New E-Resources at Northwestern

Northwestern University Library now has access to 80 Sage reference handbooks.  Access is via the Library’s catalog NUcat or from the following list.

Journal of Public Policy

The Journal of Public Policy applies social science theories and concepts to significant political, economic and social issues and to the ways in which public policies are made. Its articles deal with topics of concern to public policy scholars in America, Europe, Japan and other advanced industrial nations. The journal often publishes articles that cut across disciplines, such as environmental issues, international political economy, regulatory policy and European Union processes.  – Publisher’s blurb.

Earlier issues of the Journal of Public Policy are available via JSTOR.

Constitutions of the Countries of the World

Constitutions of the Countries of the World offers access to 188 country constitutions with extensive expert commentary from leading scholars worldwide. The CCW includes accurate, original English translations, plus the ability to search for topics across all nations. – Publisher’s blurb.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI Collection

Northwestern University Library now has access to all journal titles in the JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI collection.  The collection currently has 67 titles, with many more to come.   Subject coverage for this collection is in disciplines across the social sciences, with clusters focused in economics, education, linguistics, political science, and area studies.

The titles currently accessible are listed below.  Coverage information is available via JSTOR.

Individual title access is available through the Library’s ER and will shortly be in NUcat.

International Theory : A Journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy

International Theory (IT) promotes theoretical scholarship about the positive, legal, and normative aspects of world politics respectively. IT is open to theory of absolutely all varieties and from all disciplines, provided it addresses problems of politics, broadly defined and pertains to the international. – Publisher’s blurb.

Congress and the Presidency : a Journal of Capitol Studies

Congress & the Presidency is an interdisciplinary journal of political science and history that features articles on Congress, the President, the interaction between the two institutions, and national policy-making. Created by the United States Capitol Historical Society, the journal has been published by the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies for over 25 years. The journal is a leading forum for important research on these two branches of government. – Publisher’s blurb.

Studies in American Political Development backfiles

Northwestern University Library has purchased the digitized backfiles of the journal Studies in American Political Development.   Access now covers volume 1 (1986) to the present.

Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) publishes scholarship on political change and institutional development in the United States from a variety of theoretical viewpoints.

Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States

Focuses on the substance of American law, the processes that produce its legal principles, and the history of the Supreme Court, from its creation to the present. Overview essays address the history of such topics as citizenship, due process, Native Americans, racism, and contraception, emphasizing the social context of each and the social and political pressures that shaped interpretation. – Publisher’s blurb.

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society is an international multi-disciplinary journal publishing refereed papers on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change. The Journal aims to be policy-relevant, and each issue is devoted to a specific topic. – Publisher’s blurb.

China Doctor / Master’s Dissertation Databases

(Zhongguo you xiu bo shuo shi xue wei lun wen quan wen shu ju ku)

(中國優秀博碩士學位論文全文數據庫 )

Doctor dissertations, English interface.

Doctor dissertations, Chinese interface.

Master dissertations, English interface.

Master dissertations, Chinese interface.

China Doctor/Master Dissertations Full-text Database is the most comprehensive, highest quality database of dissertations and theses in China.  CDMD contains dissertations/theses from 300 doctoral training institutions across China.  Northwestern University has access to series F & G (Literature/History/Philosophy and Politics/Military Affairs/Law).