Research Guides: Political Science 141: Comparative Global Politics: Getting Started

Background Context

News and magazines can be a great place to get context on contemporary global issues. A few major newspapers/magazines include:

U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
Political, demographic, economic, and social information about more than 170 countries, geographic entities, and international organizations. From the U.S. Department of State.
CIA World Factbook
(Current edition) Provides concise information, including geographic, demographic, and economic data, for over 250 countries. Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Some earlier editions are also archived online from the US GPO.

Oxford Bibliographies - Political Science
In depth annotated bibliographies authored by scholars in the field of Political Science.
Oxford Handbooks
Provide overviews of research in various topics. To narrow to Political Science, select "Politics" under the Browse section.
Oxford Reference - Political Science
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Companions on political science topics.