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Political Science Research Guide
Databases
DISCUS — Expanded Academic ASAP
- Covers all subjects, including history and political science.
- Limit your search to \”Refereed Journals\” to find articles in scholarly journals.
- Includes full-text from many political science journals, as well as from news magazines.
- Full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
- PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
- Provides full-text information from a variety of sources within these five categories: news, business, legal research, medical and general reference.
US Government Depository Database
- Not all government documents are cataloged in the Online Catalog
- Use to find government information held in the library. (articles, pamphlets, CD-ROMs, etc.)
Print Resources
Search the Online Catalog for books about your topic (ie. Subject=terrorism).
- Encyclopedia of World Crime Ref. HV6017 .E54 1989 (You might also want to browse this area in the general collection.)
- Violence and Terror in the Mass Media Ref. Z 5633.V56 S56 1988
Journals
- Journal of Political Science PER JA 1.J687
- Political Research Quarterly PER JA1 .W4
- PS:Political Science and Politics PER JA 28 .P24
Internet Resources
- Evaluating Electronic Articles (found in databases)
Evaluating Web Sites
Evaluating Web Resources (A brief guide to help you evaluate internet resources)
APA, MLA, and Chicago Style Guides
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