Presidential Campaigns and Elections  Tags: ugl_subject_guide elections presidential_campaigns  

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• Currency of information
• Focus on a specific aspect of a topic 

Political campaigns
United States Presidents
Presidential candidates
Presidential elections
Primaries

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General Interest Databases (cover a variety of subjects/topics)

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Host) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.
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Discipline Specific Databases (focus on a specific discipline or collection of related disciplines)

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) - Identifies scholarly articles on political science, international relations, law, public administration/policy and political economy.
• PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service (CSA) -Covers political, social, and public policy issues. Contains international information and some non-English sources.
• America History and Life (ABC-Clio) - Articles from scholarly journals on American and Canadian history from prehistory to the present.