Research Guides: Political Science 280, Dr. Calasanti: Home

Finding Scholarly Articles & Books

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Focus on the research literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy. 1975-present.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Focused on public policy research and issues. Includes international journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, and publications of international agencies. Does not include newspapers. Coverage: 1915-present.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
An index of scholarly articles and books. Look for the Find@UNM link to access the full-text articles in University Libraries subscription databases. For books check the library catalog.
Google Scholar will link to some--not all--of the online resources to which the University Libraries subscribes. Use the "Check full text @ UNM" link to see if the resource is available through a UNM subscription. It may also be helpful to look up the journal or citation through UNM eJournals tool.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Articles on sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Includes Social Services Abstracts database which focuses on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage: 1952-present.
America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
U.S. and Canadian history and culture which includes scholarly journal articles, magazine articles, reference sources, and other documents and multimedia. Coverage: prehistoric times to the present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive archive of multidisciplinary scholarly journals and books. Coverage: 1800s to 3-5 years ago; Includes ARTstor - images across the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences with tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching. Coverage: ancient times to today.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Good general multidisciplinary database with academic journal articles, popular magazine articles, and newspaper articles.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
Former Name: Bibliography of Native North Americans. This resource covers all aspects of Native North American culture, history, and life. It covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy.
Includes citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. A research tool for anthropologists, educators, historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal and medical researchers, linguists, theologians, ethnobotanists, and policy makers.
Coverage dates: 16th century-present.

Don't forget to search the LIBRARY CATALOG (the search box in the middle of the library's home page) to help you find books, videos, articles related to your topic.

Finding Grey Literature

Grey literature includes things such as reports, white papers, policy documents -- things not published in traditional academic sources like books and journal articles. These are often written by staff members/experts at NGOs, government agencies, think tanks, etc. and can provide valuable information.

You can find grey literature in a number of places including:

On an organization's website (e.g. the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has many reports, documents and data sets available on its website).

PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
A public policy database that searches both journal articles AND grey literature like government and NGO reports, etc.
ELDIS (international development) This link opens in a new window
For international issues this is a great place to search for NGO, IGO and government information related to developing countries. You can search by key development thems or country/region.

Think Tank Search (Harvard Library)
Harvard Library created a custom Google Search that will let you search the documents of over 700 think tanks. Note that think tanks can often be very partisan -- so pay attention to the source and its biases.