• Information related to Political Theory

• The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory
  Contains detailed information on a variety of contemporary and historical topics related to political theory; chapters also include lengthy bibliographies
  • Location(s): Ref. JA 71 .O95 2008

• Social Science Encyclopedia
  London: Routledge 2004 3rd ed. edition
  Covers controversies and common assumptions in the fields of social science, including anthropology, psychology, economics, sociology, political theory, and gender studies. Contributors are drawn from many disciplines and represent perspectives from the US, the UK and beyond.
  • Location(s): Ref H 41 .S63 2004

• Information related to International Relations

• Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia
  Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio 2003
  3 vols. An interdisciplinary approach to "cultural concepts and intellectual ideas crucial to an understanding of colonialism in the modern world." Covers key geographical and cultural concepts, as well as significant individuals, movements, and events. A number of primary source documents are included in the third volume.
  • Location(s): Ref JV 22 .C65 2003

• Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations
  Oxford University 1997
  Published under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations, this work includes over 1,000 articles covering historical events, relations with countries, biographical sketches of leaders associated with foreign policy, treaties, doctrines, and key concepts. Includes chronology and comparative country data.
  • Location(s): Ref E 183.7 .E53 1997
  4 vols.

• Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia
  New York: Garland 2001
  Though its focus is primarily on political developments, this set also covers cultural, economic, and social trends since World War II. Short, well-documented articles on prominent people, places, events, and institutions.
  • Location(s): Ref D 1051 .E97 2001
  1945-

• Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations
  Greenwood 2002
  Offers brief articles on countries, regions, events, crises, diplomacy, international political economy, international organizations, and concepts of international law.
  • Location(s): Ref JZ 1160 .N65 2002
  4 vols.

• Human Rights Watch World Report
  Human Rights Watch
  An annual publication that surveys the world's human rights record. Each volume offers regional and country surveys summarizing the events of the previous year.
  1990-

• International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration
  Boulder: Westview 1998
  Covers topics in public administration such as regional development, emergency management, budget reform, cost of living adjustments, and more. This work, with its global scope and interdisciplinary coverage, provides broad perspectives. It also includes coverage of principles, theories, legal concepts, and management topics as well as definitions of terms-such as groupthink and muddling through-used in the field of public policy.
  • Location(s): Ref H97 .I574 1998

• Political Handbook of the World
  CSA 1927-
  Covers countries of the world, giving basic background information, discussion of political parties and structures, and analysis of current trends.
  • Location(s): Ref JF 37 .P76
  1927-

• World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures
  Congressional Quarterly 1998
  Covers parliamentary forms of government in over 190 countries in lengthy profiles that cover the nations' history, structure and procedure of parliamentary governance, relationship to the executive branch, parliamentary ethics and culture, and relevant constitutional issues.
  • Location(s): Ref JF 511 .W67 1998
  2 vols.

• Information about American politics

• Almanac of American Politics
  National Journal
  Summarizes the state of politics at both national and state levels, giving vote results on key issues and state-by-state analysis of important issues. Updated biennially.
  • Location(s): Ref JK 1012 .A44
  1972-

• America Votes
  Congressional Quarterly
  Summarizes state and national election returns. Useful for historical as well as recent information.
  • Location(s): Ref JK 1967 .A8
  1956-

• CQ Researcher
  Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly Inc.
  In-depth, analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day. Published by Congressional Quarterly, with its tradition of nonpartisan reporting and analysis, each CQ Researcher presents a balanced account of an issue on the public agenda. The objective, forward-looking reporting that characterizes these articles is designed to encourage discussion, to help readers think critically and to facilitate further research.
  • Location(s): Ref H 35 .E352 [year]

• CQ's Politics in America
  CQ
  Gives biographical sketches and political analysis of legislators, discussion of regional and state politics, and thumbnail sketches of legislative districts. Updated biennially
  • Location(s): Ref JK 1010 .P64
  1981-

• Congressional Quarterly Almanac
  CQ
  A summation of US politics that analyzes the issues, important legislation, voting records of congressmen, and major Supreme Court decisions.
  • Location(s): Ref JK 1 .C66
  1945-

• Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
  CQ
  A weekly magazine that covers events in Washington in detail. Includes a yellow index section that appears every six months.
  • Location(s): Periodicals
  1967-

• Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress
  CQ 2000 5th edition
  Gives detailed histories and discussions of Congressional processes and issues. There are similar guides put out by the same publisher covering the presidency (Ref JK 516 .G83 2008), the Supreme Court (Ref KF 8742 .W567 2004), and US elections (Ref JK1967 .G85 2005).
  • Location(s): Ref JK 1021 .C565 2000

• Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties
  Routledge 2006
  Articles in this set offer a particular view of American politics and law. Its nearly 1,500 entries cover important legal cases as well as issues such as abortion, assisted suicide, line-ups, and flag burning, as well as historically significant topics from Zenger to Abu Graib.
  • Location(s): Ref KF 4747.5 .E53 2006
  3 vols.

• Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System
  Scribner's 1994
  Lengthy essays on the history, legislative structures and processes, personnel, elections, policy, and politics of the legislative system. Arranged topically, rather than alphabetically. Each essay is written by a specialist and is followed by a substantial bibliography
  • Location(s): Ref JF 501 .E53 1994

• Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
  Simon and Schuster 1994
  A topical survey of the institution of the presidency, offering lengthy essays and extensive bibliographies.
  • Location(s): Ref JK 511 .E53 1994
  4 vols.

• Encyclopedia of the United States Congress
  Simon and Schuster 1995
  Contains over 1,000 articles on the character and history of Congress, including surveys of issues and how they have been dealt with, people, concepts, and the ways Congress works.
  • Location(s): Ref JK 1067 .E63 1995
  4 vols.

• United States Government Manual
  Government Printing Office
  Outlines the organization of federal government agencies, providing organizational charts, contact names and addresses, and descriptions of the missions of the many agencies of the government. Also located in ready reference.
  1973-

• Important Public Documents Series

• Congressional Record
  Government Printing Office
  Appearing daily during Congressional sessions, this publication is the official record of Congress. It includes the texts of speeches, debates, and votes. Indexes appear regularly. For the 101st congress to the present, the Record is available on the web in a searchable version through Thomas.
  • Location(s): Periodicals and online
  1873-

• Foreign Relations of the United States
  Government Printing Office
  Collected correspondence, memoranda, treaties, presidential messages, etc., relating to relating to U. S. foreign policy, arranged chronologically and by region. This is a rich depository of primary source material on foreign relations and international issues.
  • Location(s): JX233 .A3
  1861-present (print) and 1945-present (online)

• Treaties and Other International Agreements
  Government Printing Office
  The text of treaties in chronological arrangement. For a listing of existing bilateral and multilateral treaties, consult the most current volume of Treaties in Force (Ref JX 236 1929c and online.)
  • Location(s): Ref JZ 1160 .N65 2002
  1970-

• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
  Office of the Federal Register
  A repository of proclamations, speeches, statements, etc. of presidents, kept up to date by the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Volumes from 1992 on are available online.
  • Location(s): shelved with the general collection at J80 .A283
  1957-

• For legislation and case law, see the Resources for the Law page.

• H Social Sciences (General)
• HA Statistics
• J Political Science
  • J 1-981 Official Documents
  • JC Political Theory
  • JF 201-723 Organs and Functions of Government
  • JF 800-1191 Political Rights and Guaranties
  • JF 1321-2112 Government--Administration
  • JF 2011-2112 Political Parties
  • JK United States
  • JL British America, Latin America
  • JN Europe
  • JQ Asia. Africa. Australia. Oceania
  • JS Local Government
  • JX International relations
• K Law

• CIAO
  Columbia International Affairs Online contains references to working papers, conference proceedings, journals, books, policy briefs, economic indicators, and more, from 1991 to the present. The database focuses on theory and research in international affairs.
  1991-present; updated monthly

• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
  an online version of the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Documents, covering publications from 1994 to May 2005. Note, many of these documents are not in our collection. The documents we receive currently are in the library catalog. To find documents published before 1994, consult the print version of the Monthly Catalog (Ref Gov Docs Z 1223 .A18; you may do well to consult a reference librarian since this catalog is quite difficult to use.)

• Congressional Universe
  Index to congressional publications from 1970 to the present, legislative histories for public laws, testimony at congressional hearings, and biographical and committee information. Also allows searching of the Congressional Record and Federal Register.
  1795-present

• PapersFirst
  NEW FOR 2009-2010 Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Access is provided by the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM).

• ProceedingsFirst
  New for 2009-2010 Index of worldwide conference proceedings. It covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre, and contains in each record a list of the papers presented at each conference. Access is provided by the Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM).

