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This student supported and maintained web page is aimed at bridging the gap between the experiences that on campus students have and those that we, Distance Education Students, have. We can use this space, which is not affiliated with the UNO Political Science Department, as a quick reference to help us through our time at UNO from selecting courses, to material covered during class, and potentially after graduation. On campus students should also feel free to use, and contribute to, this resource.

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Friday, September 6, 2013

Reading Current Periodicals



Sometimes Prof's will ask us to report on an issue covered in a current periodical.  While you can use the date range in the database search engine to limit it to this month, it is still a cumbersome method.

American Political Science ReviewInstead, I look at the list on the periodicals web page, which is found on the UNO main library web page under the title "All Journals A-Z."  The periodicals web page allows you to browse the collection alphabetically by title, which may take a while, or allows you to enter a partial or complete title at the search prompt.  When I entered "political science" and selected "match all words" I found a link to current issues of American Political Science Review, hosted at Cambridge Journals Online: http://leo.lib.unomaha.edu/login?url=http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PSR.  The design of the link allows the Cambridge web site to validate your access through the UNO Library.

The search may yield a number of locations that host the periodical you are looking for, so you will need to look at the date range listed below the hyperlink to make sure it covers your period of interest.