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Subject Guide POL 110 Introduction to Political Science
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- The library maintains many more resources than those recommended below, so it is important to browse the shelves around the call number to locate other relevant resources.
Selected Books
Anti-capitalist dictionary: movements, histories, and motivations (Ref 330.122 Low)
Comparative politics : an institutional and cross-national approach (320.3 Mah)Comparative politics : domestic responses to global challenges (320.3 Hau)
Encyclopedia of american political history (Ref 973.03 Enc)
The encyclopedia of the Democratic Party and The encyclopedia of the Republican Party (Ref 324.273 Kur)
The history of government from the earliest times (320.9 Fin)
How government works : selections from the Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, the Encyclopedia of the American presidency, the Encyclopedia of the American judicial system (Ref 320.473 How)
The Statesman's year-book (Ref 310.58 Sta)
Student atlas of world politics (Ref 909.82 Stu)
World government (320.3 Wor)
Find Ebooks, Journal Articles, Newspapers
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Academic Search Premier – Magazines and journals on many subjects including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
Britannica Online Academic Edition – Over 120,000 articles, an updated world atlas, thousands of images and videos, an online dictionary and thesaurus, over 300,000 articles from respected magazines and journals, news headlines, a guide to the Web's best sites, and much more.
CQ Researcher Online – Offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the U.S. economy.
Credo Reference – Online reference collection featuring full-text content from hundreds of reference books covering a broad range of subjects. Poli-Sci titles include (click on a title to search it): The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science, Dictionary of Politics and Government.
MasterFile Premier – Covers a wide variety of topics from about 3,100 magazines and journals from 1984 to present.
NetLibrary – ebook collection offering easy access to the full text of more than 24,000 reference, scholarly, and professional full-text books.
ProQuest Newspapers – Contains many full text articles from Christian Science Monitor; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; Wall Street Journal; and The Washington Post.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - provides a one-stop source of information on social issues; includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites and full-text magazine/newspaper articles.
Librarians’ Internet Index
Internet resources selected, evaluated, and organized by professional librarians. Searchable and browsable.
Political Resources on the Net
Annotated directory of political sites available on the Internet, searchable and sorted by country, with links to the political parties, information about the political system, constitution, organizations, and the national media.
Evaluating Websites, Online Citation & Writing Tools
Citation Styles Online (using MLA, APA, Chicago, & CBE to cite online information)
Evaluating Websites: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly; or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Samples of APA Style (RCC approved)
Samples of MLA Style (RCC approved)
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5/6/08