Political Behavior (POS 312)

Discover the best places to find articles on political behavior, and other places to search for information.

Useful Databases

Find Journal Articles

Searching Collections

Journal Finder 

Gallup Poll News Service

Gallup Poll News Service (Lexis Nexis database found on the ZL Online Resources Page) Source Directory Find--[keyword--Gallup Poll News Service > OK to continue.  Kw to searchable topic i.e. social media http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?

Note: LexisNexis is a key source for news and law information. You might consider broader searching to determine news articles or legal opinions or articles by executing a different search on your topic.

Databases to which Taylor University subscribes have distinctive differences from search engines such as Google or Google Scholar. A database, generally, is a collection of information organized to provide efficient retrieval of subject matter, specifically scholarly subject matter. They tend to be narrower in scope than Google or Google Scholar. 

Prominent features of these subscription databases generally include:

• Covering specific discipline area/s.
• Including academic (peer-reviewed) articles from journals or magazines, eBooks, newspapers, images and research related resources.
• Providing citation information on or full-text access to the item types listed above.
• Accessible because of subscription for which Zondervan pays. Whereas Google is free, databases can be many thousands of dollars per year.

Zondervan Library subscribes to over 100 research databases/tools that contain journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as reports and other written materials on both general and specific disciplines. There are pros and cons for using each tool. Awareness of the content, organization, and precision of search capabilities of each can save you time and yield the most appropriate and relevant results.