What's On This Page?
This page lists databases that reference journal articles (and some other materials). See tabs to the left for databases related to finding policy issues and papers, etc.
Why Use A Database?
Search a database to find journal, magazine, or newspaper articles. Some databases also provide access to other materials such as dissertations, book chapters, books, datasets, sound recordings, videos, etc.
- Some databases have the full text of articles. If not, follow these instructions to figure out if the library has the journal, or call the Research Help Desk at 405-325-4142 for assistance.
- What if the library does not have a journal article that you need? We can still get it for you via our interlibrary loan service. It's free! And articles often come electronically within a few days. For more information see the interlibrary loan page.
Subject Specific Databases
Depending on the topic, a subject-specific database may be useful for research on public policy issues.
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ABI/INFORM Complete (now called ProQuest One Business)Focus is on business and management topics, but includes many other subjects as well. Full text and references to journal and magazine articles.
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America: History and Life (US History)U.S. and Canadian topics, prehistory to the present. References to journal articles, book reviews, dissertations from 1910-present.
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CINAHL Complete (Nursing and Allied Health)Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, including topics on nursing, allied health, biomedicine, consumer health, and health sciences librarianship. 1937-present.
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ERIC (Education)Education literature 1966-present, including journal articles and ERIC documents.
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HeinOnline (Law)An expanding collection of legal information including legal journals, U.S. Supreme Court Cases, Treaties/Agreements and more. HeinOnLine provides the scanned page images of legal journals so that the user can view the page as it originally appeared in hardcopy.
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MEDLINE (Medicine)Index and abstracts to journals published internationally, covering medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other health fields.
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Military and Government CollectionProvides access to current news pertaining to all branches of the military. Some full text available.
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Social Work AbstractsIndexes and abstracts journals in all areas of the profession, including theory and practice, areas of service, social issues, and social problems.
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SocINDEX (Sociology)Sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. References to journal articles, books, and conference papers.
Core Databases for Public Policy
These databases are commonly used to find journal articles on public policy isuses.
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)Designed to be a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals, and policy briefs. Some full text.
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EconLitIndexes literature focusing on economics and economists' views on social issues. Materials indexed include books, chapters, working papers and dissertations, and abstracts to journal articles.
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PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) InternationalPublic and social policy issues, foreign and domestic. References to journal articles, government documents, books, pamphlets, yearbooks, directories.
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Worldwide Political Science AbstractsCovers international literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy.
Multidisciplinary Databases
The databases cover many disciplines and may be useful research on policy issues.
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Academic Search CompleteReferences (and some full text) to magazine articles, major newspaper articles, journal articles, and book reviews.
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Google ScholarGoogle Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
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JSTORIncludes the full text and complete archives of core scholarly journals in many disciplines, some dating from the 1600s. Current issues may not be available.
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SSRN (Social Science Research Network)SSRN is a worldwide collaborative of over 330,600 authors and more than 2.2 million users that is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of research. OU Link to Article does not work in this database. You must search Discover Local (the catalog) for the title of the journal, book, etc. to see if we own it.
Journal Citation Reports
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Journal Citation ReportsProvides a systematic way to evaluate the world's leading science and social science journals with quantifiable statistical information based on citation data. Measures research influence and impact at journal and category levels, and shows the relationship between citing and cited journals. See these categories:
- Top political science journals.
- Top public administration journals.
- Top international relations journals.
- Top area studies journals.
- See also this guide on Research Impact Metrics.