International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA), produced since 1951 by the International Political Science Association, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. The abstracts summarize the source articles.
An index to the literature covering public policy, social policy, international relations and the social sciences in general. Has an archive going back to 1915.
With coverage from 1991 to the present, CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) is a very useful resource for theory and research in international affairs. In addition to journals and policy briefs, CIAO provides access to conference proceedings, working papers and, Non-Governmental Organization papers.
The Canadian Public Policy Collection is an important collection of "publications from public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups."
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Journals
There are many journals that are available online. Physical copies of some journals are also available in the library in the periodicals section on the first floor. Click on a link below to view the journal. If you are off-campus, you will have to log in for off-campus access.
Below are some possible subject terms to use in your subject or keyword search in the library catalogue or databases. This is not an exhaustive list, but will help to get you started.
