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Political Science Complete
Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international journal literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Reference books and conference papers are also available.
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ABI/Inform
Find articles from major business publications and trade journals about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and competitive landscape worldwide.
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection
Aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences 1962 - present. Contains abstracts of Jane's Defense Weekly, 1996-present
Aerospace Research Central (ARC)
Full text of all technical papers & articles from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics journals, and selected eBooks. 1963 - present .
Agricultural and Environmental Science Database
Journal & conference articles, reports, books & government publications with comprehensive coverage of environmental & pollution issues.
America: History and Life
US & Canadian history, prehistory-present. Indexes articles, book reviews, essay collections, dissertations, media.
Annual Review of Political Science
Annual edited volume that covers significant developments in the field of political science including political theory and philosophy, international relations, political economy, political behavior, American and comparative politics, public administration and policy, and methodology. Covers 1998-present.
China Research Gateway
Indexing and full text content of articles in scholarly Chinese-language journals in political science, military affairs, and law. 1994 to present
Dspace@MIT
MIT authored papers and theses
Historical Abstracts
Resource covering world history (excluding US and Canada), 1450 to present. Indexes and abstracts articles, books, essay collections, dissertations, and media.
JSTOR Scholarly Archive
A collection of scholarly journals in many fields. Includes deep historical coverage but current years are excluded.
Military Balance
The Military Balance is the International Institute for Strategic Studies annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries worldwide.
Oxford Handbooks Online: Political Science
Authoritative reviews of political science research. Introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship in political science. 2009 - present.
Proquest Dissertations and Theses
Indexing and abstracting of non-MIT dissertations and theses 1861 - present. Full text for most dissertations 1997-present and selective full-text for earlier dissertations. Comprehensive coverage of North American universities and selective coverage worldwide.
SSRN (Social Science Research Network)
SSRN is an open-access online preprint community. MIT Political Science working papers are deposited in SSRN
Web of Science / Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
Top tier journal articles in science, social science, engineering, art & humanities research journals,

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