To search for Politics:  click on Subject Areas    click on Government & Politics

To search for News: click on News then ... click on All News 

Special LexisNexis Commands  (focus your search)

atleast7(“tea party”)    articles contain the phrase “tea party” at least 7 times

length>700      articles are at least 700 words in length

politic!     finds the words: politics, political, politically, politician, politicians, etc.

e.g.    atleast6(campaign) and atleast4(finance!) and length>700

if that finds too many articles … increase the numbers and/or limit the date

atleast14(campaign) and atleast9(finance!) and length>1000

Citing References [3] :        Google:      OWL [3]

APA and MLA Citations

Citing LexisNexis … Google: “citing references” and site:lexisnexis.com
 

News :

Academic OneFile (Gale) [4]         UNI Library - Databases A-Z - | A |

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) [5]        UNI Library   -   Databases A-Z    -   | A |

LexisNexis Academic [1]                   UNI Library   -   Databases A-Z     -   | L |

Background Information and Pro/Con on Issues:

CQ Researcher [6]      UNI Library   -   Databases A-Z    -   | C |

Opposing Viewpoints [7]      UNI Library   -   Databases A-Z    -   | O |

Power Searching:

For more focus and more choices use       -            Advanced Search

Too many results?    Limit your search to   -         title  /  subject  / abstract

“quotes”         Get the phrase            “tea party”

AND            Get specific.            
political and parties and California

( OR )            Any one of these      (financing  or  funding)

  *       All versions of: financ* = finance + financial + financing + etc.
             (  *  does not work with Google)

Government Publications      

use Google command --- site:.gov

e.g.  "climate change" and site:.gov

Customized Google Search   

e.g.  To search the websites of the Republican Party for “taxes”

• Google:   Republican Party  
• note root of URL … gop.com
• Google:      taxes and site:gop.com
• focus …      intitle:taxes and site:gop.com
   

Policy Centers – Research Groups – Think Tanks 
(Google These and Search Their Websites)

•Accuracy in the Media
•American Civil Liberties Union: ACLU
•American Enterprise Institute
•American Foreign Policy Council
•Askew Institute on Politics and Society
•Aspen Institute
•Baker Institute for Public Policy
•Brookings Institution
•Bureau of Government Research
•Carnegie Endowment
•Carter Center
•Cato Institute
•Center for American Progress
•Center for American Women and Politics
•Center for Competitive Politics
•Center for Defense Information
•Center for Economic and Policy Research
•Center for Media and Public Affairs
•Center for Public Integrity
•Center for Strategic and International Studies
•Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
•Claremont Institute
•Commonwealth Institute
•Council on Foreign Relations
•Discovery Institute
•Eagleton Institute of Politics
•Economic Policy Institute
•Electronic Privacy Information Center: EPIC
•Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting: FAIR
•Gloucester Institute
•Heritage Foundation
•Hispanic American Center for Economic Research

Two Great Sources in the Reference Collection

CQ Weekly       

In print UNI Reference JK1 .C15 / Stacks JK1 .C15

National Journal    

Academic OneFile or General OneFile
also in print UNI Reference JK1 .N28 / Stacks JK1 .N28