Research Guides: International Relations Research Guide: Getting Started

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This guide contains a collection of resources (books, articles, websites, etc) and helpful hints to guide your international studies research. Use it as a starting point and don't hesitate to contact the Libraries via phone, chat or email if you need additional assistance.

Background Information

International Relations Databases

PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes publications about public policy and social issues from 120 countries
Database chronicling global public policy and social issues. Indexes periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries. Coverage begins in 1915.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An collection of scholarly full-text journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. You can filter to journals in disciplines such as:
-International Relations
-Development Studies
-Peace & Conflict Studies
-Political Science
-Area Studies
-African Studies
-Asian Studies
-Latin American Studies
-Middle East Studies
-Slavic Studies
The JSTOR archive holds the complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, some dating as far back as the 1600s. Subject areas include the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

JSTOR includes various collections, and the St. Kate's Library has purchased the Arts and Sciences Collections I-VII and the Biological Sciences Collection. These collections include subsets for ecology & botany, language & literature, and music.

JSTOR's agreements with publishers often include a "moving wall," which means that the most recent years (typically 3-5 years) are not available.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
An all-purpose academic database that is a good starting point for many topics.
Covers 1975 to the present.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
An Internet search engine for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports.
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Our link to Google Scholar enables you to see which documents you can access through St. Kate's.

Core International Studies/Political Science Journals

International Political Science Review
International Organization
International Political Science Abstracts
Annual Review of Political Science
International Security
Human Rights Quarterly
American Diplomacy
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Peace Research
World Politics
International Studies Quarterly

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