LibGuides: Political Science: Find Articles

Article Databases and Indexes

The databases listed below are the best places to start looking for articles related to Political Science.

Political Science Database This link opens in a new window
Full text access to leading political science and international relations journals; also includes thousands of recent, full-text, political science dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities and other sources such as country reports and policy papers.
Politics Collection This link opens in a new window
Collection of Political Science and Public Policy databases. Includes PAIS (Index of articles, books, documents, reports, and statistical compilations about public policy, social policy and international development); Policy File Index (Information from Public Policy think tanks, NGOs, advocacy groups, etc.); Political Science Database (full text content to leading political science and international relations journals); and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Comprehensive index of journal articles and books relating to world politics, international relations, government, and public policy).
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index (no full text) of journal articles and books relating to world politics, international relations, government and public policy.
* Content dates back to 1965.
* Direct export to RefWorks
* Peer-Reviewed tab allows for easy access to content from peer-reviewed journals
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* Citation tracking
* French content
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text collection of scholarly journals in multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections.
Tip: Use 'Advanced Search' to limit to the subject collections appropriate to your search.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to over 460 journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
This is the previous 'ProQuest' database in this list. As of March 2021, it is also included in the larger ProQuest Central database.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Huge multidisciplinary index of articles in over 8,500 Social Sciences journals.
* Direct export to RefWorks
* Click 'Get It at StFX' icon to check for full text
* Citation tracking
* French content
* German content
* Gaelic content
* Spanish content

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