What's on this Page
This page is dedicated to collecting resources specifically useful for Politics & Government faculty. There are resources for locating and purchasing necessary material for coursework or research. There are also resources to support academic publishing efforts.
Milner Library Resources and Services
New Material
- New Materialsinteractive page that shows you any new material Milner has available.
Purchasing Material
- Purchase RequestsThis link will take you to Milner's purchase request form. If there are items you would like us to purchase, please fill out this form. Alternatively, if you have questions or need more specifics, you can also email your subject librarian directly.
- New Faculty FundInformation on Milner's New Faculty Fund service. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Course Reserves
- Course Reserves SearchThis page lets you search through Milner's reserves catalog to identify reserves for individual courses or faculty.
- Course Reserve Request FormCourse Reserves provide access to limited resources for a group of students. To place an item on Course Reserve, fill out the request form. Requests are processed first come, first served.
What is ISU ReD?
ISU ReD is Illinois State University's online repository.It collects and provides current and long-term access to the research and scholarship of the faculty, staff, and students of Illinois State University. This growing institutional repository of articles, reports, electronic theses and dissertations, data sets, and other digital assets reflects the diversity of the research, scholarship, and creative activities of the ISU community. If you have any questions, feel free to contact myself, or the ISU ReD Administrator.
- ISU ReD: Research and eDataIllinois State University's institutional repository supports open and long-term access to the research and scholarship of our faculty, staff, and students. It is comprised of articles, reports, electronic theses and dissertations, data sets, and other digital assets that reflects the diversity of the research, scholarship, and creative activities of the ISU community.
Check out the resources below to help you pick up your items!
- Patron Proxy Item Pick-upFaculty members may designate another person to pick up books and other items for them at the library. Use the online registration form to designated that person.
- Campus Delivery of Library ItemsAvailable only to faculty, eligible items include all materials available for check out AND can be requested online using the library’s catalog. Both Milner-owned and I-Share materials are included in this service.
- Cabell's JournalyticsDatabase of curated journals that provide high impact for the designated discipline. The whitelist includes contact information, manuscript and submission guidelines, and metrics such as acceptance rate. Cabell's also maintains a list of predatory journals.
- Cabell's Predatory ReportsA list of journals that exhibit behavioral indicators which show they engage in predatory or exploitative operations. Cabell's also maintains a list of high impact journals, called Journalytics.
