Politics and International Relations databases
ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts)
- Worldwide English language coverage of journal articles, conference papers and book reviews in the fields of applied social sciences and health.
- Provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.
British Humanities Index
- An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities and arts.
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.
British Labour Party Papers, 1906-1969
- Records compiled by the Parliamentary Labour Party 1906-1969.
- Covers the early years of the party, the Ramsay MacDonald government, the wartime coalition, the Clement Atlee administration and the first premiership of Harold Wilson.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Cambridge Journals Online
- Cambridge Journals Digital Archive contains the full text from 170 journals, from volume 1, issue 1 to 1996.
- Included in the main library search.
Daily Worker and Morning Star Digital Archive
- Daily Worker digital archive 1930-1966 and Morning Star 1997-current.
- Daily newspaper founded in 1930 by the Communist Party of Great Britain.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Digital National Security Archive
- The Digital National Security Archive is a database of primary declassified documents covering US foreign and military policy since 1945.
- Included in the main library search.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
- The Directory of Open Access Journals is a list of freely-available, full-text, quality-controlled, scientific and scholarly journals.
- Included in the main library search.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights
- Covers a wide range of topics, including key organisations, events, and leading figures.
- NOT included in the main library search.
EThOS
- British Library database of full-text UK Higher education research theses.
- NOT included in the main library search.
European Sources Online
- Information on the institutions and activities of the European Union, the countries, regions, and other international organisations of Europe.
Guardian and Observer (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
- Online access to The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) newspapers.
- Easily searchable first coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
- Included in the main library search.
IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
- Focuses mainly on politics, sociology, economics and anthropology and is one of the world's largest social-science databases.
JSTOR
- UWE Bristol subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences Collections I,II,III,V,VII, VIII and XIV.
- A scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals.
Nexis
- Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers, and worldwide newspapers and magazines.
- Includes access to the Financial Times.
- Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Overton
- A searchable index of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Oxford Handbooks Online - Political Science
- This is a collection of over 100 eBooks representing all of Political Science's principal subfields.
- Included in the main library search.
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
- Chronicles the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics.
- NOT included in the main library search.
SAGE Research Methods
- A web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects.
- SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
- Included in the main library search.
Scopus
- The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
- Fields of research include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
- Included in the main library search.
UK Parliamentary Papers
- Includes over 200,000 House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to 2005, with supplementary material back to 1688.
- UKPP delivers page images and searchable full text for each paper, along with detailed indexing.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.
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