Library Guides: Political science: Key resources

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.
Scopus
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature, book reviews and conference proceedings.
Web of Science
A collection of citation databases and citation analysis tools covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

Dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

Consult introductory material or general reference works for a broad overview of your issue or topic, and to identify key concepts, theories and researchers in the field. Introductory material may include :

subject or discipline specific dictionaries and encyclopedias
handbooks
companions
introductions
guides
histories

Find introductory material by combining a topic keyword with one of the material type descriptors above, e.g. Political ideologies handbook.

These are some examples of introductory material available for this subject in the Library. The list is not extensive, and you should perform your own search to see what else is available in our collections.