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POLI 127: Politics of Development (Winter 2024): Articles

Scholarly articles are written by academics who are experts in their field and published in scholarly journals. Peer-reviewed articles are scholarly articles that have been read and vetted by other experts in the field (e.g., the author's peers) before the journal accepts them for publication.

Find citations to scholarly articles in Political Science and other Social Sciences searching by keyword in the following databases. 

Search tip: Use the yellow Get it at UC button to link to the online full text (if available), find the print version of the publication (by searching the UC Library Search) or order a copy from another library (when not available from the UC San Diego Library).

News sources can be particularly useful as primary sources that describe events as they unfold. They may cover sitautions or events that are newer or more specific than than one might find in scholarly articles. The Library subscribe to a number of online sources for international news.

Google Scholar

Bonus search tip: Google Scholar is a useful tool because it searches within the full text of articles. It's most useful when your topic is so narrow that you don't find much using the subject-specific databases.

Google Scholar Search