IngentaConnect is a global research gateway providing a free online information and search service of published content from reliable research sources. Since its launch in May 1998, Ingenta has developed and grown to become a leading Web infomediary empowering the exchange of academic and professional content online. Ingentaconnect.com supplies access to article summaries and citation data from almost 30,000 academic journals and publications, 8,000 of them online publications. Social sciences are covered with more than 1,000 journals, around 330 of them for Political Science. Full-text access is set by each of its over 270 academic and professional publisher partners, but usually individual subscribers, or individuals within subscribing companies/institutions, are entitled to a free access to full-text versions of IngentaConnect articles. A 30-day free trial is also available. Non-subscribers, or if an article is not available as part of a subscription, can, in most cases, opt for pay-per-view, choosing from electronic, fax or Ariel delivery. IngentaConnect also develops subject-focused websites, built in conjunction with companies, publishers and university presses. This website is quite easy to navigate, being the search and browsing features very well-developed and the interface user-friendliness quite high.
