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Article Databases - Political Science

Use these resources to locate political science journal articles and related material.
  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)

    Coverage: 1991 - present
    A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings and journal articles.

  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service Learn how to use this resource

    Coverage: 1972 - present
    Indexes journals, books, and government documents in the fields of political science, policy, public administration, society. Includes backfile in July 05 through June 06.

  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Learn how to use this resource

    Coverage: 1975-current
    Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations and public administration / policy.


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Article Databases - Related

Use these databases to search for scholarly material in disciplines related to political science.
  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff America: History & Life Learn how to use this resource

    Coverage: prehistory - present
    America: History and Life (AHL) indexes the historical literature on North America and Canda.

  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)

    Coverage: 1992 - present
    CWI provides full text access to global information on women. Includes journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets.

  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff EconLit (Ebsco) Learn how to use this resource

    Coverage: 1969 - present
    Subject indexing and abstracts of journals, books, collective volumes, dissertations, and working papers in Economics.

  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff SocIndex with Full Text (EBSCO) Learn how to use this resource

    Coverage: 1895-
    This sociology and social sciences index features more than 1,300,000 records including full text for 242 "core" journals dating back to 1895, 72 "priority" journals, 547 books and monographs, and 6,711 conference papers.


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