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Reading Lists
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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations? For most assignments, our Discovery Service will give you enough sources to work with. This short video shows you how to get the best from Discovery for Politics/IR.
Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular sources as a good way of finding articles. This section lists key sources for Politics and International Relations.
fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery
A key source for the European Union, ESO provides information about the institutions, structures, countries, regions, peoples, policies and processes of the EU and the wider Europe. The European Union Policies section gives very useful summaries on many policy areas.
fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery
JSTOR is best known as an academic journal archive containing thousands of articles on a wide range of subjects. To find the most recent years, you will need to search other databases like Discovery or go to the journal sites themselves. JSTOR also contains ebooks, research reports and 1000+ collections of images and primary sources from libraries, museums and archives around the world.
For some tips on searching JSTOR, watch this short video. If you use JSTOR a lot, it's worth setting up a free, personal account so that you can use JSTOR's Workspace to store articles and notes. A personal account will also give you access to JSTOR's own AI tool which searches across JSTOR content for you, summarising articles/chapters and recommending related sources (it does not look outside JSTOR).
fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery
The US equivalent of the British Library listing 14 million books etc. You can find many primary source foreign policy documents here too.
fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery
JSTOR started as a journal archive but it now offers much more. Jump straight to the articles and chapters on JSTOR which are most useful for IR and Politics topics. You will also find tips about using JSTOR and carrying out research.
Referencing
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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators 
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