Wolfgram Subject Guides: Political Science & International Relations: Databases & Journals

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Popular Political Science & International Relations Journals

Library Databases

Top Databases for Political Science & International Relations research available @Widener:

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1975 - present
ASP provides comprehensive content, including PDF backfiles to 1975 for nearly 140 journals and searchable cited references for more than 1,000 titles. As a leading scholarly database, it provides access to acclaimed full-text journals, magazines, and other valuable resources.
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ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The ACM Digital Library is a research, discovery and networking platform containing:
The Full-Text Collection of all ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books.
A collection of curated and hosted full-text publications from select publishers.
The ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database focused exclusively on the field of computing.
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Digital Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1861 - present
Doctoral dissertations & masters theses. **Widener dissertations published after 1997 are FULL TEXT**
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Dissertations & Theses @ Widener University This link opens in a new window
This database gives access to the dissertations and theses produced by Widener University students.
Note: Widener dissertations published after 1997 are available in Full Text
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Coverage: Varies
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
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Nexis Uni formerly Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe This link opens in a new window
Click here for on campus access
Coverage: Varies
Includes international, national and local news sources; legal research resources; business news and financial information; medical and reference resources.
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WorldCat Dissertations This link opens in a new window
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses houses dissertation, theses, and some published materials from member libraries.

Browse the complete A to Z Database List here: Go to A-Z List

AVON (Academic Video Online) This link opens in a new window
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More than 72,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more
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Adam Matthew Digital 2018 backlist This link opens in a new window
Primary source material spanning the 15th – 21st centuries
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ArticleFirst This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1990 - present
Search for and view both journals' tables of contents and individual article citations in ArticleFirst. Contains citations to journal articles covering the humanities, popular culture, science, technology, business and the social sciences. Updated daily.
eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains electronic books across many academic disciplines. Books may be "checked out" for a limited period of time.
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Download for Android Here | Download for Apple IOS Here
NOTE: Desktop: Adobe® Digital Editions 1.7.1 or higher is required for offline viewing.
Apple and Android devices: Bluefire Reader is recommended
Kindle: PDFs can be created in the eBook Full Text view and transferred using Send To Kindle
EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains electronic books across many academic disciplines. Books may be "checked out" for a limited period of time.
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Download for Android Here | Download for Apple IOS Here
NOTE: Desktop: Adobe® Digital Editions 1.7.1 or higher is required for offline viewing.
Apple and Android devices: Bluefire Reader is recommended
EBSCOHost This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1965 to present
Search all EBSCO databases all at once.
Electronic Collections Online (ECO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1995 - present
Indexing and browsable tables of contents for over 2,800 journals in all subject areas, with full text for the 351 of them subscribed to by Widener University.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
This research platform provides full-text online access to legal journals and reviews. Both historical and current collections of legal documents can be found here.

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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1954 - present
Historical Abstracts provides a robust selection of bibliographic records from thousands of academic journals, magazines, books and monographs.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Coverage: Varies
Provides selected full text for over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc. This database is updated daily.
New York Times This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1980 - present
Newspaper
Note: not full image.
PapersFirst : First Search This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1993 - present
Provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop and meeting added to the The British Library Document Supply Centre's collection. Updated Semi-Monthly.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Coverage: varies
Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community around the world. For over 20 years, Project MUSE has been the trusted and reliable source of complete, full-text versions of scholarly journals from many of the world's leading universities and scholarly societies.

NOTE: Be sure to select "Only content I have access to" in the search filters.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive online collection of primary source congressional publications and legislative research materials covering all topics, including government, current events, politics, economics, business, science and technology, international relations, social issues, finance, insurance, and medicine. Finding aid for congressional hearings, committee prints, committee reports and documents from 1970-present, and the daily Congressional Record from 1985-present. Compiled legislative histories from 1969-present.
UNdata This link opens in a new window
UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.
Washington Post This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1988 - present
Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world national news, entertainment and more.