​Using tertiary* sources can be really helpful if you need help getting a broad understanding of a topic. These are some tertiary sources that are related to political science:
- CQ Researcher features reports on current policy issues and trends in areas including social movements, law and justice, environmental issues, international relations, and human rights.
- Gale ebooks is a large collection of online encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical compilations, and other reference tools.
- Oxford Very Short Introductions are a series of concise overviews to complex ideas on a wide range of subjects. The books are intended to provide an overview of the issue for someone new to the topic or discipline.
*Tertiary sources are publications that summarize and digest the information in primary and secondary sources to provide background on a topic, idea, or event. (definition from Michael Engle, Cornell University Library)