Analysis and Arguments
Ideally, you will be looking at a particular object of study (in this case, a particular conflict) and asking questions about the scholarship already done on that object. You might be disagreeing with the scholarship or you might be furthering an idea already in play. Below are databases where you can find scholarly articles that might be able to use to analyze your object of study.
General Databases
We have several databases you can use to search for journal, magazine, or newspaper articles. Some of them only give a citation to the article, and some have the full-text.
Here is a list of databases you might want to try to start: (Note: You will be asked to log in with your SU username/password if you are off campus.)
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowOffers access to an unprecedented collection of resources including journals, magazines, reports, books, and videos. Many are peer-reviewed and full-text. Subjects range from astronomy to zoology.
- JSTOR (including ARTSTOR) This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text access to a broad range of resources about the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, including primary sources, images, articles, and books. Does not contain the most recent journal articles.
Subject Searching
A good way to refine your search is to use the subjects provided by the database. Here is an example of the subjects in Academic Search Ultimate for a search using the keywords <conflict analysis>.
You will only see the top six, so make sure to click on the show more link to see all of the subjects provided. The number next to the subject indicates how many articles in your results set are tagged with that subject term.
Subject Specific
For your assignment in this class you are not only limited to international conflict. Your assignment is now all inclusive and can be any kind of conflict.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowContains scholarly literature on all aspects of communication studies including indexing, and abstracts for over 600 journals. Coverage: 1915-present.
- APA PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowProvides access to a comprehensive index for publications in psychology and related fields, containing more than 1.7 million citations and abstracts of journal articles, book chapters and books, technical reports, and dissertations.
- ERIC This link opens in a new windowis an online library of education research and information, including the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index.
- Social Sciences Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIncludes indexing and abstracts for over 700 active peer-reviewed journals (and over 700 more that are not peer reviewed), covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
Find It Button
WHAT DOES THAT CUTE LITTLE FIND IT BUTTON DO, ANYWAY?
It's a bit like magic, really. The Find It button does three things:
- Looks in all of our databases to see if the document you want is available full-text in another of our databases. If so, it links you to it!
- Links you to the library catalog when we have the item you want in print or microform.
- Links you to ILLiad (interlibrary loan account) so you can borrow the item from another library if we don't have access electronically or in print.
The Find It Button is YOUR FRIEND!!!