Global Studies Thesis

Searches peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Includes a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.

Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new window

Alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. The index is international and interdisciplinary, spanning the social sciences and humanities, with its central focus on the practice and theory of socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, gays/lesbians, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism. Link searches both Alternative Press Index (1991-present) and Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990).

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window

A multidisciplinary database that indexes over 10,000 publications, with the complete text of over 5,500 periodicals, including a mix of peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and newspapers.

Think Tank / Advocacy Group Position Papers and Analysis

Usually not peer-reviewed but in many cases, written by experts. Sources included in the following databases may be advocating for a specific position on an issue or offer neutral analysis.

Policy Commons This link opens in a new window

Policy Commons is a one-stop community platform for research and grey literature from the policy experts, nonpartisan think tanks, IGOs, and NGOs. It covers many disciplines—agriculture, energy, pharmaceuticals, diversity, crime, history, area studies, economics, sociology, political science, health, climate, diversity, sustainable development, and more.

PAIS Index This link opens in a new window

International coverage of articles, books, conference proceedings, and government documents on social and political policy, political science, public administration, current affairs, and related topics from 1972 to the present. Includes PAIS Archive, which covers 1915 to 1976.

A one-stop information service in the fields of international relations and security. Among the services offered are: an annotated links library, a limited area search tool (ISN LASE), and a selection of resources on current world affairs.