JSTOR

 

JSTOR is a full-text database containing the complete runs of 117 core scholarly journals in fifteen different disciplines: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics.  This is an excellent resource to use to find articles of high quality.

 

1.     Go to the North Park Library’s homepage at http://www.northpark.edu/library.

2.     Click on “Databases/Articles.”

3.     Choose “Databases A-Z” or “Databases by Subject.”

4.     Click on “JSTOR.”  

5.     Click on “Search.”    (If you select “Browse” you can select a particular journal and look at a particular issue or year of that title, just like browsing through the actual journal.)

6.     Click on “Advanced Search” for a more focused search.  You can narrow your search by:

·        Author

·        Title of article

·        Title of journal

·        Date of publication

·        Type of publication: article, review, opinion piece

·        Discipline of journal (you can limit your search to only political science journals)

7.     Click on the title of the article to read it.  To print or save the whole article, click on “Print” or “Download.”  You cannot cut and paste from it.  Articles may take some time to download.

 

 

The following 9 Political Science journals are available full text from their first published issue (current 3 – 5 years not available):

          American Journal of International Law

American Journal of Political Science (formerly Midwest Journal of Political Science)

          American Political Science Review

          International Organization

          Journal of Politics

          Political Science Quarterly

          Proceedings of the American Political Science Assoc.

          Public Opinion Quarterly

          World Politics