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- Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch is unique among our databases because it provides access to the Library catalog. To search the catalog for books, e-books, digital media, archival materials, and other local resources, select the Library Catalogs option in Scholar OneSearch. To include peer-reviewed, newspaper, and other kinds of articles in your search, select the Library Catalog and Articles option.
- Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Ultimate is a multidisciplinary database useful for searching a broad range of topics in the fields of political science, public policy, and international relations. Many full-text articles are available; click the PDF or the check for full-text link to locate them!
- EconLit (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowFrom the American Economic Association. Useful for political economy, public finance, and budgetary policy as well as materials on development and globalization. 1969 to present with links to full text.
- EIU Viewpoint and Country Reports (Economist Intelligence Unit) This link opens in a new windowContains Country Reports, Country Finance, and Country Commerce, plus special reports on current international issues. Updated continuously. Terms of service
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR archives full-text scholarly articles in a number of disciplines, including public policy and public administration, urban studies, and transportation studies. The collection now includes book chapters.
- Policy Commons This link opens in a new windowNU is now a member of Policy Commons! Use this resource to access reports and other materials from IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, government agencies, and academic research centers.
- PolicyFile This link opens in a new windowU.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature, PolicyFile is updated weekly with abstracts and links to the latest reports, papers, and documents from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles in the social sciences, including political sciences, international affairs, area and ethnic studies, economics, and public policy.
- Scite.ai This link opens in a new windowAn AI-powered research platform that analyzes and provides citation context for scientific papers, helping researchers evaluate the credibility and impact of scholarly articles. Account registration is necessary for some features.
- Social Sciences Premium Collection (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowScholarly and professional citations and abstracts with full text links in politics and public policy, sociology, social services, anthropology, criminology, linguistics, information sciences and education. Professional society databases included.
- Web of Science, Core Collection 1975-present This link opens in a new windowUse for citation tracking, finding seminal literature, data visualizations, author alerts, institutional affiliations, and impact factors. LInks to full text for Northeastern-subscribed journals.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new windowWorldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science, international relations, law, and public administration / policy. May be searched as part of the Social Sciences Premium collection.
Streaming Video Collections
Academic Video Online (AVON) offers videos of interest to a broad range of disciplines.
Watch complete videos or create playlists and clips in AVON, Kanopy, and Docuseek 2.
Kanopy provides a broad range of documentaries across the disciplines. See especially the Global Studies, and Social Sciences areas.
Docuseek provides a number of documentaries of interest to political science, including political history, political economy, and political philosophy.
Library Quick Links
- Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. To search the NU library catalogs for books, e-books, and other local resources, select the Library Catalogs option in Scholar OneSearch.
Need more help?
Please e-mail Roxanne Palmatier, library contact for International Affairs and Global Studies .