Political Science: Resources
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Atlases
Times Atlas of the World
G 1019 .T52 1999
Reference
Atlas of the world
G 1021 .A7545 2002
Reference
Hammond Atlas of the World
G 1021 .H2665 1995
Reference
Dictionaries
Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science: A User’s Guide to its Terms
JA 61 .B43 1999
Reference
Brewer’s Politics: a Phrase and Fable Dictionary
Lists acronyms, phrases and concepts and puts these in context. Useful for finding alternative terms when doing computerized searching on the electronic databases.
HA 61 .C65 1993
Reference
A Dictionary of Twentieth Century History: 1914—1990
A good for locating events and learning about their significance.
D 419 .T44 1992
Reference
The Dictionary of 20th—Century World Politics
JA 61 .S53 1993
Reference
Dictionary of World Politics: a Reference Guide to Concepts, Ideas, and Institutions
JA 61 .E85 1990
Reference
Dictionary of Modern Politics
Guide to the complex, ideology and terminology in the world of politics.
JA 61 .R63 2002
Reference
Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth—century Political Thinkers
JA 83 .R725 1998
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A Glossary of Political Theory
JA65.64 2007
Reference
International Relations: A Political Dictionary
Terms, concepts, events and facts discussed in terms of their political and historical significance.
JX 1226 .P55 1995
Reference
Safire’s New Political Dictionary: The Definitive Guide to the New Language of Politics
JK 9 .S2 1993
Reference
Encyclopedias
International Who’s Who
CT 120 .I5 2004
Reference (previous 5 years in stacks)
Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Modern Political Biography
D 412.6 .H88 1999
Reference
Encyclopedia of the Cold War
D843 .A64 1994
Reference
Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia
E 76.2 .N36 1996
Reference
Encyclopedia of American Political History
E 183 .E495 2001
Reference
The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Science
Guide to the central concepts used in the study of western political systems and organizations.
JA 61 .B56 1991
Reference
Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought
Summarizes major ideas and doctrines of contemporary and historical influence in western political traditions.
JA 61 .B57
Reference
Canadian Encyclopedia
Important source for Canadian subjects. The online version is the most up to date.
A dictionary of modern politics
JA 61 .R63 2002
Reference
Encyclopedia of Government and Politics
JA 61 .C66 2004
Reference
Encyclopedia of Democracy
JC423 .E53 1995
Reference
Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought
JC423 .E54 2001
Reference
The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America
JC599 .U5 E53
Encyclopedia of world political systems
JF 51 .D465 2000
Reference
World Encyclopedia of Political Systems & Parties
JF 2011 .W67 2006
Reference
Encyclopedia of Literature &Politics: Censorship, Revolution, & Writing
PN52 .E53 2005
Reference
Information Sources of Political Science
A good authoritative guide to political science research resources.
Z 7161 .H64 1986
Reference
World Government & Politics
Europa World Yearbook
Overviews of current political and social situations for each country of the world — type of government, economic conditions, etc.
JN 1 .E85 1997:1
Stacks; 1997:2 Stacks; 1999:1—2
Reference
Reference
Facts on File World Political Almanac: from 1945 to the Present
D 843 .C5798 2001
Reference
A New Handbook of Political Science
JA 66 .N49 1996
Reference
The New Book of World Rankings
HN 25 .K87 1991
Stacks
Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
JA 61 .O95 2001
Reference
Encyclopedia of Governance
JC11 .B475 2007
Reference (also available online)
Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources
JC571 .H75 2006
Political Handbook of the World
JF 37 .P6
Reference; previous 10 years’ editions in Stacks
Statesman’s Year—book Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World
JA 51 .S7
Reference; previous 10 years’ editions in Stacks
Canadian Politics
Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs
F1001 .C2151
Reference; previous years’ (1971—) in Stacks
The Almanac of Canadian Politics
JL 167 .A56 1995
Reference
Bourinot’s Rules of order
JL148 .B72 1995
Reference
Canada 125: Its Constitutions 1763—1982: Evolution of a Democracy
JL 11 .C3 1992
Reference
The Language of Canadian Politics: A Guide to Important Terms and Concepts
JA 61 .M33 2001
Reference
Federal Guidebook: a Guidebook to the Canadian Federal Government and its Decision—makers
JL71 .F37 1997
Reference
Prime Ministers of Canada: Selected Speeches, 1867—2002, Profiles, Bibliography with Editorial Commentary
Z1382 .R42 1982
Other Resources
Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy
JA71 .C565 1993
Reference
Political Science Research Methods
It covers all the major research methods of the discipline and leads students step— by— step through the logic of research design. Much attention is given to online research.
