Article Indexes & Databases

All databases are available both on campus and remotely, unless otherwise indicated. You will need to supply your BroncoWeb ID and password to access these resources off campus.

There are indexing databases in both paper and electronic format which will lead the user to information about Public Administration. Below is a list of some of those sources which are available in or via the Boise State University Albertsons Library.

• ABC Pol Sci [a paper index]
  This title is issued 6 times a year with issue number 6 containing a cumulative index. There is also a cumulative index issued for five-year periods. Each issue contains the tables of contents from journals published in all fields of Political Science, including Public Administration. Located in the area of the Reference Collection devoted to indexes.
   
• Alternative Press Index
  Indexes only magazines which advocate a philosophy of left of center politically, or an alternative life-style.
   
• Contemporary Women’s Issues
  While international in its scope the emphasis is on women within the developed world. Strong on policy and planning.
   
• CQ Researcher, 1992 to present
  Each 12,000 word essay concentrates on a single public policy topic in the news, giving a chronology, a balanced overview, a pro-con feature, a bibliography, and a list of contacts for further information.
   
• Essay and General Literature Index
  Analyses collections of essays on all topics with an emphasis on literature and philosophy. It is useful for political and social planning concepts, too.
   
• Fed in Print
  Index of the publications of the Federal Reserve Bank system. Excellent on economic and fiscal planning and experimentation topics.
   
• GPO Monthly Catalog
  Index to many of the publication of the US Federal Government other than the periodicals. Including Congressional, Judicial and Executive Agencies.
   
• Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
  While BSU’s Library has relatively few of the law review journals they are available at the Idaho Supreme Court Library, which is open to the public. That library is in the Supreme Court building which is on the block bounded by State and Jefferson, 4th and 5th streets.
   
• JSTOR
  Core, scholarly political science journals are indexed and provided full-text; not a current issues' database, there is typically a gap from 3-5 years between the most recently published issues and "JSTOR available" titles.
   
• LexisNexis Congressional
  Indexes the publications of the U. S. Congress, its staff and committees. The Congressional hearings are the source of a great wealth of information concerning policy.
   
• LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index
  Indexes around 200 magazines issued by agencies of the US Federal government.
   
• LexisNexis Statistical
  Indexes statistical publication of the Federal Government.
   
• National Newspapers
  Abstracts newspapers, including the most influential--the Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angles Times.
   
• NCJRS Abstracts Index (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
  An excellent source for a broad range of topics dealing with law, law enforcement, the penal system and other related topics.
   
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
  Coverage since 1917 of all topics of debate about public and social policy and its applications. International in its coverage, it includes selections of periodicals, journals as well as governmental publications, book chapters and conference proceedings.
   
• Political Science: A Sage Full-text Collection
  Coverage of 25 Sage journals covering political science, American government and politics, and Presidential studies, among others.
   
• Sage Public Administration Abstracts [a paper index]
  Issued quarterly with an annual cumulative index each issue has its entries grouped by broad subject and a key-word and concept index at the back. Abstracts of each entry appear to give the reader a clear view of the nature of the journal article or conference paper mentioned.
   
• Stat-USA
  Statistical sources, many full-text, dealing with the US and sub-divisions thereof. Both official and commercial publications are included.
   
• WestLaw Campus Research
  Indexes case law, legal periodicals, and other law-related information, including American Law Reports, American Jurisprudence 2d, and regulations published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations.
   
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  A very broad and useful coverage makes this an important source of information.

Periodicals

To determine the library's holdings for each of the following publications, click on the journal title, and then enter the journal name in the search box.

• Administration and Society
• Administrative Science Quarterly
• American Review of Public Administration
• Bureaucrat
• Canadian Public Administration
• Excellence in Public Service (BSU) see Public Affairs Report.
• International Journal of Public Administration
• International Review of Administrative Sciences
• Journal of Comparative Administration
• Management (U. S. Office of Personnel Management)
• PA Times
• Policy Studies Journal
• Public Administration (London)
• Public Administration and Development
• Public Administration Quarterly
• Public Administration Review
• Public Affairs Report (BSU Dept. of Public Policy and Administration)
• Public Manager
• Public Organization Review
• Public Policy
• Public Policy and Administration
• Social Policy and Society
• Social Service Review
• Southern Review of Public Administration
• State and Local Government Review

Reference Books

The following books are located in the reference section of the library and are useful for providing brief, introductory information on a given topic.  For more detailed information, go to the Library's catalog or to the Library's Indexes to Journals and Databases.

• Biographical dictionary of public administration
  ref JA 61 W54 2001
   
• Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought
  Dictionary and encyclopedic definitions from a British slant on the topic.
  ref JA 61 B57 1991
   
• Brewer’s Politics
  Identifies persons, quotations, concepts and geographic areas of importance to politics of, mostly, the U.S. and England.
  ref JA 61 C663 1995
   
• Encyclopedia of Democracy
  There are some surprising inclusions in this encyclopedia, long discussions of the topics.
  ref JC 423 E53 1995
   
• Handbook of the International Political Science Association 
  Explanations of the organization and its activities and publications.
  ref JA 27 I58
   
• International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration
  Comprehensive coverage of concepts, practices, current issues of discussion, policy making, evaluation, management.
  ref H 97 I574 1998
   
• (Magill) Survey of Social Science, Government and Politics Series
  Essays on many aspects of governance, political, planning and execution in the political arena, each essay is followed by a brief bibliography of key sources.
  ref JA 61 S88 1955
   
• Public Administration Dictionary
  Brief definitions of terms and concepts.
  ref JA 61 F69 1995

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