Politics and International Relations databases

ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts)

  • Worldwide English language coverage of journal articles, conference papers and book reviews in the fields of applied social sciences and health.
  • Provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.

British Humanities Index

  • An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities and arts.
  • This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.

British Labour Party Papers, 1906-1969

  • Records compiled by the Parliamentary Labour Party 1906-1969.
  • Covers the early years of the party, the Ramsay MacDonald government, the wartime coalition, the Clement Atlee administration and the first premiership of Harold Wilson.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Cambridge Journals Online

  • Cambridge Journals Digital Archive contains the full text from 170 journals, from volume 1, issue 1 to 1996.
  • Included in the main library search.

Digital National Security Archive

  • The Digital National Security Archive is a database of primary declassified documents covering US foreign and military policy since 1945.
  • Included in the main library search.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

  • The Directory of Open Access Journals is a list of freely-available, full-text, quality-controlled, scientific and scholarly journals.
  • Included in the main library search.

Encyclopedia of Human Rights

  • Covers a wide range of topics, including key organisations, events, and leading figures.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

EThOS

  • British Library database of full-text UK Higher education research theses.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

European Sources Online

  • Information on the institutions and activities of the European Union, the countries, regions, and other international organisations of Europe.

Guardian and Observer (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

  • Online access to The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) newspapers.
  • Easily searchable first coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
  • Included in the main library search.

IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)

  • Focuses mainly on politics, sociology, economics and anthropology and is one of the world's largest social-science databases.

JSTOR

  • UWE Bristol subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences Collections I,II,III,V,VII, VIII and XIV.
  • A scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals.

Nexis

  • Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers, and worldwide newspapers and magazines.
  • Includes access to the Financial Times.
  • Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Oxford Handbooks Online - Political Science

  • This is a collection of over 100 eBooks representing all of Political Science's principal subfields.
  • Included in the main library search.

PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)

  • Chronicles the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

SAGE Research Methods

  • A web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects.
  • SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
  • Included in the main library search.

Scopus

  • The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
  • Fields of research include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
  • Included in the main library search.

UK Parliamentary Papers

  • Includes over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to 2005, with supplementary material back to 1688.
  • UKPP delivers page images and searchable full text for each paper, along with detailed indexing.
  • NOT included in the main library search.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

  • Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
  • This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.

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