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Article Indexes and Databases

International Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Includes current indexing and abstracts of the world's leading journals in political science.
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Political Science Complete is a full-text research database covering political topics with a worldwide focus, including international relations, political theory and comparative politics. With hundreds of full-text journals, reference books and thousands of conference papers, it is a useful resource for political science researchers and government institutions.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and cited references for articles in the social sciences.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, paper series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Features more than 15,000 news, business, and legal sources - including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.

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Hein Online - Core U.S. Journal Collection This link opens in a new window
An image-based collection of hundreds of legal periodicals published at U.S. law schools.
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Full Text (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Provides coverage of the most important English-language legal information, including scholarly articles, symposia, jurisdictional surveys, court decisions, legislation, books, book reviews and more.
Legal Collection This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts and full text of articles on law and legal topics.
HathiTrust (Public Domain & Copyright Works) This link opens in a new window
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HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions offering millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Users with a CWRU network ID can search full text, view complete books online, and download public domain materials as PDFs. Click on the yellow LOGIN button and choose Case Western Reserve University from the drop-down list.

Finding Copies of Articles

If the database you are using doesn't provide the full text for an article directly, remember to take these 3 steps IN SEQUENCE to search for a copy in the Case Libraries system.

IF, AND ONLY IF, these 3 steps don't provide a way to get a copy of the article, see the box below for information on our inter-library loan (ILL) service.

Click the "Full Text Finder" icon

This Icon will appear in the record in the database you are using when direct access to the full text is not available. Click it to see if our system can automatically locate access to the article through one of our resources.

CWRU eJournal Portal This link opens in a new window
The CWRU eJournal Portal is a research tool that allows you to conveniently access the vast array of journals, periodicals, and magazines the CWRU libraries have licensed.
CWRU Online Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
If there isn't an e-copy of the article available, run a TITLE search with the the JOURNAL NAME in the KSL catalog to see if one of our campus libraries has a print copy of the article.

ILLiad - Interlibrary Loan Service at KSL

If you've determined that the full text of an article isn't available electronically or in print from the Case Libraries, you can request a copy through our interlibrary loan service.

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