JA71 .J64 2004
5th ed. Reference
Macmillan Dictionary of Political Quotations
PN 6084 .P6 E54 1993
Reference
Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations
PN 6084 .P6 O94 1996
Reference
Political Quotations: a Worldwide Dictionary of Thoughts and Pronouncements from Politicians, Literary Figures, Humorists and Others
PN 6084 .P6 P59 1994
Reference
Information Sources of Political Science
Z7161 .I543 2005
Reference
Online Resources
America: History and Life
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, book reviews (1954 to the present); covers the history of the United States and Canada to the present
Canadian Encyclopedia
The Canadian Foreign Relations Index (CFRI)
Online version of the print of A Bibliography of Works on Canadian Foreign Relations. “It contains Canadian and foreign material on Canada's foreign relations, defence, economic relations, foreign aid, international law, and international environmental concerns. It covers material on the period 1945—2005.”
Canadian Politics on the Web
Annotated links to literally hundreds of sites on the Internet that can help you with your research on Canadian politics and government. Many connections are provided to full—text documents and to useful graphs and maps.
Canadian Political Resources on the Net
CNN
Note: today’s news and archive of previous five day’s news.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.
Governments on the WWW
Centralized site, by country, for national government agencies and related sites.
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Historical Abstracts
Indexes journals and books (1954 to the present); worldwide topical coverage (other than the U.S. and Canada), 1450 to the present; includes non—English resources.
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)
“International, interdisciplinary bibliography with particular emphasis on the social sciences, arts and humanities. IBZ—Online covers more than 2.1 million records with assigned German and English subject headings from over 8,700 periodicals since 1983. IBZ is updated monthly.”
International Political Science Abstracts 1989+
JSTOR
An online, full—text archive of complete backfiles of scholarly periodical literature since 1872. Journals are intended to be archival, not current; most are 2—5 years behind the current issues, depending on the journal. Full Text.
NewsBank NewsFile 1991+
Index to full—text newspaper articles, from local and regional papers and newswires across the U.S.
Western Hemispheric Trade Information Center
Note: with numerous links to NAFTA and NAFTA—related topics.
Oxford Reference Online —— Politics and Social Sciences
The following dictionaries and reference books published by Oxford University Press can be searched individually as well as by the whole:
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
A Dictionary of Geography
A Dictionary of Political Biography
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
A Dictionary of Psychology
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
A Dictionary of Sociology
The Oxford Guide to the United States Government
Handbook of the World
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
A Dictionary of Geography
A Dictionary of Political Biography
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
A Dictionary of Psychology
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
A Dictionary of Sociology
The Oxford Guide to the United States Government
Handbook of the World
PAIS International
Interdisciplinary, international index to periodicals relating to public issues and policy. 1972 to the present.
Political Science Resources (U of British Columbia)
Poole’s Plus
(part of 19th century Masterfile)
The electronic version of a standard reference index to the published books, periodicals, newspapers and government documents of the 19th century, covering 3.7 million records.
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Currently the largest English—language encyclopedic work on philosophy. Entries (nearly 2000) include concepts, themes, and thinkers within various philosophical traditions. All articles signed and contain bibliographies.
Social Sciences Citation Index 1956+
Electronic version covers 1980+. Covers all subjects in the social sciences and includes articles in West European languages; this is the only database that shows references cited and where subsequently cited in later articles; also includes book reviews.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is building on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI / Plenum, 1975—2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC—CLIO, 1984—2000. The database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
compiled by: Adam taves, Gabbi Zaldin | updated: October 2011