Research Guides: International Studies: Article Databases

Academic Journal Articles

Below are some suggested library databases related to different disciplines. There are many more! Contact me for more ideas, or browse other databases from library homepage's Databases section -- click on the dropdown box labeled SUBJECTS.

Interdisciplinary

Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of citations and abstracts for scholarly journal articles, proceedings, data sets, and other resources. Has a tool for citation analysis. Includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, among others. biology, biology, biology, biology biology, biology
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive archive of multidisciplinary scholarly journals and books. Coverage: 1800s to 3-5 years ago.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary resource contains access to scholarly journals, book reviews, magazine articles, newspaper articles, books, videos, and trade publications in English and a wide variety of other languages. This resource is a great place to start research. Coverage: 1887-present

History

Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
World history including military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Indexing of scholarly journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. Coverage: 1450-present.

Political Science

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.

Sociology

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.

Psychology

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The best resource for psychology related topics in journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and reports. Published by the American Psychological Association (APA). 1887-present.

Economics

EconLit This link opens in a new window
The key resource for economic literature from scholarly journals, working papers, dissertations, etc. Research covers all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, etc. From the American Economic Association (AEA). Coverage: 1888-present.

Religion

ATLA Religion This link opens in a new window
Includes scholarly journals, books, essays, reviews, and multimedia in the field of religion. Coverage: 1754-present.

Business

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles on business, management, marketing, and organizations from scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications. Also, includes current company, industry, and country reports from third parties. Coverage 1820-present.

Art

Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
Access to international arts journals, including reproductions of artworks. Includes architecture, design, museology, and photography. Coverage: 1977-present.
Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Indexes international arts publications, including reproductions of artworks. Includes architecture, design, museology, and photography. Coverage: 1929 to 1984

Music

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
A guide to publications on music from all over the world including articles, books, conference proceedings, electronic resources, reviews, and more. Coverage: 1967-present
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
A guide to international music periodicals. Coverage: 1874-present

Education

ERIC (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) includes scholarly articles, reports, curriculum and teaching guides and conference papers covering multiple levels of education from preK to higher education. It is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the United States Department of Education. Provides a more robust search interface of the freely available ERIC database. Coverage: 1966-present.
Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles from scholarly journals and magazines covering all levels of education from early childhood to higher education on subjects including curriculum, administration, policy, multilingual education, health education and testing.

Anthropology

GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and popular publications on gender and the evolution of gender roles.
HRAF (Human Relations Area Files) World Cultures This link opens in a new window
Digitized ethnographic collections covering aspects of cultural and social life. A repository of cultural knowledge for anthropological and cross-cultural research within and across disciplines that focuses on in-depth descriptive documents that have been subject-indexed.
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
Combines two major indexes: Harvard University's Anthropological Literature and the United Kingdom's Anthropological Index. Citations to journal articles, reports, commentaries, obituaries, and more. Includes the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and related interdisciplinary studies. Coverage: 19th century-present.

Environment/Ecology/Earth/Agriculture

Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles on topics related to the environment, agriculture, renewable energy, pollution, waste management and more.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
Scholarly research literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Includes peer-reviewed journals, proceedings, reports, and more. Coverage: 1935-present.
AGRICOLA now called USDA National Agricultural Library This link opens in a new window
International articles are included even though this is an open access catalog from US National Agricultural Library (NAL), that searches all content in the NAL library: peer-reviewed journals, books, theses, technical reports, patents, software, and audiovisual materials. Subject coverage includes all core topics of the agricultural sciences: plant sciences, animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, forestry, aquaculture, environmental sciences, natural resources, sustainable agriculture, agricultural economics and policy, nutrition, and related research.
GeoScienceWorld This link opens in a new window
Publications in the geosciences, including from a variety of US and international professional societies including the Geological, Mineralogical, and Seismological, and Soil Science Societies of America. Includes a map-based advanced search interface. Coverage: 1763-present.

Health/Biomedicine

PubMed This link opens in a new window
The premier resource for finding research literature in medicine, nursing, and related fields. Includes extensive peer-reviewed journal content as well as books, conference publications, and datasets. Use the embedded MeSH controlled vocabulary for targeted searching.
Off campus must use the UNM Find Article icon to gain access to UNM subscriptions, and requires NetID and password.

Communication

Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, magazines, and books covering the fields of communication, mass media, linguistics, and related fields. Coverage: 1900-present.

Language & Linguistics

LLBA - Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Find research in linguistics, language, and the pathology of speech and hearing in journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and reviews of books and other media. Includes articles in 30 languages. 4 concurrent users. Coverage: 1973-present.

Public Policy, Gov & NGO Information

These databases may include academic journal articles as well as government and NGO reports (often called "gray literature").

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..
ELDIS (international development) This link opens in a new window
Find global development research for policy and practice including policy documents, reports, grey literature from governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Organized by key themes (nutrition, environment, children, education, health, etc.) and country/region.

Regional focus

PRISMA Database with HAPI Index This link opens in a new window
Spanish and Portuguese-language portal for scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities on Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. Coverage: 1960-present.
SciELO Citation Index (via Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Searchable collection of open access scientific peer-reviewed journals and books from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, and South Africa. Subjects include life sciences, earth sciences, medicine, engineering, agriculture, social sciences, and more. Contains English, Spanish, and Portuguese language content. Part of Web of Science.

Africa Bibliography (IAI)
Guide to works in African studies published under the auspices of the International African Institute annually. Coverage: 1984-present

Finding Literature Reviews on a topic

Literature reviews can be found in almost all databases -- some databases even have a limit you can use to search only for them. Also, searching the ANNUAL REVIEWS database below is an excellent place to search. ANNUAL REVIEWS is a publisher that only publishes invited literature reviews by top scholars.

Annual Reviews Electronic Journal & Archives This link opens in a new window
Search full-text of all Annual Reviews titles which publish state-of-the-field reviews on important topics. Publishes heavily in the sciences and social sciences. Great place to find the key articles on a topic. Each review usually cites over 100 articles.
Available to UNM NetID holders only.