Research Guides: Political Science: Articles

Articles: Best Databases to Use

QuickSearch helps you to find books, journal articles and other resources available through Wright State and OhioLINK. QuickSearch displays results from hundreds of databases, state-wide library inventories, and publishers' collections. Sign-in with your WSU account to get access to digital material.

Political Science Complete

Search the full-text of reference books, monographs, and conference papers including publications of the International Political Science Association.

International Political Science Abstracts

IPSA indexes and abstracts scholarly journals in political science. Full-text may be available via Find-It.

JSTOR

Includes complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues.

Social Sciences Citation Index

This multidisciplinary resource indexes journal literature of the social sciences. Represented disciplines include anthropology, business, communication, criminology, demography, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, history, law, political science, psychology, religion, social psychology, sociology, social work, and urban studies. Search by topic, keyword, or author. Identify articles that cited a previous work. Links to full-text occur when available. Also known as SSCI.

Public Affairs Index

Focus on national and global public policy issues such as human rights, public health, the environment, housing, international commerce and conflict. Articles from scholarly journals, conference papers, trade publications and government documents provide up-to-date information on a broad range of worldwide contemporary topics.

International Security and Counter-Terrorism Reference Center

This comprehensive open source intelligence resource combines scholarly peer-reviewed journals with expert commentary covering regional conflict, terrorism, domestic security and risk management. Includes Stratfor reports.