For searching with precision, try one of these databases. They contain a combination of full text articles (ready to read online) and citation information about articles, book chapters, or books.
Scholarly journal articles on international relations and political science topics.
Scholarly articles on topics in anthropology, cognitive and linguistic sciences, economics, education, international relations, political science, criminal justice, and sociology, many of which are peer reviewed.
Peer reviewed articles and book reviews of American and Canadian history, prehistory to present and searchable by historical time period.
Official primary source documents published by the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of the United States federal government.
Dates: 1895 CE-Present
Full-text, authoritative reports and analysis on major policy issues from the CRS, a non-partisan body of the U.S. legislative branch that provides research on topics of interest to Congress. Also contains current information on appropriations bills and the Congressional budget process.
Full-text articles and policy analysis on U.S. Congressional legislation, lobbying activity, members of Congress, bills, votes, amendments, and floor and committee activity.
Dates: 1983 CE-Present
Articles and reports on public policy, international relations, and world politics, 1915-present.
Dates: 1915 CE-Present
Full-text public policy documents from think tanks, NGOs, and research organizations.
U.S. bills, laws, legislative histories, regulations, Congressional hearing testimony, and some executive documents. Also contains guides with information on a variety of political topics, such as immigration, affirmative action, education, Native American relations with the United States, health insurance, and more.
Dates: 1988 CE-Present
SuperSearch is a great place to start for journal articles, books and almost everything else the library has, in one easy to use interface.
For searching with more focus and precision, try one of the databases recommended on this guide.