Social Research and Public Policy

Social science and public policy research encompass of variety of information resources. Although academic, scholarly or peer-reviewed articles and publications are considered the most appropriate sources for university-level research and writing assignments, you might also have need of general magazine and news articles. Before using the recommended article databases to start your research, here are a few tips when choosing databases:

• Start your research in a general article database such as EBSCO Discovery or ProQuest Central.
• Use subject-specific databases such as Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA).
• If your assignment requires the use of scholarly, academic or peer-reviewed articles, try databases such as JSTOR

Subject-specific databases provide articles and resources solely within a specific discipline. This section lists the best public policy and political science databases providing coverage of scholarly literature across all major public policy and political areas and sub-disciplines.