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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
Getting started
This guide will help you find key information and resources for your study and research in the field of political science.
Referencing styles
Referencing is acknowledging other's work or ideas that you have used in your assignment. The School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) uses UQ Harvard for author-date referencing style and Chicago 17th for footnote referencing style. Each of these styles has a UQ Library guide with details on how to reference different types of documents. POLSIS' School based Essay guide provides more information on the topic referencing as well as links to these 2 styles and it is required reading.