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Finding Articles
in Political Science & International Relations
Journals and Magazines
- The tools or keys to locating
articles in periodicals (journals, magazines,
newspapers) are periodical indexes or
databases.
- For information about locating articles from scholarly journals, see What is a Scholarly Journal?
- To help you with your research, the library subscribes to a number
of databases that help you locate articles on a specific topic in
journals and magazines.
- These databases are produced by commercial vendors, so their
coverage (the journals and other sources indexed or included) does not
correspond to any particular library's holdings.
- These databases save you time, because others have indexed and
abstracted hundreds of journal articles and assigned them subject
headings or descriptors, so you don't have to browse through hundreds of
journals to find an article on your topic.
- In the Blume Library, print format periodical indexes are located on
the Main (2nd) Floor Index Tables behind the Reference Desk. Many of our
indexes are also available electronically.
Electronic Subscription Periodical Indexes (Databases)
- +Academic
Search Premier indexes nearly 4,000
scholarly journals, as well as news and opinion magazines. Over 3,400
of the periodicals indexed include full-text or full-image. The
database covers a broad range of topics, and reviews of books,
concerts, films, and theater. Selected full-text articles from
journals are included. This database is made available through the TexShare
program.
- +Columbia
International Affairs Online (CIAO)
contains abstracts and selected full-text from 54
journals, working papers and conference proceedings from more than 100
research institutes and centers pertaining to international relations.
Also contains policy briefs, economic indicators and other resources
of interest to the international community.
- +LEXIS-NEXIS
Academic is a full-text online service
containing hundreds of text files that cover topics in business,
medicine, law, and many other subjects. Information includes the
full-text of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, news wire reports,
financial reports, directory information, legal cases, and legal
analyses. Note: This is generally not the place to
look for scholarly journals, unless you are looking for law reviews,
accounting or medical journal articles.
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+Military & Government Collection
offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government,
this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals,
and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.
Provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 500 titles.
This database is made available through the TexShare program.
Because the library does not own every journal included in these indexes or databases, you will need to verify if the library has access to the specific periodical you seek.
- To verify if we have access to a journal or periodical, see
"Locating
Journals (Magazines, & Newspapers in the Blume
Library)" for information about determining availability
of a particular periodical issue. We have access to over 18,000
full-text periodical titles online, through our subscription
(aggregator) databases.
- If the results from your periodical title search indicate Blume Library Print
Holdings, click on that link, which will connect you to a record
for that periodical in our online library catalog. Check to see if
we have the issue desired. This record will also indicate whether
the issues is in paper or
microform (fiche or
film).
- Periodicals are shelved alphabetically on the library's basement (1st) floor. Print titles are located on the first floor of the library and are arranged alphabetically. There is a photocopier available on the first floor. Microfilm and microfiche are also located on the first floor and are located in film or fiche cabinets in the middle of the room. There are two copiers available for microform formats.
- If the results from your periodical title search indicate Blume Library Print
Holdings, click on that link, which will connect you to a record
for that periodical in our online library catalog. Check to see if
we have the issue desired. This record will also indicate whether
the issues is in paper or
microform (fiche or
film).
- Ask a Reference Librarian (210-436-3508) if you have any questions. If you email a librarian, be sure to identify whether you are a current St. Mary's student and be specific about your question, so we can provide helpful information; the more information you provide about your situation, the better able we are to answer your question.
- If we do not not have a journal article you want, students and faculty may order it through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Forms are available at Reference and Circulation as well as online. Be sure to allow time to receive the ordered items.
- If St. Mary's does not own a journal you need,
you may also search the CORAL Union List of
Periodicals to determine which libraries in the area
own the periodical containing the article you need. Another resource
for finding journal titles in the San Antonio area and throughout the
world is the +OCLC
FirstSearch Union List of Periodicals.
In the advanced search mode of this database, San Antonio area
holdings can be located by typing SAUL in the
"Groups" field.
- Ask a Reference Librarian (210-436-3508) if you have any questions!
Hint: Start your research early so you know if we have the articles you need!
- To verify if we have access to a journal or periodical, see
"Locating
Journals (Magazines, & Newspapers in the Blume
Library)" for information about determining availability
of a particular periodical issue. We have access to over 18,000
full-text periodical titles online, through our subscription
(aggregator) databases.
- Documenting Sources: Articles
from journals and magazines
Cite the following information as you research. You will need this information for your bibliography.
- Author(s)
- Article Title
- Journal or Periodical Title
- Volume Number
- Issue Number or Month or Date
- Year
- Page Numbers
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- Indexes with a + (plus) preceding their name are available through that link only to St. Mary's students, faculty, and staff from off-campus, because of contractual restrictions from the vendors. For more information, read Restricted Databases Instructions.
- For more information about some of the databases listed to the left, see the Louis J. Blume Library Database Descriptions page.
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