LibGuides: Political Science: Articles/Journals/Databases

Electronic Journals

E-Journals A-Z

To Request Articles

From any database use to determine the availability of the journal article you are looking for, or, if you are not already within a database, search for online access in the Journal Title List or the Catalog for print access to determine whether City College owns the journal title, volume, and issue you need.
If a journal is available at City College, do not request article via Interlibrary loan
If a journal is unavailable at City College, request article via Interlibrary loan
If a City College paper journal issue or volume is missing, request it via ILL with note.
Articles and book chapters are delivered in PDF format.
Include the ISSN number for fastest ILL delivery.

Academic Search Complete
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary database, with more than 6,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.

In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 10,000 journals.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs, CIAO publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a database of journals and primary sources that offers full-text to more than 2,300 journals.

Search and browse JSTOR citations from a mobile device.

To find out more about mobile apps, visit our Mobile Resources page.

UNdata
Portal website to United Nations statistics --- topics include: Key Global Indicators, Millennium Development Goals Indicators and Gender Statistics, as well as statistics for Agriculture, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, Human Development, Industry, Information & Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Trade and Tourism

Project MUSE
Project MUSE offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. This database is more appropriate for the advanced student or scholar, but lower level undergraduates may also find useful material.

World Bank
Free access to a comprehensive set of statistics and data about development in countries around the globe
Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources
From the Library of Congress the Global Gateway is a unified portal to the Library of Congress's digital international collections and resources. Of particular interest is Portals to the World, selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world arranged by country.

When you do your work off campus, the first time you click on any database the screen below will pop up, so stop and put in your barcode!

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