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Subject Guide:  Political Science

Reference Books:  These books are located in the Reference area on the first floor of the library and may be used in the library.  Reference books can be good sources of factual and background information on a topic and can help you get started with your research.

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Ref. KF 4548 E53 1986

Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System, Ref. JF 501 E53 1994

Ethics in US Government, Ref. JK 468 E7 R556 2001

Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations, Ref. JZ 1160 N65 2002

Books:  To search for books in the circulating collections of the Mantor Library and other University of Maine System libraries, use URSUS (the the online catalog).  Books with a location of FAR Stacks, FAR Young Adult, and FAR Juvenile are in the Mantor Library's collection.  Books available from other URSUS libraries may be requested online using your library barcode.

Journal Articles:  Use the Indexes and Databases resources to locate journal articles and other data.  Some databases that are useful for research in this subject area are:

Academic Search Premier

America: History & Life

CQ Researcher

Europa World Plus

Historical Abstracts

PAIS International

ProQuest Newspapers

Sociological Abstracts

Recommended Web Resources: 

American Political Science Association (http://www.apsanet.org/)

American President.org  (http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/)

Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org/)

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)  (http://www.cia.gov/)

Congress Votes Database (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/)

Congresslink (http://www.congresslink.org/)

Congressional Hearings on the Web (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/hearings.html)

C-SPAN (http://www.c-span.org/)

EUROPA: Gateway to the European Union (http://europa.eu/index_en.htm)

FDTS: Government Information: (http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf/index.shtml)

Fedworld  (http://www.fedworld.gov/)

First Amendment Center  (http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org)

Google News Archive:  (http://news.google.com/archivesearch/)

Google U.S. Government Search Engine (http://www.google.com/ig/usgov)

GPO Access (U.S. Government Printing Office portal) (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/)

History of Televised Debates  (http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/history/index.htm)

Institute for Policy Research (http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/)

Intute: Social Sciences Gateway (http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/lost.html)

Landmark Supreme Court Cases (http://www.landmarkcases.org/)

Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/index.html)

LLSDC’s Legislative Sourcebook:  (http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/)

National Archives and Records Administration (http://www.archives.gov/index.html)

National Conference of State Legislatures (http://www.ncsl.org/)

National Election Studies (http://www.electionstudies.org/)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (http://www.nato.int/)

Open CRS Network - CRS Report for the People (http://www.opencrs.com/)

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/)

THOMAS: Legislation Information on The Internet (http://thomas.loc.gov/)

United Nations (http://www.un.org)

UNESCO (http://www.unesco.org/)

USA.gov  (http://www.usa.gov/)

U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/)

U.S. Government Printing Office (http://www.gpo.gov/)

U.S. House (http://www.house.gov)

U.S. Senate (http://www.senate.gov)

U.S. White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov)

Web Guide to Supreme Court Research (http://www.llrx.com/features/supremectwebguide.htm)

World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/)

WorldNews (http://worldnews.com/)

World Trade Organization  (http://www.wto.org/)

World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org/)
 

If you have questions about using the library or any of its resources or if you would like assistance with your research, please see a librarian.

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