POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH GUIDE: BOOKS

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SOURCES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Guides and Bibliographies

• Information sources of political science Reference Z7161 .H64 1985
• International bibliography of political science, 28 vols. Reference Z7163 .I64
• Political science: a guide to reference and information sources Reference Z7161 .Y75 1990
• Political science: illustrated search strategy and sources: with an introduction to legal research for undergraduates Reference JA73 .L6

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• The Blackwell encyclopaedia of political institutions Reference JA61 .B56 1987
• The dictionary of 20th-century world politics Reference JA61 .S53 1993
• The dictionary of world politics: a reference guide to concepts, ideas, and institutions Reference JA61 .E85 1991
• International encyclopedia of public policy and administration, 4 vols. Reference H97 .I574 1998
• The Oxford companion to politics of the world Reference JA61 .O95 1993
• The Routledge dictionary of twentieth-century political thinkers Reference JA83 .R725 1992
• World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures, 2 vols. Reference JF511 .W67 1998

Handbooks

• A new handbook of political science Reference JA66 .N49 1996
• Handbook of political science research on the USSR and Eastern Europe: trends from the 1950s to the 1990s Reference JN6524 .H36 1992
• Handbook of political science research on sub-Saharan Africa: trends from the 1960s to the 1990s Reference JA84.A337 H36 1992
• Handbook of political science research on Latin America: trends from the 1960s to the 1990s Reference JA84.L3 H36 1990
• Political handbook of the world, 1928 - 1989, 32 vols. Reference JF37 .P759
• The Statesman's year-book, 1912 - 1998 Reference AY9 .S29

United States

• The 1960s: an annotated bibliography of social and political movements in the United States Reference Z7164.S66 J28 1992
• America at the polls, 1996 Reference JK1968 1996 .A44 1997
• The American political dictionary Reference JK9 .P55 1993
• Congressional elections, 1946-1996 Reference JK1967 .C64 1998
• Congress A to Z: a ready reference encyclopedia Reference JK1067 .C67 1993
• Congress and the Nation, 9 vols. Reference JK1041 .C65x
• Congressional Quarterly's guide to Congress Reference JK1021 .C559 1991
• Congressional Quarterly's guide to the presidency Reference JK516 .C57 1989
• Congressional Quarterly's guide to the U.S. Supreme Court Reference KF8742 .W567 1990
• Congressional Quarterly's guide to U.S. elections Reference JK1967 .C66 1994
• Congressional Quarterly's politics in America: 1998, the 105th Congress Reference JK1010 .C67 1997
• Congressional Quarterly's American congressional dictionary Reference JK9 .K73 1993
• Congressional quarterly almanac, 1948 to the present Reference JK1128 .C66
• The Dorsey dictionary of American government and politics Reference JK9 .S42 1988
• Encyclopedia of American political reform Reference E839.5 .C57 1996
• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, 4 vols. and 1 supplmt. Reference KF4548 .E53 1986
• Encyclopedia of the American judicial system: studies of the principal institutions and processes of law, 3 vols. Reference KF154 .E53 1987
• Encyclopedia of the American left Reference HX86 .E58 1990
• Encyclopedia of the American legislative system: studies of the principal structures, processes, and policies of Congress and the state legislatures since the colonial era, 3 vols. Reference JF501 .E53 1994
• Encyclopedia of the American presidency, 4 vols. Reference JK511 .E53 1994
• The encyclopedia of the United States Congress 4 vols. Reference JK1067 .E63 1995
• The encyclopedia of democracy, 4 vols. Reference JC423 .E53 1995
• Encyclopedia of the Reagan-Bush years Reference JK511 .L48 1996
• From radical left to extreme right: a bibliography of current periodicals of protest, controversy, advocacy, or dissent, with dispassionate content-summaries to guide librarians and other educators Reference Z7165.U5 M84 1987
• The HarperCollins dictionary of American government and politics Reference JK9 .S43 1992
• A historical guide to the U.S. government Reference JK9 .H57 1998
• How to research Congress Reference JK1108 .M349 1996
• The presidents: a reference history Reference E176.1 .P918 1996
• The United States government manual, 1973/74 to the present Reference JK421 .A3
• Vital statistics on American politics Reference JK274 .S74 1995
• Washington information directory Reference F192.3 .W33
• The World almanac of U.S. politics Reference JK271 .W6 1989

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