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Community and public affairs subject guide
Books & Reports
- Sofia Discovery tool: search books at Concordia, Quebec Universities, or Worldwide.
- Canada Commons (fromerly DesLibris: Canadian Public Policy Collection) - Canadian ebooks, government documents, NGO documents, and other policy documents
Recommended Journal Article Databases for SCPA Research
- Political Science Complete (EBSCO) - Canadian, American and international journal articles on political science, government and policy topics
- ProQuest Combined Canadian - Canadian journal articles, newspapers, current events & theses on social science topics
- PAIS International (ProQuest) - International and American journal articles on social sciences topics related to public policy, administration, and legislation
- IPSA: International Political Science Abstracts (EBSCO) - from the International Political Science Association, international journal articles in political science
- SocINDEX - Sociology journal articles
- HeinOnline Law Journal Library - journal articles in American, Canadian and international law topics
- Google Scholar - multidisciplinary journal articles
Please see: How to set up Google Scholar to find Concordia Resources
Peer review/Scholarly Journals: What is peer review and how do I find peer reviewed articles?
Fundamentals for Grad Students Guide (GradProSkills)
Newspapers & Current Events
- Canadian Newsstream - Canadian English daily newspapers, including the Globe & Mail, Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star, National Post and many regional and local papers.
- Eureka.cc - Canadian/Quebec newspapers and magazines in French and English, includes La Presse, Le Devoir, and L'Actualité.
- CPI.Q: Canadian Periodical Index - English and French language journals and magazines, Canadian focus.
- 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 Today and many more regional and local newspapers.
- 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.
- Historical Newspapers - Canada, US and international
- The Hill Times - weekly newspaper that covers Canadian federal politics.
Background sources: scholarly encyclopedias and more
Information by topic
Government Information Subject Guide - start here to locate government publications, reports, commissions, etc.
Canadian political science websites
- Canadian Politics & Government Information (Library and Archives Canada)
- Canadian Interest Groups & Think Tanks (Queen's University Library)
- Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute
- Centre for International Policy Studies (uOttawa)
- iPolitics
- Public Policy Forum - an independent, non-governmental organization improving the quality of government in Canada through dialogue among leaders
- Institute for Research on Public Policy - independent, national, bilingual organization researching Canadian policy
- POLTEXT - collection of textual data sources used for policy analysis in Canada (ULaval) English & French
- Political Database of the Americas centralized information about institutions, political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies of the Americas (Georgetown University)
Workshops
SCPA 201 - Public Policy and the Public Interest
SCPA 502 + SLIDES - Comparative Approaches and Models in CED
Community Economic Development (CED/DEC) - Sources
- Background Sources in CED
- Article Databases & E-Journals in CED
- CDEC du Quebec (Français)
- The Canadian CED Network/Le reseau canadien de DEC
Citation Guides
- Concordia citation guides (APA, MLA, Turabian, Chicago)
- Government Information citation guides (Canadian, American, Legal)
How-To Guides