Research Guides: FGSM 310: Political Engagement and Advocacy: Core Databases

Core Databases

Be sure to keep track of the database/s you use and the search strategies.

Everyone should use the Academic Search Ultimate database (an Ebsco database) and depending on your topic focus, add additional databases. To add additional databases, once in Academic Search Ultimate, click on - choose databases to add the rest. See the tab - Searching Multiple Databases
Business:
Business Source Complete
EconLit
Regional Business News

Education:
Education Source

Family:
Family & Society Studies Worldwide
Family Studies Abstracts

Health
Health Source - Consumer Edition
Health Source - Nursing/Academic Edition
MEDLINE

LGBTQ
LGBTQ Source+

Criminology
Criminal Justice Abstracts

Political
International Political Science Abstracts

Psychology / Social
PsycINFO
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
SocINDEX with Full Text
Urban Studies Abstracts

Women:
Women Studies International

eBooks
Ebsco eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection
Ebsco eBook Collection

There are additional databases from Proquest. Once in one, click on - Change Databases - and add the other. See the tab - Searching Multiple databases.
PAIS
Ethnic Newswatch
GenderWatch
Proquest EBook Central

Academic Search Ultimate
Multi-disciplinary database providing information for nearly every area of academic study. Includes an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, as well as additional journals, magazines, newspapers and books. Multidisciplinary subjects including: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies. 1965- present.
PAIS Index
From 1915 - Covers the world's public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. Includes the policy oriented literature such as economics, finance, law, education, the military, political science, public administration, international law and relations, the environment, demography, public health and science and technology.

Too many results?
Limit by Source Type: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals, Academic Journals, Trade Publications...
Limit by Date

Change search field from Select a Field to AB Abstract or SU Subject

Ebsco Limits

Ebsco Change Search Field to Abstract

Try the search in a variety of ways.

Start with Anywhere, change to either Abstract - AB or Anywhere except full text - NOFT
Limit date / document type

PAIS Change search field from Anywhere to Anywhere except full text

Google
limit by document type:
site:.gov = documents produced/authored by the government at all levels (federal,state,local) and government-sponsored research
site:.org = organizations / associations / think tanks
site:.edu = documents produced/ authored/ sponsored by educational entities

"abortion bans" site:gov
"Black Lives Matter" site:gov
fracking Pennsylvania site:gov

"Black Lives Matter" site:org
fracking advocacy site:org

Use quotes and truncation