LibGuides: Political Science: Find Articles

Finding Journal Articles

Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window Political Science Complete provides full text for more than 520 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles (including top-ranked scholarly journals). The database also features over 340 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 36,000 full-text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.
Legal Collection This link opens in a new window Legal Collection is a collection of respected, scholarly peer-reviewed publications including law journals, documents, and case studies. This database is a source for information on current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. Legal Collection offers full text for more than 300 law journals, providing information on topics such as criminal justice, international law, federal law, organized crime, medical, labor & human resource law, ethics, and the environment.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window Academic Search Ultimate offers students a collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually all academic disciplines.

Want to find more databases?

Browse the Political Science Databases list or view all of our databases in the Databases A-Z list.

Refine on the Right!

Find peer-reviewed journal articles in Primo by using the Tweak My Results column on the right.

- Under Resource Type, select Articles.

AND

- Then scroll down to Availability and click on Peer-Reviewed Journals.

Search Multiple Databases at Once!

1) Navigate to any EBSCO database (i.e. Political Science Complete, Legal Collection, Academic Search Complete, etc.)

2) Before you search, click on "Choose Databases" above the search box.

click choose databases

You will see a pop-up box containing all of the library's EBSCO databases.

3) Browse through the database list and check off the databases you want to search simultaneously.

Tip: Hover above the icon to the right of the database name to learn about that database.

Then Click OK.

Now you can search multiple databases at once!

If your topic is interdisciplinary, you can search across subjects by adding other databases such as:

Business Source Complete

Communication Source

Education Source

Gender Studies Database

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

SocINDEX

and many more!

Why don't you have the full text?

Many publishers restrict access to the most recent content of academic journals. This practice is called an embargo. The table below are some examples of our journal subscriptions with embargo.

Journal Title	Pub Date: Full Text Available
Political Science Quarterly	08/01/1994 to present (with a 6 Month delay)*
Perspectives on Political Science	01/01/1990 to present (with a 18 Month delay)*
American Journal of Political Science	Available from Feb 1973 to present (most recent 2 years not available)*
New Political Science	03/01/1998 to present (with a 18 Month delay)* Available from 1988
PS: Political Science & Politics	Available from 1988 to 2014 (Most recent 4 years not available).
Asian Journal of Political Science	12/01/1999 to present (with a 18 Month delay)*
British Journal of Political Science	Available from 1971 to 2012 (Most recent 6 years not available).
Social Research	03/01/1985 to present (with a 12 Month delay).*
Journal of Political Science Education	01/01/2005 to present (with a 18 Month delay)*
*Full text delay due to publisher restrictions ("embargo")