This guide links to database and website recommendations to which will help you locate scholarship for your literature reviews, including:
- Find Scholarly Articles: Scholarly articles will make up the backbone of your literature review. This page includes the best databases for political science and related subject areas research.
- Find Think Tank & Research Reports: Research produced by think tanks, research institutes and NGOs provides a unique voice in the scholarly conversation and can provide more current information, applications, and studies; however, they can be tricky to find. This page includes the best websites and databases to locate this information.
- Finding Theoretical Articles: There's no perfect place to go to locate scholarly articles with a theoretical lens. This page provides recommendations on how you can locate this type of information.
- What is a Literature Review?: A short overview of literature reviews - their purpose, what they contain and how they are organized. Need a refresher? Check out this page.
- Other Sources of Interest: This page contains a short list of other databases and resources you can use to locate additional information on your topic.
- Help with Citing: Use Zotero to keep track of the books, articles and other information you gather for your paper. This page provides information on how to download and use Zotero.
