Political Science

Created by the Political Science Librarians at UBC, this guide is intended to help you to conduct research in the discipline of political science. We recommend search strategies and places to search for different types of sources.

As general starting points, UBC Library's Summon Search, the Scopus database and Google Scholar are all excellent tools for locating a wide range of interdisciplinary and political science sources. 

Political Science research questions often overlap with other disciplines  and these guides provide important sources and instruction

UBC Library collects documents from many governments around the world, these guides provide links and instructions on how to do research into government publications.

Step 1: Download and install the extension: leanlibrary.com/download

Step 2: Select University of British Columbia

Step 3: Start searching! When off-campus, Library Access will let you know when you are on a website that the library has access to.

Step 4: Login with your UBC CWL (campus wide login)