Reference Sources — United States
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
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Oxford Handbooks, now a part of Oxford Academic, provide review articles which summarize and analyze current research and trends in a given discipline. UCLA subscribes to most Oxford Handbooks Online, excluding a few individual titles.
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History
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Online encyclopedia explores the events, policies, people, ideas, institutions, groups, and movements that have created and shaped political life in the United States. Covers 1500 to present.
- ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
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Contains full text of bills, resolutions, hearings, debates, and other legislative documents. Also contains Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports, Serial Set 1789-present, and legislative histories (through Legislative Insight).
- Guide to the Presidency
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Online Guide to the Presidency is the leading reference source on the persons who have occupied the White House and on the institution of the presidency itself. - Supreme Court A-Z
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Online resource offers accessible information about the Supreme Court, including its history, traditions, organization, dynamics, and personalities - Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States
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- CQ Voting and Elections Collection
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Database about the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and state governors. The database is divided into six categories: presidential elections, congressional elections, gubernatorial elections, campaign and election process, political parties, and voters and demographics. - CQ Public Affairs Collection
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Online source brings together CQ's storehouse of current affairs content in a fully integrated reference tool. Some subjects are advocacy and public service, education, energy, the environment, health, and transportation - Congress A-ZPrint resource in Powell Library. Provides insight into the key questions readers have about the U.S. Congress. Congress A to Z helps make sense of the narrow power division between Republicans and Democrats, the methods members use to advance their agendas, the influence of lobby groups, the key role of committees and strong-willed leaders, and much more.
