Research Help
When you have a question about the library or about research during this class, please contact me. Use the "Schedule Appointment" button or send me an email . You can also contact the Reference/Research Help Desk (lower right corner of library home page).
Explore Political Science Journals
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Newer Resources
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics This link opens in a new windowSubstantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics combines the speed and flexibility of digital with the rigorous standards of academic publishing.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education This link opens in a new windowA dynamic, peer-reviewed digital encyclopedia continuously updated by the world’s leading scholars and researchers (Oxford University Press)
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Encyclopedia of Social Work (Oxford) This link opens in a new window
A continuously updated online collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP). Over 800 articles and 200 biographies.
Political Science Research Databases
To search for articles, select one of the databases listed below, or return to the Research Hub and browse the Databases by Subject to select the most appropriate subject database for your topic.
Before using a databases make sure you understand the type of content a database provides. For example:
- CQ Researcher provides in-depth reports on current topics written by professional journalists; these reports can be great for topic development and understanding an issue in more depth (and they have some nice bibliographies of sources). However the reports are not scholarly articles.
- Academic Search has a mix of scholarly articles along with newspapers and magazines and professional publications.
- JSTOR is a database of primarily all scholar journals, usually older than 5 years, (with a spattering of books) and it's great for finding book reviews.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
In-depth, non-biased coverage of the most important and controversial issues of the day, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAccess to thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources covering the social sciences, humanities, and arts. Some journal issues extend back to the 19th century. Full text.
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Broad database with both academic and general articles. Many are full text, but some are citation only.
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Social Science Research Network This link opens in a new window
SSRN provides 1,689,985 preprints and research papers from 2,371,468 researchers in over 65 disciplines.
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Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
The major database for mass communications, communication studies, marketing, and related fields. Combined coverage of over 770 titles. Some full text.
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Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Full text of court opinions, statutes, and regulations from state and federal governments. In excess of 800 law reviews and journals. Access to a legal encyclopedia, American Jurisprudence, and Black's Law Dictionary. Includes West's KeyCite feature for verification of the status of a case, statute, administrative decision, or regulation. Laws, regulations, reports, and related European Union material is also included. Wondering how to access an article? Check out the FAQ!
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowScholarly articles, mostly in the sciences, though some social sciences. Citations from 1980. Some full text starting in 1993, more full text from 1997.
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U.S. Newsstream (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowContent and archives (1980s-) from national and regional news sources including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, Chicago Tribune, and Minneapolis Star Tribune.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Contains hundreds of in-depth abstracts of recent books, book chapters, journal articles, government reports, and dissertations published worldwide. Also offers extensive coverage of new books from scholarly and commercial publishers and valuable reports from public and private agencies in many nations. Some full text.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new windowFull text journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, emphasizing the humanities and social sciences.
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Databases by Subject
WSU Databases by Subject
Use the drop-down menu to select a "Subject". This provides the best or most used database for a specific subject such as Political Science & PubliC Administration.
