Guides: Public Policy Research Sources (SPP): Finding Articles

Databases for Public Policy Articles

EconLit
EconLit contains abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, books, working papers, etc. in the field of economics, published from 1969 to the present.
Academic Search Complete
Provides full text coverage of over 2,050 journals, including nearly 1,500 peer-reviewed titles in the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more. Full-text coverage back to 1985.

International Political Science Abstracts
A bibliographic database produced since 1951 by the International Political Science Association that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. The abstracts summarize the source articles. Coverage is from 1989 to the present.

JSTOR
Provides full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and science.
Project MUSE
Full-text access to over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics published by Johns Hopkins University
America: History and Life
Access to scholarly journals, dissertations and book and media reviews about U.S. and Canadian history and culture. Coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Database in HeinOnline
HeinOnline now includes the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) database of publications searchable by policy area.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Scopus
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Hein Online
Extensive collection of most major legal journals with digitized images of the original pages. The best source for an electronic copy of law review articles published prior to 1980. In addition, Hein Online includes a wealth of historical and contemporary information regarding legal restatements, legislative materials, presidential materials, government agency information and legal treatises. Foreign and International materials, such as World Constitutions Illustrated, treaties, UN documents and English Reports are also included in Hein Online.

Lexis Nexis
Please note Pepperdine subscribes to NexisUni, the academic version of LexisNexis.
Features news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis®—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. For help on how to use Nexis Uni, visit the research guide.

Proquest Congressional
Provides access to legislative and regulatory information from the United States government, including hearing transcripts, committee reports, bills, the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. Code, and public law. The Hot Bills & Hot Topics feature locates information on the leading legislative and political issues of the day.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Materials related to international affairs, starting from 1991, including working papers from universities and NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
NBER Working Papers
Pre-print (not yet peer-reviewed) research from the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private non-profit engaged in quantitative analysis of the American economy.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Specialized research networks in the social sciences, covering accounting, economics, financial economics, legal scholarship, marketing and management.

OECD working papers
A list of working papers series by topic of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The World Bank eLibrary: Policy Research working papers
Provides the comprehensive and fully searchable collection of the World Bank's books and policy research working papers.

These are just a few of the journals that the Pepperdine Library has access to.