Politics & International Relations: Journal Articles & Databases

Information about books, journals, databases, ofiffical publications and other useful politics resources (including development studies resources).

What Is Peer Review?

Articles in peer reviewed journals have been assessed before publication by subject experts. This means they are the 'gold' standard in academic articles. You will be expected to use peer reviewed journal articles in your assignments.

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JSTOR: Subject Searching for Articles

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Key Databases for Politics

Databases allow you to search across a range of different journals, books and other publications for information on a specific topic. Databases contain peer-reviewed, scholarly material. Links to the full-text will be provided, where available, by UCD Library.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,800 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books are included each year. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles and full text availability is continually increasing.
Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the social sciences.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. The database is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. Over 1,700+ titles are being monitored for coverage; of these, 67% are published outside the United States.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete is a full text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Includes the Pentagon Papers, the U.S. Treaties and Agreements Library, and World Constitutions Illustrated
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Digital library of important scholarly archived journals spanning many subject disciplines. IReL provides access to the following collections: Arts & Sciences I-VII, XI-XII; Ireland Collection; Life Sciences Collection.

Full Lists of Databases and eJournals

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Pick your subject for a full list of eJournals

Pick your subject for a full list of databases