• Public Affairs Index
  Covers global contemporary public policy issues, ranging from public health, the environment, housing, human and civil rights, to international conflict and natural disasters. Draws on scholarly publications, conference papers, government documents and reference works.
  1972-present; updated weekly

• SAGE Premier
  Search the full text to over 500 scholarly journals published by SAGE in a range of disciplines, including many social sciences titles. Many journals include full backfiles - back to 1960s or earlier. To search articles by discipline, click on the "Browse" tab, then click on the "Articles by Discipline" tab.

• Statistical Universe
  Includes summaries of statistical publications and searches and displays tables of statistical data. Statistical Universe includes links to the full-text of selected publications and government web sites, including the information contained in the Statistical Abstract of the United States.

• Web of Science
  The Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Besides indexing a wide range of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and history, this resource allows you to search for articles that cite a specific author or published work. Coverage from 1997 to the present. Click on the "Web of Science" tab to limit your search to one or more specific citation databases.
  1997-present

Additional journals may be available in full text through various subscription databases.
Print journals are housed in the periodicals collection on the first floor of the library.

• American Journal of International Law
  v.102:no.1(2008:Jan.)-

• American Journal of Political Science

• Asian Survey
  v.45:no.1(2005:Jan./Feb.)-

• Comparative Politics
  v.37:no.2(2005:Jan.)-

• Congressional Digest
  v.1-64(1921-86)indx-

• Current History
  v.7(1918:Jan-Mar)-

• Dissent
  v.25(1978)-

• Family Law Quarterly
  v.1:no.4(1967:Dec)-

• Foreign Affairs
  v.6(1928)-

• Foreign Policy
  no.1-8:indx-

• Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
  v.63:no.1(2003:Jun)-

• Harvard Law Review
  v.88(1974-75:Nov-Feb)-

• Index On Censorship
  v.27(1998)-

• International Affairs

• International Organization
  v.59:no.1(2005:winter)-

• Journal of Church and State
  v.1(1959)-

• Journal of International Affairs
  v.34(1980:spring-summer)-

• Journal of Politics
  v.61:no.1(1999:Feb)-

• Legislative Studies Quarterly
  v.28:no.1(2003:Feb)-

• Middle East Policy
  v.1(1992)-

• Minnesota Law Review
  v.46:no.1(1961:Nov)-

• Monthly Review
  v.30-31(1979:Apr-Oct)-

• Orbis: Journal of World Affairs
  v.23:no.1(1979)-

• Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research

• Perspectives on Politics
  v.1:no.1(2003:Mar.)-

• Political Behavior
  v.27:no.1(2005:Mar.)-

• Political Research Quarterly
  v.60:no.1(2007:Mar.)-

• Political Science Quarterly
  v.118:no.1(2003:spring)-

• Politics & Policy

• Presidential Studies Quarterly

• Public Opinion Quarterly
  v.63(1999)

• Review of Policy Research

• State and Local Government Review
  v.23-24(1991-92)-

• UN Chronicle
  v.12-13(1975-76)-

• U.S. News and World Report
  v.24(1948:Apr-Jun)-

• Washington Monthly
  v.2(1970-71:Aug-Feb)-

• World Policy Journal
  v.7(1989-90)-

• Access to Government and Political Websites

• GPO Access
  From the Government Printing Office, this site is a portal for federal publications of all types. A similar official portal to government information, more oriented to a popular audience, is USA.gov.

• LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directory
  Offers links to federal agency Web sites, arranged hierarchically and alphabetically, with a search engine.

• Open CRS: Congressional Research Reports for the People
  A clearinghouse of over 8,000 reports on a wide variety of topics created by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) for members of Congress. Though these reports are highly useful, they are not made public unless released by a member of Congress. From the Center for Democracy & Technology. (Another guide to CRS reports is available from the University of North Texas Libraries.)

• University of Michigan Documents Center
  Offers a well-organized and current list of links to local, state, federal, foreign, and international Web sites with official information, as well as links to statistical information sources and a guide to political science material on the Web.

• Federal Legislation and Congressional Information

• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
  From the Library of Congress. Provides the text of bills introduced in Congress along with committee action from the 104th Congress (1995) to present. Users can search the site by bill number or keyword to learn about the legislative process, find a state's members of Congress, and access a comprehensive database on current and past legislation. The site also provides a full-text search of the Congressional Record, a daily record of activity in Congress, and committee information. Most official state Web sites provide similar bill-tracking information for state legislatures.

