Research Guides: PADM 5003: Research and Analytic Methods: Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Start Here: Social Sciences Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index (also called Web of Science) only includes the top peer-reviewed journals in the social sciences including public administration, political science, criminal justice, non-profit research and social work.

Social Sciences Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Includes current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found within the world's leading scholarly social sciences journals covering more than 50 disciplines. Hosted on the Web of Knowledge/Web of Science Platform.

Next Steps: Subject Specific Databases

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Database This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. Great for searching in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law and industrial security.

Emergency Management

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is an abstracts database covering the following fields: chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, psychology, economics, and environmental sciences.

Organizational / Non-Profit

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides full text and abstracts to scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.This database is updated on a daily basis.

Political Science / Government

PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Public Affairs Information Service International (PAIS International) contains references to more than 540,100 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies and more. In addition to English, some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Public Administration Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Covers areas related to public administration, including public administration research, public administration theory and more. Searches top public administration journals such as Public Administration Review, Public Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Public Administration.

Social Work / Social Services

Social Services Abstracts & Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Searches both Social Services Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts at the same time.

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