Research Guides: POLS 235: African Politics (HC): Journal Articles

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Journals

Journal articles provide in depth scholarly information. They are vetted and improved by peer review. They are usually fairly short in length and focused on discussing one specific issue. The following indexes are good places to find journal articles about political science.

Use the Find It button in these indexes to check if the journal articles are available in the Tri-College libraries. If the journal is not listed in Tripod, use the Find It request form or the Interlibrary Loan Request Form on Tripod to have a digital copy of the article sent to your email address in around three days.

Subject-Specific Databases

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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Indexes and provides access to journal articles in political science and related fields. This is a good way to find quickly research and analysis by political scientists.

Africa-Wide
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Offers access to multi-disciplinary information on Africa including books, journal articles, maps and music recordings. Some materials are in full-text. Covers 19th century-present.
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) Index
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Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, government documents, and reports. Areas covered include political, economic, social and public policy issues. Covers 1915-present.

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Subjects: Africana & Black Studies, Cities, Classics, Gender & Sexuality Studies, History, Islamic Studies, Latin American & Iberian Studies, Political Science, Writing Program

Databases Covering All Subject Areas

These two databases are especially useful when looking for very current information. They are also helpful in providing cross-disciplinary approaches to issues.

ProQuest Research Library
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Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines. You can use filters to see only scholarly or popular articles. Covers 1971-present.
Web of Science
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Provides access to the Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and MEDLINE. Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. The publisher keeps this up to date with the most current scholarship,