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Political Science: Background Info
This subject guide was created to showcase library resources for Political Science research.
U.S. Census records include wide-ranging population demographics. Data on individual people is not available to the public until 72 years after a given census was taken.
Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers American federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy.
Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States.
Scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, and more. Access through the library for access to CSUF subscriptions, or allow in Settings under "Library Links."
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.