Friday, January 14, 2011

The Forum (8:4): Midterm Elections of 2010

"This issue of The Forum gathers an array of pieces interpreting the midterm elections of 2010. Three of these address election outcomes in the large: Jason Engle and Byron Shafer on 2010 in the longest run; Andrew Busch on what happened and what it could mean; and James Campbell on the structure of a three-wave election. Five others focus on aspects of 2010 that are widely thought to be distinctive: Erika Fowler and Travis Ridout [WSU Pol S prof] on the ad campaign, Zachary Courser on the Tea Party, David Canon on the year of the outsider, Michael Franz on campaign spending by candidates, parties, and interest groups, and Michael McDonald on voter turnout. A further three then consider aspects of campaign dynamics as they unfolded: Costas Panagopoulos on public responses and voter movement, Robert Saldin on the place of the healthcare issue, and Jeffrey Stonecash on the art of campaign strategy. " Read the journal issue at http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol8/iss4/

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Database and Journal Updates

  • We'll be adding two new social science databases this spring: Public Administration Abstracts, and Family and Society Studies Worldwide.
  • Criminal Justice Abstracts is changing from the CSA platform to the EBSCO platform
  • The CSA platform will be making a very considerable interface change early this year
  • Health and Psychosocial Instruments will now also be on the EBSCO platform
  • New online access journals: Communication Reports, Congress and the Presidency, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Mobilization, Urban History Review, Western Journal of Communication. Word and Image, Journal of Forensic Science.