Walker Library: Political Science: Journal &amp; Magazine Articles

Multidisciplinary Library Databases

The JEWL search option allows you to search through hundreds of specialized and general interest databases. If the results list is too overwhelming, then start with the smaller Academic Search Ultimate database.

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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Fulltext multidisciplinary database of academic journals, magazines, periodicals and other reports, 19th century to present.
Academic Search Ultimate is an excellent source of scholarly journals in all academic disciplines. More than 13,600 journals are indexed and full text is provided for more than 9,000. Searchable cited references are provided for selected titles
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Complete full text (page images) for back issues of various leading scholarly journals.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google's scholarly article search with full text links back to MTSU subscription resources.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and citations from peer-reviewed literature and conference proceedings in Life Sciences, Medicine, Physical Sciences, Technology, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities.
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Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Select "Journals A-Z", then select "Political Science"-- The Annual Review of Political Science covers the year's most significant developments.
Annual Reviews is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide the worldwide scientific community with a useful and intelligent synthesis of the primary research literature for a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines.

Annual Reviews publications are among the most highly cited
in scientific literature as indexed by the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports® (JCR).

Specialized Subject Databases

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Local, regional, national and international business news coverage of corporations, privately held companies, local start-ups, executive profiles, marketing, finance, and industry news. Coverage from 1985-present.
Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window
EconLit with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Education Full Text This link opens in a new window
Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
Title List
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Health and Wellness (Gale) This link opens in a new window
MEDLINE with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Philosopher's Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Major research areas:
Aesthetics
Axiology
Epistemology
Ethics
Logic
Metaphilosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophical Anthropology
Philosophy of Education
Philosophy of History
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Science
Political Philosophy
Social Philosophy
PsycINFO (from APA) This link opens in a new window
Public Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Social Work Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window