Library Guides: POLS 2300: Democracies and Dictatorships Around the World: Finding Articles

Political Science Databases

The following databases are specific to research being done by political scientists:

Political Science Complete has full text articles for over 550 journals and indexing/abstracting for over 2,900. It also contains full-text reference books, monographs and conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.
International Political Science Abstracts contains current indexing and abstracts of the world's leading journals in political science.

You can browse all Political Science databases in our Databases A-Z guide.

The following databases include journal articles in interdisciplinary and related fields.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
Ethnic NewsWatch
An interdisciplinary, full-text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
GenderWatch
Includes scholarly journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and newsletters in Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, LGBT, Queer studies, and related interests.
JSTOR
This database is considered interdisciplinary and has a lot of social science journals.
Nexis Uni
News, business, and legal sources. Includes national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources; U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information; all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789.
PAIS International
International coverage of public policy, government, international relations and current economic, political, and social thought.