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Searching databases for journal articles is a bit more challenging than using tools such as Google. The good news is that you have a lot more control over how you design the search. This also means you should get better, more targeted results.
The above search strategy in the Political Science Complete database will look like this. Note that I changed "Select a Field" to "SU Subjects" for each line so the database will only look for terms in the subject terms (index) or keywords sections of the citation. This helps to retrieve articles that are more on-target.
You can also limit your search to "peer reviewed" publications so you search only the academic literature.
This search retrieved 176 peer-reviewed citations.
Last Revised on Sept. 12, 2022