• U.S. Congress Votes Database
  From the Washington Post, this site provides information on votes in Congress since 1991. It provides detail and summary information about each vote as well as some aggregated information, from the useful (voting patterns by region) to the absurd (votes by astrological sign). A few types of votes are also highlighted, such as for treaties, impeachments, and vice-presidential tie-breakers. To keep up with current voting, there is an RSS feed as well as a list of recent votes.

• International Relations

• Country Studies
  Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, these online editions of book-length country profiles are produced for U.S. diplomats. This site includes substantial information on each nation's culture, history, economy, and political system. It is searchable by topic and country. Be sure to note publication dates; some volumes are more than ten years old and may include outdated materials.

• Foreign Affairs Online
  Maintained by Robert J. Beck, this is a meta-index to sites related to international law, international relations, human rights, NGOs and IGOs, and U.S. foreign policy. Well organized and thoroughly annotated.

• Political Database of the Americas
  A digital project from Georgetown University’s Center for Latin American Studies and the Secretariat for Political Affairs of the Organization of American States. This database includes a wide range of documents from countries located in the Americas, such as national constitutions, judicial documents, and information on civil society. Materials are available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

• United Nations
  Offers news releases, virtual tours, documents, and basic information about the United Nations and its bodies. Three different search engines explore a large database and list of links. The site includes a wealth of reports, statistical data, and other information on human rights, international law, peacekeeping missions, and other topics. In addition, there is a separate database of official UN documents available on the Web, covering primarily parliamentary documents from 1993 to present.

• Countries and Regions
  Information on US relations abroad as well as background information from the US State Department.

• Constitution Finder
  Links to the constitutions of countries around the world.

• Public Opinon Data

• ABC News Polling Unit

• American Religion Data Archive

• The Associated Press/IPSOS Poll

• CISER Data Archive
  from Cornell University, annotated list of available polls

• Fox News Poll

• Gallup Poll
  Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources 1972-present
  An annual compilation of opinion poll statistics gathered by the Gallup Organization, covering from 1935 to the present. Indexes make it easy to find figures from different years. This organization also maintains a website which contains selected data at Gallup.com.
  • Location(s): Ref HN 90 .P8 G35

• Harris Interactive
  Provides access to Harris polls

• LAPOP-Latin American Public Opinion Project
  results from most Latin American countries as well as Madagascar, Israel and Albania

• Mansfield Asian Opinion Poll Database
  polls from major media organizations in Japan and South Korea

• The New York Times Polls

• The NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Polls

• Pew Research Center
  Gateway to variety of studies supported by Pew Research

• Public Opinion Poll Question Database
  produced by the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina, some coverage extents from 1970 - present

• Public Opinion Polls - Research Guide
  guide from University of Pennsylvania Library

• The Roper Center's poll
  collection of polling data from many outlets - subscription required for some content

• Survey Research Center
  from the University of Michigan

• Time Magazine/SRBI Polls

• The Washington Post Polls

• World Public Opinion

• World Values Survey
  tables and graphs from World Values Survey conducted 1981-2004

• Public Policy

• Advocacy and Public Policymaking
  This scholarly website contains random samples of issues on which lobbyists were active during the 106th and 107th Congresses. Click on any of the listed issues to find a wide range of resources, including bill information, TV and print news stories, and committee hearings.

• Policy Agendas Project
  From the Center for American Politics and Public Policy at the University of Washington, the Policy Agendas Project traces policy changes in the United States since World War II. The website provides a wealth of research tools, including data sets for congressional hearings, New York Times articles, Gallup Polls, Executive Orders, and Supreme Court cases. The data can be downloaded in a variety of formats.

• Special Topics

• Global Terrorism Database
  Funded by the Department of Homeland Security and based at the University of Maryland. Data available from 1970 through 2004.

• National Security Archive
  From George Washington University, this is the Website of a project that has collected the world's largest non-governmental archive of declassified documents, many of them covering controversial issues and obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Though many documents are not accessible through the Web site, there are large collections of papers called briefing books on a variety of foreign affairs topics. This site is a rich set of primary source documents on key international issues.

• Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive
  From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, this site is building a collection of digital versions of secret recordings of conversations in the Oval Office from 1940 through 1973. Currently there are selected conversations from Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Johnson available. Presidential speeches and oral histories are also available. An affiliated site, American President, offers biographical information on all U.S. presidents and background on the workings of the White House.

• World Public Opinion
  A clearinghouse based at the University of Maryland for the results of opinion polls covering worldwide attitudes about international affairs. Organized by region and topic.

• Worldwide Incidents Tracking System
  The National Counterterrorism Center's database of terrorist incidents. Data begins in 2005.

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