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| Political
Science |
This guide suggests resources and
strategies for research on the general subject of political
science. |
| Contents of this research
guide |
Background
Information | Facts &
Figures | Find
Articles | Find
Books | Criticism
& Reviews | Primary
Sources | People
| Organizations
| Web
Resources | Additional
Resources |
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Background Information (Overview
Sources) |
Encyclopedias and other reference
works are an excellent place to start a research project or simply
learn more about a particular topic. They provide topic
summaries, context, and bibliographies for further
reading.
Brewer's Politics (R 320.03
C734b) Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (R 327.73
En19) The Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America (R
323.1196073 En 19) The Encyclopedia of Democracy (R 321.803
En19) Encyclopedia of the American Judicial Systems (R
347.300321 En19) Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
(R 353.031303 En19) Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign
Relations (R327.73 En198) International Encyclopedia of
Human Rights (R 323.03 M263i)
The Oxford Companion to American Law
The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World |
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| Facts & Figures (Fact
Sources) |
Use dictionaries, statistical works, atlases, handbooks and
similar works to find and check facts about topics, people, or
events.
America Votes (R 324 Am35) The Book of the States
(R 353 B644) Civil Rights in America (R 323.0973
Si25c)
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics Congressional Quarterly Almanac (R 328.73
C761)
A Dictionary of Political Biography The Europa World
Year Book (R 314 Eu741) Great American Court Cases
(R 348.04 G798) Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court (R
347.326 C76g3) Minority Rights in America (R 323.17303
Ax22m) Official
Manual of the State of Missouri (R Ref Desk 353.9
M691)
The Oxford Guide to the United States Government
The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions Political Systems of the World (R 320.3
D444p2) Statesman's Yearbook (R 305
St29) Statistical Abstract of the United States (R Ref
Desk 317 Un3) The Supreme Court A to Z (R 347.2603
Su76) The United States Government Manual (R Ref Desk
353 Un31) Vital Statistics on American Politics 2005-2006
(R 320.973021 V83) The World Factbook (R 910.5
W893) |
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| Find
Articles |
Search indexes, abstracts,
and databases to find journal, magazine, and newspaper
articles. For a complete list of Kent Library's online
indexes and databases, see the Find:
articles page
(http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find historical/source
materials, such as newspaper and magazine articles, use the
following print sources:
Readers' Guide to Periodical
Literature, 1900+ (located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor) Social Sciences
Index, 1974+ (located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor) Social Sciences and Humanities Index,
1966-1974 (located in the Indexes/Abstracts area,
main floor) International Index to Periodicals,
1907-1966 (located in the Indexes/Abstracts area,
main floor) Combined Retrospective Index to Journals in
Political Science 1866-1974 (located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor) New York Times
Index, 1851+ (located in the Indexes/Abstracts
area, main floor) Official Index to the Times &
The Times Index, 1906+ (located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
To find recent articles and
scholarly/peer-reviewed articles use the following online
databases:
Academic Search
Premier America: History and Life GPO Historical
Abstracts JSTOR Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Project
Muse Proquest Research Library Wilson
OmniFile |
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| Find
Books |
Use the
Kent Library
Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml) to find
books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers),
videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to
use your own words as search terms. Subject heading
searches use Library of Congress subject headings. Printed volumes
of these headings are located near the Reference Desk on the main
floor.
Some Political Science subject headings
include: Comparative government Democracy International
relations Municipal government Political ethics Political
science State rights |
Browse the shelves by call
number. Use the
Dewey
Decimal chart (http://library.semo.edu/learn/guides/dewey100.shtml) to get you
in the right subject areas or try the following:
Political Science
320s |
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| Criticism & Reviews |
Book Review Digest
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor) Book
Review Index (located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main
floor) |
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| Primary
Sources |
Congressional Record
(X1.1) Public Papers of the Presidents of the United
States (latest two presidents at R 353.035
Un3) |
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| People |
Learn about important
people, such as authors, researchers & historical figures
related to this topic or field.
American National Biography (R
920.073 Am347) Biography Index (located in the
Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor) Contemporary Authors
(R 928 C7671) Dictionary of Literary Biography (R
928.1 D561) Dictionary of
National Biography (R 920.042 D561) Directory of
American Scholars (R 923.7 D628) The National
Cyclopaedia of American Biography (R 920.073
N213) |
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| Organizations |
Professional organizations
and/or societies often provide very useful topic related
information.
American Political Science
Association (http://www.apsanet.org)
International Political Science
Association (http://www.ipsa.org/site) |
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Web Resources |
American Civil Liberties
Union (http://aclu.org) The Brookings
Institution
(http://www.brook.edu) Country
Studies (http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs) FirstGov
(http://firstgov.gov) Foreign
Government Resources on the Web
(http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html) GPO
Access
(http://www.gpoaccess.gov) Project Vote
Smart (http://www.vote-smart.org) U.S.
Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov) |
For a list of Web
searching tools, see the Find: web
resources page
(http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.html). |
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| Additional
Resources |
CIA World Factbook (this database is
available through the library's web page)
CQ Researcher
(this database is available through the library's web page) Editorials on
File (located in the Indexes/Abstracts area,
main floor) Facts on File (located in
the Indexes/Abstracts area, main
floor) Facts.com (this database is
available through the library's web
page) |
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