POLA02: Critical Issues in Politics I: Revolutions

To get started, review your course readings and find required readings that are relevant to your topic.    Use required readings to locate more scholarly sources relevant to your assignment.

Check the Works Cited of required readings that are relevant to your essay topic.    (You can also check the Works Cited of relevant chapters in your textbook.)  

Look up any articles on the library website.   If you have any trouble finding full-text contact Sarah Fedko, the UTSC Librarian for Political Science, or Ask for help at UTL library.  

Look up your required reading.    Check for related related and cited by. 

Find Articles: Interdisciplinary Databases

Find Articles:    Political Science Databases

Find Books

• Specific Topic:   Ensure your sources are about the revolution you're writing about
  • e.g. Russian Revolution – February or October Revolution?
• Academic Sources:  Be sure you choose academic books and articles
  • Is this Article Scholarly?
  • Understanding Peer Review
• More Recent Publications:   Focus on more recent work that may better reflect state of scholarship

Contact the UTSC Writing Centre for writing help.