Research Guides: POLS 004: International Politics (SC): Finding Scholarly Articles & Books

Key Research Tools

JSTOR
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Useful for finding scholarly journal articles (caveat: usually doesn't include most recent 3-5 years of articles)
Web of Science
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Find scholarly journal articles and easily narrow down results by subject
ProQuest Social Sciences
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Useful research tool to start identifying recent scholarly articles on your topic

Tripod Library Search
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Search Tripod Books & Media to find scholarly books on your topic. (Use filters on the left side of results to narrow down by Date, Region, and other criteria.)

Overview Sources

Searching for articles can lead to an overwhelming number of results. Use overview sources like Annual Reviews to identify major scholars and works on a topic.

Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations
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Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science
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Annotated bibliographies by top scholars of the key sources on a range of topics, including political science and international relations. You can narrow your searches or browse by discipline.

Oxford Handbook of International Relations
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This handbook can supplement course readings by offering additional explanations of the major theories in IR and discussions of how IR relates to policy-making and to other disciplines.

Oxford Handbooks in Political Science
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Complete searchable texts of the Oxford handbooks in political science. Oxford Handbooks in Political Science bring together the world's leading scholars to discuss research and the latest thinking in a range of major topics in political science.
Annual Reviews
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Review articles provide an overview of how scholars have approached a particular topic; particularly useful for quickly finding the key books/articles on a topic within a certain discipline (e.g. Political Science)

POLS 004: International Politics (SC)

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