The Public Affairs Information Service Index (PAIS) allows you to search peer-reviewed sources and articles from the main search page. It includes different types of sources from articles to books as well as government proceedings and statistical directories about public affairs.

The CIAO database focuses on international affairs regarding politics, humanitarian law, and global governance. It includes varied resource formats such as commentary & analysis, special reports, as well as country data and maps.

Provides the user with access to abstracts and indexes with international sources about topics related to political science and international relations. Pulls sources from over 750 core serials publications. Offers abstracts for books, book chapters, and working papers. The main page lists relevant subject topics for the database.

This database provides access to government documents related to Congressional dealings. Made up of primary sources with a variety of perspectives relayed from representatives both past and present. The user can search individuals in Congress, regulations, and Congressional publications.
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This bibliographic database provides abstracts for sources dating back to the 15th century. Offers journals in over 60 languages with content related to world history.
Quick tip for using abstract databases: Click on icons that state "Full Text" or "360 Links to Full Text" when available to view article contents.

Users can browse this database based on noted issues in debate. Provides sources in audio and video formats along with scholarly articles, infographics, references, and viewpoints from news sources and others. Includes multiple viewpoints of reference for topics.

This is a bibliographic database that provides an index for literature related to the political left viewpoint. It has a focus on political, economic, social and cultural scholarship including sources from within academia and outside of academia. Also provides sources in multiple languages.

Bibliographic database that provides sources from 1991 to present. It is comprised of many periodicals that identify as alternative radical and left. Includes international publications and interviews, reviews, biographies, and magazines as sources.

Database that allows searches for content using a multitude of academic journals to draw from. Includes journal listings for those that cover topics in the social sciences including: Political Science, International Relations, Peace & Conflict Studies, and Public Policy and Administration as relevant sources for the students in the school of Public Affairs. The site can refine the search to include only titles that WSU students can access. This database is useful for general or broad topical searches.

Database that offers access to a variety of academic journals with inter-article searching capabilities. Students are able to browse relevant journals by John Hopkins University Press and as well as other university presses.

Use this broad database to cover topics related to general sciences and social sciences. Search the Web of Science core collection and then refine search results by choosing "Web of Science Categories" to specify search to relevant categories such as political science, public administration, social issues, and regional urban planning. This database allows users to refine the types of documents found by offering highly cited papers and hot papers in the field as options.
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Legal database that has legal materials for specific cases available along with government regulations, literature reviews, and journals. The database allows for search refinement by choosing which government agency library collection or journals are relevant. Gives information in search results about how often a resource was cited to give insight to its value as a reference.
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Covers scholarly journals that focus on legal topics. It provides insights on current issues and trends in the legal profession. Users can find sources from magazines, journals, and biographies. Provides the user additional options to refine search further after clicking on "search options" below the main search bar; users can choose things like the date or publication type to narrow searches.

This dynamic database showcases legal, news, business, and reference information. Information is provided from global sources so the user is able to narrow results by subcategories including industry, subject, geography of the document as well as negative news which uses select terms to differentiate news stories.
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Contains original sources of literature that include non-peer reviewed works with content related to climate change and relevant law subdivisions such as corporate law, environmental law, and human rights law.

Presents information of the human impact on the environment using sources such as scholarly, government, and general-interest titles.

Bibliographic database to help in the study of cities and regions. Content topics that are covered include urban affairs, community development, and urban history.