Public Affairs Information Service, 1915-.
Monthly with annual cumulations.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://was.usc.edu/eresources/isd/gateways/415.php
A selective list of the latest books, periodical articles, government documents, pamphlets, microfiche, and
reports of public and private agencies relating to business, economics and social conditions, public policy
and administration, and international relations. The system provides selective subjects and bibliographic
access to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources,
and other publications from 120 countries. M aterials are in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,
and Spanish with English language abstracts and subject headings. Contains more than 480,000 records,

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each with bibliographic information and brief, descriptive abstracts. Use PAIS Archive, a retrospective
database chronicling global public policy and social issues from 1915 through 1976 at
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/isd/gateways/7078.php.

The Philosopher’s Index. Bowling Green, Ohio, Philosopher's Information Center, 1940-. Quarterly.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/isd/gateways/1059.php
The premier international resource in philosophy, The Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with
informative author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in the fifteen fields of philosophy,
published in journals and books since 1940. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy,
political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law,
religion, science, history, education, and language. Eighty percent of the records are taken from journal
articles, with the remaining twenty percent taken from books and contributions to anthologies. Over 480
journals are covered, from 38 countries, making this a comprehensive international research tool. The
database cites works in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. It also
includes complete coverage of international articles from anthologies and books written in English and
other languages. Records are added quarterly. Note: Access to this database is limited to 4 simultaneous
users. If you experience problems, it is likely that all 4 users are using the database. Please try again later.

PsychInfo. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1887-. Monthly.

Electronic Resources Web Page
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/isd/gateways/537.php
Produced monthly, this indexing service contains summaries (abstracts, bibliographic information, and
indexing) of English-language scholarly journal articles, technical reports, book chapters, books, and
selected dissertations in the field of psychology. Includes international material selected from periodicals
written in over twenty-five languages since 1887. The index also includes current chapter and book
coverage with worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. There are over 55,000
references added each year through monthly updates.

Sociological Abstracts. San Diego, CA: Sociological Abstracts, Inc., 1957-. Six times per year.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/isd/gateways/183.php
International in scope, this is the most comprehensive index to the literature of sociology and related
disciplines such as economics, community development, political science and public policy. Annotations
are provided for books, selected book chapters, journal articles, and selected papers presented at
professional conferences. Also indexed are relevant dissertations. Includes an author index and subject
index. This is the best place to find studies and research examining the social aspects of population growth,
control, and other related issues.

Web of Science Citation Indexing Service. Philadelphia, PA: Institute for Scientific Information,
1987-. Daily.
Electronic Resources Web Page
http://www.usc.edu/e_resources/isd/gateways/732.php
The Web of Science ISI Citation Databases are multi-disciplinary databases of bibliographic information
indexed so that you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address.
U.S.C. has access to three citation databases. The Science Citation Index is a database with searchable
author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes 5,300 major journals across 164

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scientific disciplines, covering approximately 2,000 more journals than its SCI print and CD-ROM
counterparts, with all cited references captured. The Social Sciences Citation Index indexes 1,700 journals
spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the
world's leading scientific and technical journals. Arts & Humanities Citation Index indexes 1,100 of the
world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from
over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES

American Rhetoric. Michael E. Eidenmuller, 2001-.

Web: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
A database of and index to more than 5,000 full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons,
legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and declarations. Links are
arranged alphabetically by first name. The site includes complete text, audio, and video of the 100 most
significant American political speeches of the 20th century as well as famous speeches made in film.
Included are military movie speeches, sports-oriented movie speeches, forensic movie speeches, and
social-political movie speeches, among many others. A good place to go to hear actual speeches rather than
simply reading the transcripts.

International Society of Political Psychology. Syracuse, NY: Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs,
Syracuse University, 2007-.
Web: http://ispp.org/
The Society is a nonprofit scientific, educational, and non-partisan organization attempts to establish a
community of scholars and concerned individuals in universities, government, the communications media,
and elsewhere, who have scientific and practical interests in examining the relationship between political
and psychological phenomena; facilitate communication of scientific research, theory, and practice across
disciplinary, national, and ideological boundaries, both among members of the Society and those outside
the Society; increase the theoretical and practical significance of political psychology both inside and
outside academia; and provide mutual support among members of their freedom to generate and
disseminate their findings and ideas.

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