Political Science Research Guide

[Printed volumes in the Castleton State College Library are in brown type.
Blue entries are links to electronic resources.]

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Finding Books

Use the Vermont State College Online Catalog to locate books. Official subject headings that may be useful include, but are not limited to, the following:

Political Science (divided geographically by specific place or country and by time)
Central-Local Government
Civics
Comparative Government
Democracy
Political Parties
Political Theories

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Research Guides and Bibliographies

Introduction to United States Government Information Sources (REF 015.73053 M 813i 1999)
Political Science (REF 016.32 Y82p)
U. S. Library of Congress. A Guide to the Study of the United States of America (REF 016.9173 Un3g)
Political Science: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources (REF 320.072 L953p)
Guide to American Foreign Relations Since 1700 (REF 327.73016 B937g)
Origins, Evolution, and Nature of the Cold War: An Annotated Bibliographic Guide (REF 327.73047 B561o)
Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court (2 volumes) (REF 347.7326 B541g)
How to Research the Supreme Court (REF 347.7326 M363h)
Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to the Presidency (REF 353.03 N335c)
The Presidency: A Research Guide (REF 353.031 G552p)
The Presidency A-Z (REF 353.0313 N335p)

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Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias

International Encyclopedia of Statistics 2 Vols. (REF 001.42203 In8)
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 18 Vols. (REF 303 In8)
Statesman’s Yearbook 2007 (REF 310 St29 2007)
The Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (REF 320 Ox2)
The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (REF 320.03 Ox24)
The New Language of Politics (REF 320.03 Sa17n)
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions (REF 320.0321 B633b)
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought (REF320.0321 M613b)
Washington Information Directory (REF 320.473 W276)
Desk Reference on American Government (REF 320.473 W535d)
The European Political Dictionary (REF 320.94003 R735e)
Famous First Facts About American Politics (REF 320.973 An99f)
Encyclopedia of American Political History (2 volumes) (REF 320.973 G823e)
The American Political Dictionary (REF 320.973 P963a)
The Harper Collins Dictionary of American Government and Politics (REF 320.973 Sh13h)
Guide to Political Campaigns in America (REF 324.7 G941)
Encyclopedia of Presidential Campaign, Slogans, Issues, and Platforms (REF 324.973 R543e)
Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (REF 327.73 F493d)
Almanac of American Politics (REF 328.73 B268a 2006)
Congress A to Z: CQ’s Ready Reference Encyclopedia (REF 328.73 C759)
Encyclopedia of the American Left (REF 335.00973 En19)
Marx-Engels Dictionary (REF 335.403 R914m)
Europa Yearbook  (2 volumes) (REF 341.184 Eu74)
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements Vol 1-4 (REF 341.2303 Os54e)
Treaties in Force (REF 341.273  Un3t)
United States Government Manual (REF  353 Un3)
Encyclopedia of the Developing World (3 volumes) (REF 909.0972403 En197)
Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the Unite States Congress 1789-1989 (REF 912.1324273 M366h)

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*Research Databases and Indexes for Finding Journal and Newspaper Articles

Academic OneFile
Academic Search Premier
Expanded Academic ASAP
General Reference Center Gold
InfoTrac One-File
JSTOR Arts&Sciences I
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Newspapers including New York Times
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
SocINDEX with Full Text

*Note: Links to full text of some articles will be available immediately. If there is NO link to full text, check Castleton's Journal Holdings List for availability.

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Biographical Sources

Who’s Who in American Politics (REF 320.0922 W62)
Presidential Also-Rans and Running Mates 1788-1980 (REF 324.973 So89p)
The Almanac of American Politics (REF 328.73 B268a 2006)
CQ’s Politics in America 2004 (REF 328.73 C76 2004)
Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774-1989 (REF 353.04 So12b 1990)

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Statistics

Statesman’s Yearbook 2007 (REF 310 St29 2007)
Statistical Abstract of the World (REF 310 St293 2007)
State Rankings 2006 (REF 310.973 St29 2006)
Guide to 1980 U. S. Decennial Census Publications: Detailed Abstracts and Indexes Derived from the American Statistics Index (2 volumes) (REF 312 Am35)      
United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1993-2003 (REF 312.025 D396)
Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present (5 volumes) (REF 317.3 H629)
Datapedia of the United States 1790-2000 (REF 317.3 K965d) and online
Statistical Abstract of the United States  (REF 317.3 Un35) and online at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
America at the Polls 2: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics, 1968-1984 (REF 324.973 Sca55a)

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Other Recommended Resources

Facts on File World News Digest Yearbooks (REF 904 F119)
Foreign Government Resources on the Web (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreignnew.html)
Governments of the WWW (http://www.gksoft.com/govt)
National Political Index. One stop shop for political information. (http://www.politicalindex.com)
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide (http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/resguide/index.html)

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