Political Science
what are these?
Databases
Academic Search Premier
The world's largest scholarly, multidiscipline, full-text database designed specifically for academic institutions. Contains full text for more than 4,500 peer-reviewed publications, in nearly all academic areas of study.
America: History and Life
Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
CQ Researcher
Published 44 times a year, the single-themed CQ Researcher report 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. The CQ Researcher can be read in its entirety or by section, which includes a background and chronology; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.
Facts on File World Digest News
A digest of world news with coverage going back 40 years. Articles are hyperlinked so the researcher can follow the thread forward and backward in time. This database includes biographies, historical documents, selected topical editorials from across the U.S., and background articles written specifically for the World News Digest.
LexisNexis Academic.
Comprehensive news, business, and legal information, entirely full-text.
Political Science Complete
Contains full text for over 400 journals, and cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 800 journals, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product, such as British Politics, Ethnopolitics and the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. PSC has a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.
TopicSearch
Explores social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.
Professional organizations
Finding books
By subject search
Below are some links to various subject searches in the catalog. The subject search is a specific and helpful way to find materials about your area of interest. Explore these or try some of your own subject searches using the "Subject" tab in Foxtrax. For more information on "power searching" by subject, ask your reference librarian.
Christianity and politics United States.
Government and the press United States.
Political science Philosophy.
Politics in the Bible
Religion and politics United States.
United States Politics and government.
United States Politics and government 1775-1783
By call number
If you want to browse for books in the library, use the call numbers below to find the subject areas that are of interest to you. You can use them to browse the reference section or the main stacks. The Library of Congress website may have a more detailed outline of call numbers for your subject area.
| J | General legislative and executive papers |
| JA | Political science (General) |
| JC | Political theory. The state. Theories of the state. |
| JF | Political institutions and public administration - General |
| JJ | Political institutions and public administration - North America |
| JK | Political institutions and public administration - United States |
| JL | Political institutions and public administration - Canada, Latin America, etc. |
| JN | Political institutions and public administration - Europe |
| JQ | Political institutions and public administration - Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc. |
| JS | Local government. Municipal government |
| JV | Colonies and colonization, Emigration and Immigration. International migration |
| JX | International law (obsolete) |
| JZ | International relations |
Google Search: Political Science
This Google Custom Search engine searches quality, discipline specific web sites selected by the librarians.