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Academic, scholarly, peer reviewed sources

Books

Sofia Discovery Search - to find ebooks, print books, government publications and some journal articles at Concordia Library

  • University of *blank* Press/ *blank* University Press
  • Elsevier
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • Springer 
  • Walter de Gruyter
  • Ashgate Publishing
  • Bedford-St. Martin's 
  • Berg Publishers
  • BioMed Central
  • Brill Publishers
  • Cambria Press
  • EBSCO
  • Edward Elgar
  • I.B. Tauris
  • Lexington Press
  • Peter Lang
  • Pluto Press
  • Polity
  • Pickering & Chatto 
  • Routledge
  • Rowman & Littlefield 
  • Sage
  • Taylor & Francis
  • Wiley-Blackwell
  • Wolters Kluwer

Journal Article Databases

Political Science Complete - full-text Political Science journal article database, with an excellent thesaurus

Academic Search Complete - multidisciplinary database, with news and scholarly journal articles

Google Scholar - Google's academic database, use on campus or set-up library links for use off campus, to access Concordia resrouces

Blinded Peer Review and Open Access Journals

The 7 step process to determine blinded peer review and open access journal reliability

Follow these steps to determine if the journal articles you find are reliable and appropriate to use for your assignment.

Non-Academic Sources: Country reports, News articles, NGO reports

Country Profiles 

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) - find country profiles, political structures, election and economic information.

The World Bank:

HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated: Contemporary & Historical Documents & Resources: Contains the current constitution of every country in the world in its original language along with at least one English translation.

News Databases

International Newsstream - news content from outside the U.S. and Canada, in multiple languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Danish, See the Title List.

US Newsstream - Major US daily newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall street journal, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Boston Globe, LA Times, USA Tody and many more regional and local newspapers.

Government Information and NGO Sources

IGO Government information search - choose intergovernmental organizations from the drop down menu

Africa Portal: Publications - policy research from non-governmental think-tanks (Archival up to June 2022)

IDEA - Africa - intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide

Afrobarometer - African public attitude surveys on democracy and governance, non-partisan

Transparency International - reports, statistics, and analysis of global corruption.

Freedom House: Freedom in the World reports - comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties.

Electoral Integrity Project -  the Electoral Integrity Project produces innovative and policy-relevant research comparing elections worldwide.

Advanced Google Search - use the Domain (examples: .gov.za or .go.ug) to narrow down to government websites only

Country

Languages available

Domain

Algeria

Arabic and French

El-mouradia.dz

Angola

Portuguese

.governo.gov.ao

Benin

French

.gouv.bj

Botswana

English and Setwana

.gov.bw

Burkina Faso

French

.gov.bf

Burundi

French

.gov.bi

Cameroon

English

.prc.cm

Cape Verde

Portuguese

.governo.cv

Central African Republic

English and French

Rca-gouv.net (public information website)

Chad

 

None available

Comoros

French

Beit-salam.km

Democratic Republic of the Congo

French

Presidence.cd

Republic of the Congo

French

Presidence.cg

Côte d'Ivoire

French

.gouv.ci

Djibouti

French

Presidence.dj

Egypt

Arabic

.gov.eg

Equatorial Guinea

English and Spanish

Guinea-equatorial.com

Eritrea

English

Shabait.com (Ministry of Information)

Eswatini

English

.gov.sz

Ethiopia

English

.gov.et

Gabon

French

Gouvernement.ga

Gambia

English

.gm

Ghana

English

.gov.gh

Guinea

French

.gov.gn

Guinea-Bissau

 

None available

Kenya

English

.go.ke

Lesotho

English

.gov.ls

Liberia

English

.gov.lir

Libya

Arabic

.gov.ly (Government of National Accord)

Madagascar

French

.gov.mg

Malawi

English

.gov.mw

Mali

French

.gov.ml

Mauritania (République Islamique de Mauritanie)

French and Arabic

.gov.mr

Mauritius

English

.govmu.org

Morocco

Arabic and some English

.maroc.ma

Mozambique

Portuguese

.gov.mz

Namibia

English

.gov.na

Niger

French

Presidence.ne

Nigeria

English

.gov.ng

Rwanda

English and French

.gov.rw

Sao Tome and Principe

Portuguese

.gov.co

Senegal

French

.gouv.sn

Seychelles

English

.gov.sc

Sierra Leone

English

.gov.sl

Somalia

 

None available

South Africa

English

.gov.za

South Sudan

English

Goss-online.org

(republic of the) Sudan

English

.gov.sd

Tanzania

English

.go.tz

Republic of Togo

French

Republicoftogo.com

Tunisia

English

.gov.tn

Uganda

English

.go.ug

Zambia

English

.gov.zm

Zimbabwe

English

.gov.zw

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