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Find Articles: Political Science

(R) = Restricted to authorized MTA University users
(FT) = Includes or links to Full Text articles

This section is divided into the following four sub-sections:

Political Theory

Philosopher's Index (R)
Description: Provides subject and author indexing to journals and books on philosophy and related interdisciplinary publications in various languages.
Years indexed: 1940 to present
Access:
 
1940-1999: Z 7126 P4 REF
1940 to present: On-campus | Off-campus

Canadian Government and Politics

Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: CBCA Complete is Canada's largest database of articles and other publications from a broad range of Canadian sources.  Covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information on a wide range of topics, produced in Canada. Includes over 500 periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian).
Years indexed: 1971 - present (full-text 1985 - present). Varies by title.
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Cambridge Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description: Over 220 peer-reviewed journals published by Cambridge University Press and covering all subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences. 
Years indexed: Varies by title
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On-campus | Off-campus
Canadian Periodicals (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Periodicals covering Canada and Canadian issues in arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and current affairs. Includes several key Canadian literature journals.
Years indexed: Varies by title
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Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage from 1844 (FT) (R)
Description: A searchable full-image version of the Globe & Mail since its beginning in 1844.
Years indexed:

1844-2000*

* More recent issues are indexed in LexisNexis Academic (from December 2, 1992 through current) and CBCA Current Events (1993 - current).

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Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Full text access to over 20 Canadian newspapers.
Years indexed: 1985 - present. Varies by Title.
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Canadian Periodical Index
Description: A general interest subject and name index to articles, book-, film-, and drama reviews, poetry and fiction from over 400 Canadian journals and magazines in English and French, and about 25 major American periodicals.
Years indexed: 1920 to 2002 (varies by title).
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AI 3 C242 REF
HighWire Press - Stanford University Library (FT)
Description: A division of the Stanford University Libraries. Hosts the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content. Covers the life sciences, medical sciences, physical sciences and social sciences.

- Includes 29 Humanities and Social Science Duke UP titles

- Includes over 150 Sage Press titles (See Sage Full Text Collections for additional SAGE titles).
Years indexed: Varies to present. Updated continuously.
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On-Campus | Off-Campus

US & European Government and Politics

Research Library (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Broad coverage of a wide range of subject areas, including arts, business, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Includes scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers.
Years indexed: 1971 - present. Varies by title.
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LexisNexis Academic (FT) (R)
Description: Includes U.S., Canadian and international news, magazines and journals, business, medical, and legal information, polls and surveys, country profiles, biographical information and more.
Years indexed: Varies by Title
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On-campus | Off-campus
Sage Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description: SAGE Journals Online provides online access to the full text of more than 560 SAGE journals. The SAGE Full-Text Collections, SAGE's discipline-specific research databases, are now integrated into SAGE Journals Online.
Years indexed: varies by title
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On-campus | Off-campus

International Relations

Project Muse (FT) (R)
Description: Full-text access to the Project Muse Standard Collection of peer-reviewed journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Also serves as an index to addtional Humanities and Social Sciences journals not included in the Standard Collection. Particularly useful for research on Latin America and also democracy around the world.
Years indexed: 1963 - present (varies by title, emphasis on recent years).
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On-campus | Off-campus | List of journals
Research Library (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Broad coverage of a wide range of subject areas, including arts, business, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Includes scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers.
Years indexed: 1971 - present. Varies by title.
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JSTOR (Arts & Sciences Collections I - VIII) (FT) (R)
Description: Full-text archive of journals in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Current and recent volumes (last 2 to 5 years) not available for most titles. 
Years indexed: Varies by title; complete run for most titles excluding last 2-5 years.
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LexisNexis Academic (FT) (R)
Description: Includes U.S., Canadian and international news, magazines and journals, business, medical, and legal information, polls and surveys, country profiles, biographical information and more.
Years indexed: Varies by Title
Access:
 
On-campus | Off-campus
Sage Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description: SAGE Journals Online provides online access to the full text of more than 560 SAGE journals. The SAGE Full-Text Collections, SAGE's discipline-specific research databases, are now integrated into SAGE Journals Online.
Years indexed: varies by title
Access:
 

On-campus | Off-campus

International Bibliography of Political Science
Description: Arranged by subject, this annual publication lists political science articles and books. Consult the classification scheme at the front of each volume and the index to find material on your topic.
Years indexed: 1952 to present. Updated quarterly.
Access:
 
Z 7163 I61 REF
Blackwell Synergy merged with Wiley Interscience 1 July 2008 (FT) (R)
Access:
 
See Wiley Interscience below
Cambridge Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description: Over 220 peer-reviewed journals published by Cambridge University Press and covering all subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences. 
Years indexed: Varies by title
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On-campus | Off-campus
Taylor & Francis Online (SSH Collection) (FT) (R)
Description: Includes all Taylor & Francis Social Sciences and Humanities journals.  Covers Arts and Humanities, Business and Management, Economics, Education and Social Sciences. 
Years indexed: January 1997 - present
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Wiley Interscience (now includes Blackwell titles) (FT) (R)
Description: Wiley Interscience provides access to the electronic journals published by Wiley (1997 onwards) and also includes titles that used to be published by Blackwell Synergy which recently merged Wiley.   Subject areas covered include:  business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, education, engineering, humanities, law, the life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology, and the social sciences.
Years indexed: Indexing coverage varies. Fulltext articles are generally available for 1997-present. Updated continuously.
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See also:

Multidisciplinary Indexes, especially Project Muse, Social Sciences Index, America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts and Alt-Press Watch.