America: History and LifeThis link opens in a new windowIndex of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from as far back as 1910.
Cambridge Journals OnlineThis link opens in a new windowOver 300 peer-reviewed academic journals for the global market, containing the latest research from a broad sweep of subject areas.
Congressional PublicationsThis link opens in a new windowDatabase of congressional publications and legislative histories. Also includes member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.
CountryWatchThis link opens in a new windowProvides information on each of the recognized countries of the world. Includes demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information, as well as daily news coverage.
CQ AlmanacThis link opens in a new windowBuilding on the reporting and analysis done throughout the year by CQ's news staff, the Almanac offers original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session since 1946, with new content published every 2 years (per congressional session).
CQ Congress and the NationThis link opens in a new windowComprehensive coverage of Congressional action starting from 1945 and updated with new content every 4 years (each presidential election year).
CQ Press LibraryThis link opens in a new windowReference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Includes all of the individual CQ databases, listed separately.
CQ Encyclopedia of Political ScienceThis link opens in a new windowExplores the central ideas, ideologies, and frameworks underlying the study of politics, and highlights the intersections of politics with philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, religion, psychology, history, and economics.
CQ Encyclopedia of U.S. Political HistoryThis link opens in a new windowExplores the events, policies, people, ideas, institutions, groups, and movements that have created and shaped political life in the United States from the colonial period to the present day.
CQ Exit Polls: Surveying the American ElectorateThis link opens in a new windowThis reference work explores the trends in longitudinal variables asked in the national Election Day exit polls from their beginning in 1972 to the present.
CQ Guide to CongressThis link opens in a new windowThe institutional history of Congress along with analysis on the 2008 and 2010 shifts in power of the U.S. Senate and House of Represenatives.
CQ Guide to the Presidency and the Executive BranchThis link opens in a new windowOffers facts and analytical chapters that explain the structure, powers, and operations of the office and the president’s relationship with Congress and the Supreme Court.
CQ Guide to the U.S. Supreme CourtThis link opens in a new windowIncludes detailed information about the Supreme Court, from its origins and how it functions, to the people who have shaped it and the impact of its decisions on American life.
CQ Guide to U.S. ElectionsThis link opens in a new windowIncludes coverage of every major aspect of federal and gubernatorial elections throughout U.S. history.
CQ Historic DocumentsThis link opens in a new windowPublished annually since 1972, the Historic Documents Series primary source documents ranging from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
CQ Political Handbook of the WorldThis link opens in a new windowProvides information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system, including key facts, government and political history, current issues, political parties and organizations, legislatures and cabinets, and communications information. Also profiles more than 38 non-UN intergovernmental organizations, such as OPEC, NATO, the WTO, regional banks, and the agencies and specialized bodies of the United Nations.
CQ Politics in AmericaThis link opens in a new windowProvides information on members of the U.S. Congress and their districts. Nonpartisan profiles of every member provide candid analysis of personalities, political styles, legislative agendas, political ambitions, and reputations at home and on the Hill. as well as data on their constituencies, apportionment, and redistricting.
CQ ResearcherThis link opens in a new windowResearch reports covering the areas of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published online 44 times a year by CQ Press.
CQ Supreme Court YearbookThis link opens in a new windowCoverage and analysis of every decision from the Supreme Court from 1989 to 2010. Includes year-end overviews, case summaries, essays on the most significant cases from each year and the trends in each term, tables and figures on voting patterns and trends in constitutional law, biographies of justices, and reference documents for understanding how the Supreme Court works.
CQ The African American Electorate: A Statistical HistoryThis link opens in a new windowTraces the history of the laws dealing with enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of African Americans and provides the election return data for African-American candidates in national and sub-national elections.
CQ Vital Statistics on American PoliticsThis link opens in a new windowOffers more than 230 tables and charts covering the full spectrum of American politics dating back to 1788.
CQ Vital Statistics on the PresidencyThis link opens in a new windowStatistical coverage of public approval of the president, elections, vetoes, executive orders, foreign affairs, the executive branch, congressional and judicial relations, public appearances, and much more
CQ Voting and Elections CollectionThis link opens in a new windowA research and reference tool providing data on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.
CQ Washington Information DirectoryThis link opens in a new windowProvides contact and descriptive information on more than 10,000 federal government offices, regulatory agencies, congressional committees, judicial offices, public interest groups, nongovernmental organizations, and international organizations.
CQ Magazine (Formerly CQ Weekly)This link opens in a new windowProvides reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap-up the previous week's news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes.
FactivaThis link opens in a new windowGeneral news and business articles including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal, company profiles, economic reports, and exchange rates.
Google ScholarThis link opens in a new windowSearch across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Links to full text provided by Hofstra will appear to those who have been authenticated through the Library's website.
GovInfoThis link opens in a new windowProvides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Historical AbstractsThis link opens in a new windowCovers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, indexing more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
International Bibliography of the Social SciencesThis link opens in a new windowIncludes over two million bibliographic references to international materials dating back to 1951. Incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year.
Jstor is a digital archive of over one thousand five hundred academic journals and other scholarly content. Hofstra subscribes to several JSTOR collections and single titles.
Hofstra subscribes to JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections I through VII, as well as the Life Sciences Collection and JSTOR 19th Century British Pamphlets
Nexis UniThis link opens in a new windowProvides access to full-text news, business and legal publications.
Military & Government CollectionThis link opens in a new windowOffers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database. Includes periodicals, academic journals, and other content.
DiscoveryThis link opens in a new windowSearches many of HUL's print and online resources (books, ebooks, journal articles, etc.) using Discovery.
PAIS IndexThis link opens in a new windowIncludes PAIS International & PAIS Archive. PAIS International includes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more from over 120 countries throughout the world. In English and other languages. PAIS Archive includes monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics. Content relates to public and social policies, such as Prohibition, suffrage, pacifism, civil rights, McCarthyism, Vietnam War, and Watergate.
Political Risk YearbookThis link opens in a new windowCountry Reports for 100 countries, which assess potential political, financial, and economic risks to business investments and trade. Provides risk forecasts and analysis based on the Coplin-O'Leary Rating System, the original political risk rating system, including alternative regime scenarios.
Polling the NationsThis link opens in a new windowDatabase of public opinion polls containing the full text of 600,000+ questions and responses, from 18,000+ surveys and 1,700+ polling organizations, conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and more than 100 other countries around the world.
Project MuseThis link opens in a new windowFull-text of scholarly journals from over 120 university presses and scholarly societies in the humanities and social sciences.
Political Science DatabaseThis link opens in a new windowIncludes over 140 leading political science and international relations journals.
Social Science DatabaseThis link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journalsacross a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work and sociology.
Statistical InsightThis link opens in a new windowTables selected from hundreds of US government and business reports, from 1999 to the present.
Worldwide Political Science AbstractsThis link opens in a new windowProvides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration & policy.