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International Disability Policy

This guide was designed to support the library research needs of those in the Institute on Disability and Public Policy.

AU Library Search

Have a journal citation?

1. Type in the title of the article in the SearchBox and it will link to the full-text article if AU Library has it.

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2. If you only have the journal title, the Find Journals link will tell you which AU database has the full text of the journal.

How to get the full text of articles

American University users can obtain a copy of almost every published article or book in these databases.

For AU Library databases, if the full-text article is not available, click on the button. Or use the Interlibrary Loan form. The article can be obtained through the Consortium Loan Service (2 business days) or Interlibrary Loan (longer than 2 days).

Introduction

The databases in this page provide the citation, abstract, and in some cases, the full text of journal and magazine articles, books, and dissertations. They are sorted by order of prominence and then alphabetically. 

Use only articles from scholarly journals for literature reviews, not those from newspapers or magazines or technical reports.

ProQuest Databases

To save time one can search the following databases from the company, ProQuest, simultaneously. Directions: Click on one of these databases; click on "Change" at the top of the page; and then select the appropriate databases.

EBSCO Databases

To save time one can search the following databases from the company, EBSCO, simultaneously. Directions: Click on one of these databases; click on "Choose Databases" at the top of the page; and then select the appropriate databases.

More Political Science Bibliographic Databases

Latin America and the Caribbean Journals Databases

The following databases have journal articles that focus on Latin America and the Hispanic population. Many of the journals are from Latin America. Unless listed as a "free resource," all the databases are restricted to AU-only icon.

Multidisciplinary Bibliographic Databases

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More Multidisciplinary Bibliographic Databases

Use these databases if a comprehensive search is needed. They are not a good place to start one's research. AU-only icon