LibGuides: POSC 325: Political Analysis: Article Searching

Spartan Search: Articles

Academic Search Premier, JSTOR, & MasterFILE Premier

Google Scholar | A-Z List of Databases

Political Science Databases

Academic Search Premier
A comprehensive index to scholarly journals and general periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including full text.
JSTOR
Full text of hundreds of scholarly journals in all disciplines dating back to the 1700s. In the Advanced Search area, choose the Political Science discipline when searching.
Military and Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.
NEW! Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Opposing viewpoints on controversial social issues. Includes newspaper, magazine, and academic journal articles, as well as audio and video.

Political Science Journal Titles

American Journal of Political Science
The official publication of the Midwest Political Science Association. A general review open to all areas of the discipline of political science.
American Political Science Review
Features research from all fields of political science and contains an extensive book review section of the discipline.
British Journal of Political Science
The British Journal of Political Science is a broadly based journal aiming to cover developments across a wide range of countries and specialisms.
Comparative Politics
Comparative Politics is an international journal that publishes scholarly articles devoted to the comparative analysis of political institutions and behavior.
Journal of Peace Research
Journal of Peace Research is the premier journal in the field, publishing scholarly work in peace research concentrating on the causes of violence, methods of conflict resolution and ways of sustaining peace.
Political Behavior
Provides a forum for the interdisciplinary study of groups and individuals as they interact in and with the political process.
Political Science Quarterly
A nonpartisan journal devoted to the study of contemporary and historical aspects of government, politics and international affairs.
PS: Political Science and Politics
The journal provides coverage of the broad range of observations and information about the discipline.

Additional political science journals can be found at THIS LINK from the American Political Science Association (APSA).

Statistics Resource

VassarStats: Website for Statistical Computation
A tool for performing statistical computation. Each of the links in white text in the panel on the left will show an annotated list of the statistical procedures available under that rubric. The «Site Map» display below will show a complete list of all available items.

How to Read a Social Science Journal Article

How to Read [And Understand] a Social Science Journal Article
Designed to help you read and understand articles within the social sciences. Once you understand the structure of each article, knowing where to look for important information and understanding the content becomes much easier.

Reading a Scholarly Article

Scholarly Vs. Popular Research

Off-Campus Access

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