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Political Science:

A Research Guide

Find:

I. Reference Sources

Guides and Bibliographies

Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 2005.
[Ref. G1 .C88 2005].

Europa World Yearbook. London, England: Europa Publications Limited, 2004. 2 v. [Ref. D2 .E89 2004].

Nations of the World : a Political, Economic & Business Handbook. Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishng, 2004. [Ref. HC10 +E37 2004].

SIPRI Yearbook 2004: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. [Ref. JX1974 .S61 2004].

Statesman's Yearbook.Barry Turner, ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan Limited, 2004. [Ref. JA51 .S7 2005].

The United States Government Manual/2004-2005. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Federal Register, 2004. [Ref. JK421 .U58 2004-2005].

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

The Almanac of American Politics. New York: E. P. Dutton, 2004. [Ref. JK271 .B26 2004]

Brune, Lester H. Chronological History of U. S. Foreign Relations. New York: Routledge, 2003. 3 v.
[Ref. E183.7 +B745 2003].

CSG State Directory: Legislative Leadership, Committees and Staff. Lexington, KY: Council of State Governments, 2004. [Ref. JK2408 .B7a .pt.2, 2004].

Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts. Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr., ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. [Ref. GN496 .E56 2003].

Herbst, Philip. Talking Terrorism: A Dictionary of the Loaded Language of Political Violence. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. [Ref. HV6431 .H455 2003].

The Massachusetts Political Almanac. Kenneth G. Morton, ed. Boston, MA: Almanac Research Services, 2004.[Ref. JK3130 .A6 .M4 2004].

The Municipal Year Book. Chicago. International City Manager's Association. 2004. [Ref. JS301 .M9 2004].

Robertson, David. A Dictionary of Modern Politics. New York: Europa Publications, 2002. [Ref. JA61 .R65 2002].

II. Indexes and Abstracts

CQ Researcher features non-biased comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on social and political issues.

CQ Weekly provides non-partisan news and analysis on virtually every act of Congress.Search by topic, page number, committee, "exact phrases or words," bill number, byline or reporter and by Boolean full-text and date searches

FirstSearch offers a versatile selection of over 40 databases many of which are related to poltics and government.

JSTOR provides full-text access to 117 major scholarly journals including poltical science.

III. Internet Resources

Political Science Resources on the Web (U. Michigan)

Politics and Government: Voice of the Shuttle

Presidents of the United States (White House)

Presidents of the United States - POTUS (Internet Public Library)

Social Science Information Gateway: Politics

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet

United States Government Printing Office

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs

 

 

 

 

   
   
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
 
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