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Books

The Library uses the Library of Congress shelving arrangement.

Select areas:
J Political Science (General) JS Local Government. Municipal Government.
JK Political Institutions and
Public Administration (United States)
K Law

Basic Reference Sources

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Almanac of American Politics REF JK1012 .A44
Congressional Quarterly Almanac REF JK1 .C66
Constitutions of the World: Europe, Vol.1 Constitutional Documents of the United Kingdom 1782-1835  
Constitutions of the World: Europe, Vol.2 Constitutional Documents of Austria, Hungary, Liechtenstein 1791-1849  
Constitutions of the World: The Americas, Vol.2 Constitutional Documents of Chile 1811-1833  
Encyclopedia of Democracy REF JX423 .D53 1995
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency REF JK511 .E53 1994
Encyclopedia of the United States Congress REF JK1067 .E63 1995
Encyclopedia of the U. S. Supreme Court REF KF8742 .A35 E33 2001
Europa World Year Book REF JN11 .E8
Harper Collins Dictionary of
American Government and Politics
REF JK9 .S43 1992
Political Handbook of the World REF JF37 .P6 2000/2002
Statesman's Yearbook REF JA51 .S7 2005

Find Articles and Other Materials

 

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, 1975+

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Combines Political Science Abstracts
and ABC POL SCI index
Social Science Abstracts


Indexes articles from over 599 journals in all areas of the social sciences, including major political science journals, back to 1983. Abstracts and link-outs to full text articles for half the journals are available back to 1994.
Social Sciences Index This print edition is comparable to the electronic social science abstracts and is shelved
REF AI3 .R491X 1974+
It continues two earlier indexes bringing coverage back to 1907.
PAIS 1972+
The electronic version of the Public Affairs Information Service
Public Affairs Information Service [1915-1971] The print versions of this annual cumulation cover the years 1915 to 1971 and are shelved
REF HB1 .A1 P35 and REF HB1 .A1 P352.
ISI Emerging Markets Internet Securities, Inc. uses more than 10,500 world sources to provide current news, legal and political information for markets in the primarily emerging areas of Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Academic Search Premier Indexes and links to actual articles in major
scholarly journals including political science and related disciplines.
Lexis-Nexis Academic The News library has a World News subset which offers broader perspectives than the American press.

Key Journals

American Journal of Political Science Print/Online
Continues Midwest Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review Print/Online
British Journal of Political Science Print/Online
Foreign Affairs Print/Online
Journal of Politics Print/Online
Midwest Journal of Political Science Online for 1957-1972 when title changed
PS Political Science and Politics Print/Online
Political Research Quarterly Print/Online
Political Science Quarterly Print/Online
Polity Print/Microfilm/Online

Select Internet Sites

Academic Sites

BUBL Information Service: Countries Strathclyde University, Glasglow, Scotland
Political Database of the Americas Georgetown University
Political Science Resources on the Web Documents Center, University of Michigan
Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources Dept. of Politics University of Keele, UK

Government Sites

Political Resources on the Net Directgov, e-Government, the Cabinet, London
FirstGov: U. S. Government's Official Web Portal
GPO Access U. S. Government Printing Office
THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet

Associations

APSANET American Political Science Association
Politics Gateway Political Studies Association, UK

Writing Guides

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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers REF LB .2369.G53 2003
APA Online A portion of the Publication Manual online
Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association
Print copies are available
REF BF76.7 .P83 2001 and Circulation Desk Reserves
Citing Sources Other guides on the Internet
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Edgar Bailey, Political Science Liaison + cbc
Last revision to this page : 13 June 2007