Databases
With databases you can access articles and scientific publication, as well as search for subject and content type.
When using the databases, you can typically refine and specialize your searches with advanced search techniques. This way, you can retrieve material that is relevant to the subject area you are investigating.
Favourite databases within political science
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IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Database in social science that contains references to the scientific literature in social sciences, humanities and law.
Read more about IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Other databases within political science
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Dimensions
Dimensions is a bibliometric database used to explore and analyze scientific research and citations. To access it, users need to create their own personal account.
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Documents and laws
Find documents and information that enable you to follow the passage of parliamentary business (matters) from the proposal to the decision-making stage. Most of these documents are only available in Swedish
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JSTOR
Older volumes of full text journals in various disciplines. A small number of e-books are also available in full text.
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OpenAlex
OpenAlex is an open bibliometric database for exploring and analyzing scientific research and citations.
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Oxford Handbooks Online Political Science
An e-book collection offering thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship in Political Science.
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PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
Find references to articles, books, government documents, research reports, conference papers and more, in the fields of public policy and international relations.
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Politics Collection
Joint search in PAIS, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Political Science Database and Policy File Index.
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Scopus
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database with comprehensive coverage of scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature.
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Social Science Premium Collection
This collection provides access to databases covering international literature in social sciences, including politics, public policy, sociology, social work, criminology, linguistics, informatics, and education.
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Web of Science
A comprehensive reference and citation database that brings together content from several leading international indexes. All publication channels included in Web of Science undergo thorough quality review.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
International political science and international relations. Contains abstracts of journal articles, books, dissertations and working papers.