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Political Science: Subject Guide

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Featured Library Resources: Political Science

Recommended Databases: Political Science

  • Political Science Database Best Bet
    This database gives users access to hundreds of leading political science and international relations journals, providing full-text of many core titles indexed in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. In addition, over a thousand recent full-text doctoral dissertations on political science topics are included, together with working papers, conference proceedings, country profiles, political news and other sources. Full Text Included. Subject Area(s): Social Sciences. Coverage: 1985-Current.
  • GovInfo
    GovInfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. GovInfo is maintained by the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch.
  • HeinOnline
    Provides coverage to resources on essential government documents, case law, criminal justice, and other legal research materials.
Multidisciplinary Databases
  • Academic Search Premier Best Bet
    Academic Search Premier is one of EBSCOhost's full-text databases. It covers full-text articles from nearly 3,200 scholarly publications, and numerous peer-reviewed journals with a coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies, etc.
  • ProQuest Central Best Bet
    ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
  • GALE Research Complete Best Bet New
    Gale Research Complete provides subscription access to the largest package of primary and secondary sources available to libraries today, covering journals, newspapers, eBooks, literature resources and archives. Empowering users at all academic levels, from the undergraduate student to the experienced researcher, and covering nearly every research area and discipline, Gale Research Complete offers high quality, authoritative and unique content
  • Google Scholar
    Google Scholar searches peer-reviewed papers, dissertations, citations, abstracts and reports from a variety of scholarly sources provided by academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and open access publishers.
    Searching Google Scholar from Guarini Library homepage, full text resources that are available from NJCU Library-subscribed databases or electronic journals will be automatically accessible (Gothic ID needed for off-campus access).
  • JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection
    The database contains almost 3,000 journals and primary sources. The renewed name: JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection replaces our previous JSTOR subscriptions with subsections, e.g.: Arts & Sciences III, Arts & Sciences V, Security Studies, and Business & Economics Collections. Please note that our subscription does not include JSTOR ebooks or Artstor beyond what might be open access content.
  • SAGE Premier
    The database provides full-text access to over 645 peer-reviewed journal dating back to 1999. It includes leading international peer-reviewed journals, including high-impact research titles published on behalf of over 245 scholarly and professional societies. Subject coverage includes business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, medicine and many more.

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Political Philosophy & Methodology.