Research Guides at CSU-Pueblo Library: POLSC 305: Causes of War: Finding Articles

Useful Databases

To access library databases from off-campus, you will need to login with your eAccount username and password.

Military & Government Collection
Primary sources, speeches, and current scholarship pertinent to the increasing needs for all branches of the military and government.
PAIS International
Policy oriented literature from the social sciences, including law, the military, political science, international law and relations, as well as reports and commentary on public affairs from the serious general press. Includes scholarly articles as well as commentary and opinion.
War and Terrorism Collection
Content of interest to analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science.
Military and Intelligence Database Collection
Content in key subject areas including governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more.
JSTOR
Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources. Contains current and past issues of 2,300+ journals.
Newspaper Source Plus
More than 860 full-text newspapers, and more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts. Searches Pueblo Chieftain, Colorado Springs Gazette, and The Denver Post.
Newswires
Near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press on a continuous basis. This collection includes AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, U.S. Politics & Government and 50 State Reports. The index to the full text content in AP News is held for a rolling 30-day archive, so users can enjoy the previous 30 days of news relating to their search interests
New York Times 1851-2008
Historical newspaper with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events (1851-2008).
Veterans History Project [Library of Congress]
Personal narratives, correspondence, and visual materials representing first-hand accounts of U.S. Veterans from 1914-present.

Database Search Tips

When using Library Databases, look for options to help you limit your results. Common limiters include:

Full Text
Results will be only those with full articles attached, not just citations.
Scholarly/Peer Reviewed
Results will come only from academic journals.
Date
Find only recent articles, or articles from certain historical periods.

Need a full article, but only the citation is listed?

Click the icon to see if an article's in a different database. If it's not available, we can request it for you with Interlibrary Loan.

Google Scholar & Find It at CSU-Pueblo

About Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.

Integration with CSU-Pueblo Library
CSU-Pueblo Library participates in Google's "Library Links" program -- a service which will add full-text links to Google search results and provide you with direct access to library resources. Enabling this service is easy -- once you access Google Scholar, click the "Scholar Preferences" option, then find and select CSU-Pueblo Library in the Library Links section.