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Political Science
September 2010 - Michael Wells - LIS60621
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Key Resources at a Glance: • 320 - 320.09 (Dewey Decimal)
• JA84.U5 (Library of Congress)
• LexisNexis Congressional
Indexes Congressional publications from 1789 to the present and
provides CIS Legislative Histories for public laws (1970 - ). Limited Indexes and Abstracts
full text is available for publications including hearings; committee • EBSCOhost
reports; bill texts and the Congressional Record. • Public Affairs Information
• CQ Researcher Service (PAIS)
(1991 - ) Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in • Worldwide Political Science
the news. Each issue reports on a single theme in the areas of political Abstracts
and social issues, health, international affairs, education, the
environment, technology, and the U.S. economy. Library catalogs
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general public opinion polls, especially those providing polling results • World Cat - World-wide
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focus heavily on market research; consumer surveys; pollsters whose
primary focus is political campaigns and elections; census and other
governmental sites as well as historical treatments; and sites oriented towards polling methodology and
training.
Reference Background
• Harmon, R. B. (1978). Indexes as sources of information in political science. Monticello, Ill:
Council of Planning Librarians.

• Arora, P. (2007). Dictionary of political science. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons.

• Harmon, R. B. (1973). Political science bibliographies. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press.

Resources

Books:

• Haas, M., & Kariel, H. S. (1970). Approaches to the study of political science. Scranton, Pa:
Chandler Pub. Co.

• Ball, T. (2011). Political ideologies and the democratic ideal. Boston: Longman.

• Soroka, S. N., & Wlezien, C. (2010). Degrees of democracy: Politics, public opinion, and
policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Journals:
• New Political Science
• Political Science Quarterly
• Michigan Journal of Political Science

Magazine Articles:

• Arnhart, L. (1998). The new Darwinian naturalism in poltical theory. Zygon: Journal of
Religion & Science, 33(3), 369.

• Judis, J. (2010). Tea Minus Zero. New Republic, 241(8), 18-21.

• Vanden Heuvel, K., & Borosage, R. (2010). Change won’t come easy. Nation, 290(4), 11-15.

Online Resources:

• USA.gov
www.usa.gov/
• C-SPAN Video Library
www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/
• US Governmental Printing Office (GPO)
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.actionor (Washington, DC); 202-512-1800
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