University of Canberra : Library : Government: Journal Article & Other Databases

These databases will help you find:

Journal articles

Journal and newspaper articles contain current and specific information, e.g. reports on recent research. Most academic journals are peer-reviewed.

Search these databases for journal and newspaper articles. Databases may provide fulltext articles; abstracts of articles or citation details only.

Informit - Use APAFT (Australian Public Affairs Full text) Informit e-library
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Political Science SAGE Full text Collection (Political science, US government & politics, peace / conflict studies, international relations)
Sociological Abstracts (via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Academic Search Premier (via EBSCOhost) Mostly fulltext
Business Source Premier (via EBSCOhost) Mostly fulltext. Search for Country reports in the enhanced Business Searching interface
FirstSearch (Indexes. Coverage includes economic and social change, global public policy, women's issues, , conference papers and proceedings)
Oxford scholarship online (Collection of full-text books in the Political Sciences published by Oxford University Press)
Project Muse Fulltext (Humanities, arts, and social sciences journals)
Web of Knowledge
factiva Australian and overseas newspaper articles and business information. Mostly fulltext
UCanSearch Quick search across mutiple databases
- Log in to UCanSearch
- Select Search Type: Faculty
- Select Faculty: Business & Government
- Subject: Government

Country reports, Statistics, Research reports

Australian Bureau of Statistics (Current statistical data and publications from ABS)
EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) Country reports with political & economic analysis for Asia & Australasia region, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K, Canada and the US. Fulltext
SourceOECD (the OECD online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals, Statistics, Working Papers) Search within collections, or use Advanced Search function
TVNews (Australian television news, current affairs)

Multidisciplinary Databases Some of these databases provide the full text of the article while others give abstracts along with citation details for tracing the article

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