Key Databases in Political Science
- Scopus
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Database of peer-reviewed journal articles. Full text is not included, but Article Linker provides access to full-text articles when available.
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- Historical AbstractsWorld history and culture citation-and-abstract database.
- Political Science AbstractsPolitical Science index and abstracts.
- CIAOInternational-affairs theory and research.
- JSTOR
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Multidisciplinary journal collection, including the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. - Academic Search Ultimate
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This is a multidisciplinary collection of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and other sources.
Research Impact
- Information on Impact MetricsThis is a guide with more details on different metrics used to measure the impact of scholarship.
Newspapers
- Newspaper Source Plus
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US and international news sources. Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 154 newspapers. This collection offers full text from major US newspapers including: The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The San Jose Mercury News. International coverage includes The News (Mexico), The Hong Kong Standard, and much more. - ProQuest Newsstand (Global Newsstream)
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Full-text access to US and international news sources. Includes coverage of The New York Times and The Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. - ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times, 1851 - 2018New York Times in full text and full image from 1851 to 3 years ago. For current New York Times coverage, please use ProQuest U.S. Newsstream.
Google Scholar & More
- Google Scholar
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Multidisciplinary scholarly search engine. Covers peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities, and other scholarly organizations. Includes links to USU resources when on campus. - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (Digital Dissertation Abstracts)Includes over 1 million full-text dissertations and 3 million searchable citations.
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Using Zotero
- Zotero InstructionsLearn the basics of downloading and importing citations.
- Zotero: Step by StepStep-by-step instructions on how to set-up Zotero, how to import, cite, and more.
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