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Key databases
Use these key databases to find journal articles:
- Australian public affairs full text (APAFT)Includes journal articles from published material on the social sciences and humanities.
- ScopusA multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature, book reviews and conference proceedings.
- Web of ScienceA collection of citation databases and citation analysis tools covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.
Dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
These general reference works provide a broad overview of your issue or topic.
Find introductory material using Library Search by combining a topic keyword with one of the materials type descriptors above, e.g. Political ideologies handbook.
Some good books to start with:
Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought (set) by Publication Date: 2013
The Encyclopedia of Political Thought by Publication Date: 2015
The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies by Publication Date: 2013
Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021 by Publication Date: 2021
Political Ideologies by Publication Date: 2017
Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal by Publication Date: 2017
The Bloomsbury companion to political philosophy by Publication Date: 2015
Sage Handbook of Political SciencePublication Date: 2020
