History and Political Science Research Guide: Articles and Databases

Ryan Library databases(opens in a new tab) are subscriptions provided to the PLNU community for online access to journal and magazine articles and/or citations. 

Recommended databases for History and Political Science students include:

• Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials(opens in a new tab) - Online collection of major religion and theology journals. 
• Academic Search Premier(opens in a new tab) - Multi-disciplinary database
• CIAO(opens in a new tab) - A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs
• Cambridge Histories Online(opens in a new tab) - Full-text version of over 250 volumes from Cambridge University Press

• Films on Demand(opens in a new tab) - This video database provides 24/7 access to 21,000+ complete videos and 240,000+ video segments on a variety of topics. Videos can be embedded into e-class and include public performance rights.

• Historical Statistics of the United States(opens in a new tab) - Statistics from the late 1700s to the present
• Humanities Full Text(opens in a new tab) - Comprehensive humanities resource, with much full-text content
• JSTOR(opens in a new tab) - With Journal STORage you access full-text articles in the disciplines of History and Political Science
• Nexus Uni(opens in a new tab) - Multi-disciplinary database, with much full-text content
• Oxford Reference Online(opens in a new tab) - Full-text dictionaries, language references, and reference works
• Social Sciences Full Text(opens in a new tab) - Standard resource, with full text content of over 200 journals.
• Women and Social Movements(opens in a new tab) - Resource for USA women's history.

• Articles generally take 2-3 business days to receive; they are delivered digitally.
  • Before requesting, check to see(opens in a new tab) if articles from the journal are available in one of our databases. 
• Ebooks are rarely available via InterLibrary Loan. 
  • Ebook chapters may be more readily obtained than an entire book. Specify chapters/page numbers when possible.
• Books take a minimum of 7-10 business days to receive.
  • Loan periods and renewal availability vary by lending library; overdue charges will apply.
• Please note that processing may be delayed during PLNU breaks and holidays.

This video demonstrates how to find ebooks and journal articles through library databases. For the best quality, open the video in YouTube. The first half of the video covers InterLibrary Loan and limiting your search to ebooks in the Library's catalog, WorldCat. The second half of the video starting at about 4 minutes and 30 seconds covers how to find journal articles using the Articles search and the JSTOR databases.

If you have any questions, please email librarian Robin Lang.

Use Google Scholar(opens in a new tab) to access citations to and some full-text of academic articles. Use Interlibrary Loan (opens in a new tab)to request the full article, if needed. NOTE: You will have access to many more full-text articles when searching Google Scholar while on campus at PLNU. When off campus, you will have access to fewer full-text articles.