K-Search
Kenyon's one-stop search tool, K-Search, is a great place tool to use if you have a particular author or title to search for; it's also a good place to start a general search for scholarly and peer-reviewed materials.
To the left of your results list, you'll see options for filtering your results:
- Peer-reviewed (under Availability)
- Publication Date
- Resource Type (e.g., Journal Article or Book)
- Subject area
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LibKey Nomad This link opens in a new window
LibKey Nomad browser extension gives you fast, one-click access to scholarly articles. Whether you are on publisher sites, Wikipedia, PubMed, or other websites, you will see the same logo to let you know that Kenyon College has access.
Article databases
Best bets
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowDespite being a general-purpose database, Academic Search Complete is one of the best resources for finding articles relevant to PSCI research.
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CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Resource for theory and research in international affairs from 1991 onward. It includes working papers from research institutes, papers series from NGOs, foundation funded research projects, conference proceedings, policy briefs, case studies, and journals
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CQ Press Library This link opens in a new window
Resources on American government, current affairs, history, politics, public policy, and data analysis for the social sciences.
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International Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations for articles in all fields of political science 1951-present.
Related databases
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Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in communication and mass media and also includes film, television, and advertising.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Journal articles covering all aspects of criminology and criminal justice.
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Empire Online This link opens in a new window
Primary source collection spanning five centuries, charting the story of the rise and fall of 'Empires'. Scholarly essays, maps, photographs, and an interactive chronology are included.
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Social Sciences Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations for articles covering the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
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Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Citation search for publications in the social sciences with citation analysis tools.
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SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Articles, conference proceedings, and other publications in sociology, from 1908-present
General-purpose databases
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni features news, business, government, and legal sources from LexisNexis, dating back to 1790. Importantly, it also contains publications, reports, and legislation from US government entities at the state and federal levels.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Academic journal articles and books: primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Each journal has a “moving wall” for article access (time lag between the most current issue and the content at JSTOR)
Some key journals for PSCI
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