Finding Journal Articles

Quicksearch politics journal databases using Supersearch

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e.g., australia separation of powers

• This quicksearch option searches across a number of different journal databases.
• It is useful for conducting an introductory search on a topic.
• To link to the full-text of articles (if available), click on the SFX button :

Quicksearch will often retrieve a large number of hits. If you need to conduct a more sophisticated search, try searching one or more of the individual databases listed below :

• Academic Search Premier on EBSCOhost
• APA-FT Australian Public Affairs Full Text on Informit Current articles on Australian political economic, legal, social and cultural affairs.
• AGIS Plus Text on Informit Full text database based on AGIS (Attorney General's Information Service)
• Expanded Academic ASAP on Thomson Gale
• Parliament of Australia Parliamentary Document Repository

Finding Newspaper Articles

See the Newspapers page to quicksearch across a number of newspaper databases.

Newspaper databases with full text

• Factiva Full text articles from hundreds of major newspapers from Australia and around the world.
• Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre on EBSCOhost Full text articles from selected Australian newspapers.
• Elibrary Australia Full text articles from selected Australian newspapers.

Aboriginal Politics

• Vicnet - Aboriginal Links
• Aboriginal Law and Legislation, international resources
• Aboriginal Studies - WWW Virtual Library
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
• Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation

See also Swinburne Information Gateway on Indigenous Issues

Political Associations

• American Political Science Association
• Australasian Political Studies Association
• Canadian Political Science Association
• Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom

Political Gateways

• australianpolitics.com
• Political Science in Australia
• Political Resources on the net
• Political Science
• Political Science Resources
• Political Science Resources on the Web
• Australian Politics departments
• U.S. Politics

Political Parties

• Australian political parties Current list of all Australian political parties
• Political parties and organisations Parliament of Australia website
• Australian Democrats
• Australian Greens
• Australian Labor Party
• Liberal Party of Australia
• National Party of Australia

Author: Annette Steere (asteere@swin.edu.au)