Research Guides: Political Science: Finding Articles

Useful Databases for Political Science

U.S. History
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This collection contains scholarly journals and magazines covering events in U.S. History as well as scholarly work being established in the field.
Military and Intelligence
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This collection includes content from over 400 journals, covering subjects of socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and the past and current state of military affairs.
Westlaw Next
A premier research service for legal, news, and business-related information.
Criminal Justice
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Find information for potential lawyers, law enforcement officers, paralegals, and Homeland Security agents from hundreds of full text journals.
Pop Culture Studies
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This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course. This collection is made up of more than 100 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals.

Political Science Films from Films on Demand
Films, videos, clips, and documentaries related to political science.

General Databases

JSTOR
JSTOR is an archival database providing full-text access to back issues of scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, indexes and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications. It covers a range of disciplines such as science, engineering, psychology, religion, and many others.
SAGE Journals
Online access to 550+ journals in the social sciences, business, humanities, science, technology, and medicine disciplines.

Online Journals

The Union University Library subscribes to some individual online journals which are not fully in the databases but will be of interest to students and researchers. The full-text of these journals can be found on the library's homepage, clicking on the link, Journals by Title or Subject, and entering the desired title.

American Journal of Political Science
Global Studies Journal
Journal of Church and State
Multicultural Perspectives
Political Science Quarterly

In addition, journals in the field of Political Science can be found by choosing Political Science in the Browse by Discipline section of the Journals by Title or Subject quick link.

Print Journals

The following journals are available in print in the Periodicals Reading Room on the first floor of the library:

Christian Scholar's Review
National Review
New Yorker
Special Education Law Update
Time
Wired