PUBPOL 704: MIDP Master's Projects: Begin Here

This guide suggests resources--reference books, library databases, search engines and web links--to use for researching your Master's Projects. Use this table of contents or click on each tab to see each page.

Political Science Complete (EBSCO)

Indexing and abstracts for top-ranked scholarly journals, recent reference works, and professional conference papers. Covers law and legislation, comparative politics, political theory, international relations, humanitarian issues, and non-governmental organizations.

ProQuest Political Science  

Covers political science and international relations, including comparative politics, political economy, international development, and environmental policy, with full-text of many core titles indexed in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Some overlap with PS Complete; also some unique content.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

Journal articles, working papers, policy briefs, and books on international affairs

PAIS

Indexes the social sciences with emphasis on contemporary worldwide social, economic and political issues, and public policy. Covers journals, books, government publications, and directories.

See also these databases--click 'more details' and read the summary to see what each one covers:

• EconLit
• Environment Complete
• Global Health
• Global Insight
• Historical Abstracts
• ProQuest Congressional
• Stratfor
• World Bank e-library
• World Bank Data Catalog including World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance; scroll down to access individual Data Banks.

Browse Databases by Subject from Research Databases on the Libraries page; choose Social Sciences, then sub-categories.

How to use GetIt@Duke to get the full text of an article (2 minute video tutorial)

The Duke University Libraries site library.duke.edu is your portal to all our services and resources.

Search & Find to access books, e-journals, databases that index hundreds of journals each, and more.
The default search 'Books and more' is for our catalog.

Using the Libraries most useful links:

• Borrowing (use the Perkins links)
• Document Delivery
• Ask A Librarian
• Find Book Locations for all physical formats)

Our Web Site Search Use this to explore library services and departments; see the results on the right under 'Our Website.'

• Data & Visualization Services
• Request Forms
• ebooks guide

'How to' videos--brief tutorials on using library services

Prof. Mirovitskaya's document links to guidelines for writing papers, citing sources, and avoiding plagiarism.

See also
Citing Sources
Research Tools on this guide under Strategies