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Political Science - Selected Sources
Dictionaries
Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science: A User's Guide to its Terms
Historical Dictionary of Socialism
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
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Dictionary of Modern Politics
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics 3rd ed.
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Encyclopedia of Political Theory
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The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory
Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-century Political Thinkers
The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought
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The Dictionary of 20th-century World Politics
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A Glossary of Political Theory
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International Relations: A Political Dictionary
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A Dictionary of Globalization.
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Historical Dictionary of the United Nations
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A Dictionary of Human Rights
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion
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International Who's Who.
(previous 5 years in stacks)
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Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Modern Political Biography.
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Encyclopedia of the Cold War
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Regional guide to international conflict and management from 1945 to 2003
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Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America
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Encyclopedia of American Political History
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Encyclopedia of the World's Nations and Cultures. (4 vols.)
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Encyclopedia of Power.
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Information Sources of Political Science
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Encyclopedia of Government and Politics.
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Encyclopedia of Political Science.
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Encyclopedia of Politics: the Left and the Right.
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Political Theory: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary and Classic Terms.
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Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy.
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Encyclopedia of Nationalism
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Encyclopedia of Democracy
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World Fascism: AHistorical Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia of Human Rights
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The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America
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Encyclopedia of World Political Systems
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World Encyclopedia of Political Systems & Parties
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Encyclopedia of World Constitutions
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Encyclopedia of the United Nations
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Encyclopedia of Literature &Politics: Censorship, Revolution, & Writing
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The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Science.
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World Government & Politics
Cassell's Chronology of World History: Dates, Events and Ideas that Made History
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Nations and Nationalism: a Global Historical Overview
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Facts on File World Political Almanac: from 1945 to the Present
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Global Environmental Politics
Stacks
The idea of socialism: towards a renewal
Stacks
Statesman's Year-book Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World.
(previous 10 years' editions in Stacks)
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Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
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21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook
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Encyclopedia of Governance.
(also available online)
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Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources
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Europa World Yearbook.
(previous editions in the stacks)
Overviews of current political and social situations for countries of the world -- government, economic conditions, etc.
The Government and Politics of the European Union.
Stacks
The European Union: Politics and Policies
Stacks
Treaties and Alliances of the World.
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Canadian Politics
The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II
Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs
previous years' (1971-) in Stacks [2008 Online]
Canadian Politics in the 21st Century
Stacks
Canadian foreign policy: defining the national interest
Stacks
Canadian Social Policy: Issues and Perspectives
Stacks
The Language of Canadian Politics: A Guide to Important Terms and Concepts
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Comparing Canada: methods and perspectives on Canadian politics
Stacks
Canadian Parliamentary Handbook
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Canada 125: Its Constitutions 1763-1982: Evolution of a Democracy
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The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics
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Canadian Federalism: Performance, Effectiveness and Legitimacy.
Stacks
Sources of Federal Government Information
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The Almanac of Canadian Politics
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Canadian Politics and Government in the Charter Era
Stacks
Canadian Political Resources on the Web
Online Article Databases (Selected)
America: History and Life
Journal articles, books, book reviews (1954 to the present); covers the history of the United States and Canada to the present.
The Canadian Foreign Relations Index (CFRI)
Online version of A Bibliography of Works on Canadian Foreign Relations. "Canadian and foreign material on Canada’s foreign relations, defence, economic relations, foreign aid, international law(1945+)
The Canadian Encyclopedia
CNN
Note: today's news and archive of previous five day's news
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Comprehensive source for and research in international affairs.
Canadian Politics on the Web
Annotated links to literally hundreds of sites on the Web for research on Canadian politics and government.
Governments on the WWW
Centralized site, by country, for national government agencies and related sites.
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)
International, interdisciplinary. Emphasis on the social sciences and humanities. Covers multilingual and multicultural research in Europe. 2.1+ million records with German and English subject headings from over 8,700 periodicals since 1983. Updated monthly.
International Political Science Abstracts 1989+
Abstracts of articles published in journals and yearbooks worldwide.
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.
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 together:
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service Inc.)
Interdisciplinary, international index to periodicals relating to public issues and policy. 1972 to the present.
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..
Social Sciences Citation Index. 1956+
Covers 1980+ all subjects in the social sciences and includes articles in West European languages; this also includes book reviews.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
This article database builds on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts, published by IFI/Plenum, 1975-2000, and ABC POL SCI, published by ABC-CLIO, 1984-2000. Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its related fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
Online Reference Books (Selected E-Resources, UofT)
(Search by title of book)
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
A Dictionary of Geography
A Dictionary of Political Biography
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Entries include concepts, themes, and thinkers within various philosophical traditions. All articles signed and contain bibliographies
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices: the erosion of political support in advanced industrial democracies.
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization
Definitive reference resource for students and researchers withover 600 entries on the essential topics of Globalization.
Handbook of the World
Oxford Guide to the United States Government
Dictionary of the Social Sciences
Political Science Resources (U of British Columbia)
The oxford Handbook of Political Theory
The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-century Political Thinkers
Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview.
International Encyclopedia of Political Science
On the Web (Selected)
Political Resources on the Net
Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world
Global Politics
a site that provides a comprehensive directory of world governments, and information about issues that influence political activity.
Dialogue on Globalization
contributes worldwide to the debate on globalization and global governance.
Free Trade Area of the Americas - FTAA
Governmental Sources.
Western Hemispheric Trade Information Center
Note: with numerous links to NAFTA and NAFTA-related topics.
Britannica Online Encyclopedia
