Selected databases
Remember: Start broad, with just one or two keywords or phrases. If you retrieve a large number of results, you can add search terms to narrow your results.
- ScienceDirectComplete articles (full text) in all of the journals indexed by ScienceDirect.
- Web of ScienceWeb of Science find articles in science, social science, and even some humanities journals. It also provides cited-reference searching to find articles that have cited a particular article or author.
- Worldwide Political Science AbstractsProquest databases search the full text of articles for your search terms. To find more relevant results, where your search terms are part of the title, abstract, or subject terms, begin your search with NOFT, followed by your search terms in parentheses, e.g. NOFT(autocra* AND democra* and backsliding)
Covers political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy.).