LibGuides: International Relations: Journal Articles

OneSearch

OneSearch is the easiest way to find articles on a particular topic. It brings together results containing books, articles, and other library resources in one powerful search. To limit your search to scholarly articles, click on Peer-Reviewed Journals in the Availability facet on the left side. Use other facets to narrow your results by date, resource type, subject, etc.

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Databases

Databases index journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and other materials. These databases are the most relevant for International Relations:

Political Science Complete (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window
Political Science Complete is an exceptional resource that covers the full text for more than 520 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles (including top-ranked scholarly journals. More than 340 full-text reference books and monographs, and a subject-specific thesaurus with over 17,000 terms.
Political Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
This database gives users access to hundreds of leading political science and international relations journals, providing full-text of many core titles indexed in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Social Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Index and full text databases on the social sciences, including politics, sociology, education and criminal justice. This collection provides access to databases covering the international literature in the social sciences, including politics, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology and education. Featured databases include IBSS, PAIS and Sociological Abstracts. Together, they provide abstracts, indexing and full text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, working papers and more, including deep indexing and full text from over 1000 important social science journals.
War & Terrorism Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact and perception on a global scale.
Military Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
The Military Collection provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. For those researchers who need to conduct comprehensive literature reviews, this database includes specialized, editorial-controlled A&I resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature critical to the discipline.
Military and Intelligence Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Both the historian and reporter on the frontline will find useful information in this collection, composed of content from over 400 journals, which covers all aspects of the past and current state of military affairs. Key subjects covered include: socioeconomic effects of war, governmental policies, the structure of armed forces, and many more.
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
HeinOnline bridges the gap in history by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of nearly 2,600 periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of journals, the database also contains the Congressional Record bound volumes in entirety, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, constitutions for every country in the world, classic books from the 18th & 19th centuries, all United States treaties, the Federal Register and CFR from inception.

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Articles not at UWF

Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services

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Articles are delivered electronically to your ILL account, and you will notified when they are received. Most articles are received in about 24-48 hours, but it can take up to 5 days.

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