Community and public affairs (SCPA) subject guide

Political Science Complete (EBSCO) - Canadian, American and international journal articles on political science, government and policy 

ProQuest Combined Canadian - Canadian journal articles, newspapers, current events & theses on social science topics

SocINDEX - sociology journal articles 

Google Scholar  - multidisciplinary journal articles 

•  How to set up Google Scholar to find Concordia Resources

CAIRN - revues savantes européennes

Érudit - revues savantes québécoises et canadiennes

Persée - revues savantes françaises en sciences sociales et humaines

• Peer review and scholarly journals: What is peer review and how do I find peer reviewed articles?

Books

Sofia Discovery tool: search books, ebooks and government information at Concordia, Quebec Universities, or Worldwide.

Grey literature, government & policy information 

Government Information Subject Guide - start here to locate government publications, reports, commissions, etc. 

Canada Commons -  Canadian ebooks, government documents, NGO, IGO & think tank documents, and public policy documents

Overton - Policy and grey literature database, local and international.

• Note: this database is sensitive to diacritics/accents, please use Québec in your searches for provincial documents, and include accents in names when performing a People Search.

Library and Archives Canada: Politics, government and law guides to resources

• from the Topic drop down menu, choose 'Politics, government and law'

Government Information Databases - Canadian, American and International goverment and parliamentary publication databases

Opinion polls- Canadian, American and International polling data

Statistics & Data (DLI) - Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, American and International data sources

Law sources

CanLii: Canadian Legal Information Institute (2001 - present)

• Court judgments (cases) from all Canadian courts; the Supreme Court of Canada, federal courts, and the courts in all Canada’s provinces and territories. 
• Decisions from many federal and provincial administrative tribunals. 
• Consolidated statutes and regulations and the annual statutes of every jurisdiction in Canada. 
• Commentary: secondary law materials, from law books, journals, articles, reports, and other resources. 

HeinOnline Law Journal Library  - law journals (U.S. Canadian, International), case law and Statutes of Canada, Provincial Statutes of Canada, and more 

• Canadian Newsstream - Canadian English daily newspapers, including the Globe & Mail and Montreal Gazette
• Eureka.cc - Quebec newspapers and magazines in French and English
• CPI.Q: Canadian Periodical Index - English and French journals and magazines
• US Newsstream - Major American daily newspapers, including The New York Times, and Washington Post
• International Newsstream - news content from outside North America, in multiple languages
• Historical Newspapers - Canada, U.S. and international
• The Hill Times - (1997-2006)
  • For articles from Hill Times issues dated 2006-present, use the "Request Chapter Scan or Request for Course Reserves" button, to request the articles via Interlibrary loans.