LibGuides: PS198/IR197: Political Science/International Relations Senior Honors Thesis: Scholarly Sources

Core Article Databases

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Cross-disciplinary coverage of the social sciences, focused on: anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology. Coverage back to 1951.
PAIS Index
Broad perspective on social and public policies, from historical to current. Includes PAIS Archive and PAIS International, with coverage from 1915 to present.
Political Science Database
Hundreds of leading political science, public policy, and international relations journals, from 1985.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
International political science and international relations. Journal articles, books, dissertations, and working papers, from 1975.

JSTOR
Collection of key scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences & natural sciences, starting from the first issue but not the latest 3-5 years.

Google Scholar
Search engine for scholarly literature in all disciplines. Link to fulltext articles in Tufts-licensed journals. Follow citations forward in time to see who cited an article or book since its publication.

JumboSearch
Large, but not complete, cross-search of the Tufts Catalog and many subscription article databases.

Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Articles and book reviews in the social sciences. Part of Web of Science. Follow citations forward in time to see who cited a source since its publication.
Dissertations & Theses Global
This database is a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997.