LibGuides: HIST 4800: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1945 & HIST 4390: United States and the World: The Cold War Era: Articles

Useful Databases

Academic Search Complete, 1887 - present
A multi-disciplinary full-text database that includes scholarly journal articles on all subjects as well as magazines, books and book chapters, reports, conference proceedings, and more. Academic Search Complete is an excellent research tool for almost any topic. Although many of the articles are secondary sources, you will sometimes find articles written by people who were involved in U.S. foreign policy.
International Political Science Abstracts, 1951 - present
Indexing and abstracts for over 1,000 leading political science journals published around the world. Although many of the articles are secondary sources, you will sometimes find articles written by people who were involved in U.S. foreign policy.
JSTOR, early 19th century - 3 to 5 years ago
Full text articles from scholarly journals on many topics, including history. You can search groups of journals, by subject, or search individual titles. This is an archival collection, so you usually won't find journals from the most recent 3-5 years. You will sometimes find articles written by people who were personally involved in U.S. foreign policy.
Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1890 - 1982
Indexes articles in the popular press, including history, government, and education. Few of these articles are full text in the database, but BGSU owns many of them in paper, microfiche, or microfilm. Although many of the articles are secondary sources, you will sometimes find articles written by people who were involved in U.S. foreign policy.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975 - 2006
Citations, abstracts, and indexing for international political science journals, covering international relations, law, public administration, public policy, and more. Although many of the articles are secondary sources, you will sometimes find articles written by people who were involved in U. S. foreign policy.

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