Library Guides: International Relations: Articles

Article Databases

The top 3 databases can be searched simultaneously. This can be useful if you are working in an interdisciplinary area.

Start in PAIS International.

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PAIS International This link opens in a new window
A core international relations database.
Provides selective subject and bibliographic access to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Core database for journal literature in sociology.
Provides access to research in sociology and related disciplines. Includes citations since 1963 (and abstracts since 1974) for articles in over 1,500 journals.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Core database for journal literature in poli sci.
Covers the political science discipline and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Complements Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Provides full text for over 400 publications, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals, US and foreign. The database also features more than 165 full-text reference books and monographs, and over 27,000 full text conference papers.
EconLit with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Good source of empirical studies and theoretical literature on economics and finance.
EconLit indexes articles from economics journals, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers. It is a very good source for empirical studies on economics and finance.
Use the FindIt links to locate full text of articles that are not included in the database.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Core journal article database for history.
Historical Abstracts is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.

(Description taken from EBSCO website.)
Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
References western-language periodical articles, monographs, chapters in edited volumes, conference proceedings, and anthologies on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present.
HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index This link opens in a new window
Latin American studies journal article database.
Indexes worldwide informationfrom analyses of political, economic, and social issues to Latin American arts and letterson Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border, and Hispanics in the United States.

Think Tanks, Govt Info, etc.

Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Includes documents on policy, strategy, and management from federal, state, and local governments, international institutions, and non-profit and private institutions.
Coverage from wide range of sources, including NGOs, IGOs, government agencies, and Congress. Very wide coverage for both domestic and foreign policy issues.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. 1991-present.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It 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.