Political Science

  • The largest database of graduate dissertations and theses. Almost 5 million citations and over 2.6 million full-text works. Useful for literature reviews, in-depth scholarship and extensive bibliographies with citation links. Indexing 1637 to present; full-text 1743 to present. 

  • Kanopy   Online database

    Academic streaming video collection containing over 5,000 educational titles as well as U.S. and international feature films. Some titles include transcripts and closed captioning. The platform video player is WCAG-compliant.

    Resource URL: Kanopy

  • Legal Information Source   Online database

    Contains thousands of legal forms and more than 310 full-text legal reference books. Brought to you by the Library of Michigan via the Michigan eLibrary (https://mel.org).

  • A full-test resource presenting a wide range of views on social and political issues. Provides access to magazine and academic journals as well as primary source documents related to the issues. Brought to you by the Library of Michigan via the Michigan eLibrary (https://mel.org).

  • Sociological Abstracts   Online database

    Journal articles, books, and other resources on all aspects of sociology and related disciplines. Subjects include demography, environmental interactions, family and social welfare, social psychology, human biology, women's studies, health, medicine, law, etc. 1952 to present; abstracts since 1974.

    Resource URL: Sociological Abstracts

  • GovInfo   Online database

    Free public access to the full text of official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. This resource replaces the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO) Federal Digital System (FDsys).

    Resource URL: GovInfo

  • Education Week   Online database

    With our campus-wide license, you have full access to Education Week, which features daily news, commentary and analysis on policy, legislative and overall shifts and trends in the U.S. K-12 space. You will need to create an account using your NMU email address.

    Resource URL: Education Week

  • Google Scholar   Online database

    Journal articles, books, and other resources across many subjects. Provides a "cited by" feature to indicate other papers containing a source paper as a reference.

    Google Scholar - "Invalid Domain for Site Key" ErrorGoogle reCaptcha Error

    In an effort to optimize user experience during peak activity, Google Scholar may prompt Northern Michigan University patrons to complete a reCAPTCHA widget to verify their non-robot status. Unfortunately, a security glitch in Google's widget may result in an "Invalid domain for site key" error for patrons accessing the Library's off-campus proxy server.

    Workaround:

    If you possess a Google Account, you can integrate it with the Library using the following steps:

    1. Visit the un-proxied version of Google Scholar at https://scholar.google.com.
    2. Click the "Sign In" button and log in with your NMU account (xxxx@nmu.edu).
    3. From the menu icon (three bars at the top left), select "Settings," then choose "Library Links."
    4. In the Library Links section of the Settings menu, confirm that "Northern Michigan University - Get it@NMU," is selected.
    5. If it is not already selected, search for Northern Michigan University in the search bar. Then, select the checkbox next to "Northern Michigan University - Get it@NMU," click the "Save" button in the lower right.

    Once saved, you can return to the Google Scholar homepage. You should now be able to explore Google Scholar without utilizing NMU's off-campus proxy, while still having access to the "Get it@NMU" links directing you to our full-text databases.

    If the provided workaround does not resolve your Google Scholar access issues, we recommend patience, as Google typically resets the faulty reCAPTCHA requirement after approximately 24 hours.

    Resource URL: Google Scholar

  • Wall Street Journal   Online database

    Provides unlimited access to WSJ.com on desktop, tablet and mobile devices, including the WSJ mobile app.  To access the content, you will need to use this link for the first time to create an account with your NMU email address and a unique password.  Select your user type. Students will be asked to enter their expected graduate date. Faculty and staff will need to reconfirm their affiliation once a year. 

    If a student or faculty/staff subscriber has a personal WSJ subscription and would like to convert it to their School-Sponsored WSJ subscription, they will need to call 1-800-JOURNAL to cancel. 

  • EBSCO Open Dissertations   Online database

    Database offering access to more than 800,000 free electronic theses and dissertations.

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