Political Science Research Guide 

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INTERNET RESOURCES	CITATION STYLE GUIDES	RESEARCH METHODS	INTERLIBARY LOAN

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Find Books: Catalogs and Databases

FLC Library Catalog
Use the catalog to locate books, videos, DVDs and other materials at the Reed Library and the Delaney Library at the Center for Southwest Studies.  For help with catalog searching see Searching the FLC Library Catalog.

Prospector
Prospector is a unified catalog of twenty-three libraries in Colorado and Wyoming.  Through Prospector, you have access to over 20 million books, videos and other materials.  You can identify and borrow materials from these collections and have them delivered to Reed Library.  If you have an updated library account, you can order Prospector items without being in the library.

WorldCat 
WorldCat provides bibliographic records for books and other materials from libraries worldwide.  Check first in FLC's catalog and in Prospector.  If you need additional sources, use WorldCat.  Materials identified in WorldCat that are not available at FLC or through Prospector can be obtained through interlibrary loan. 

         Find Periodicals:  To locate magazines, journals and newspapers at FLC.
                     Print:  Use Periodical Title Seach in the library catalog.
                     Electronic:  Use E-Journal Finder on the library homepage.
          Use interlibrary loan to request an article in a publication not available at FLC. 
 

         Find Articles: Periodicals Databases

• Academic Search, Accessible on-campus and remotely through the Reed Library Database Searching Web page.
  Bibliographic citations with abstracts from scholarly and popular, general interest and multi-discipline - literature, psychology, engineering, physiology, and other fields in the humanities, social sciences and the physical sciences. Includes full-text of articles for over 1000 periodical titles. Coverage is primarily from 1980 - current. See Anthropology Titles in Academic Search Premier for a complete list of related periodical titles.
• Academic Universe on Lexis-Nexis.  Web access through campus network.  Newspapers (national and international), legal research, business, medicine and other journal and magazine articles in full text.  Seach tips for Academic Universe.
• America: History and Life.  Available from the Library Home page in Reed Library only, listed under Database Searching. History  of U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present.  Bibliographic citations to journal articles, books and dissertations with links to journals in full text in JSTOR and other databases.  
• Bibliography of Native North Americans Online available in the library from the Library Home page, listed under Database Searching. This database is a subset of the Human Relations Area Files (HREF) which are found at large university libraries.
  "The Bibliography of Native North Americans, from Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), is an electronic publication that contains the citations from the cumulative eight volumes of the Ethnographic Bibliography of North America as well as additional new citations.
  The Bibliography of Native North Americans contains citations to literature about native peoples of North America published from the sixteenth century to the present. Native North Americans include Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; and other native peoples (i.e. "Indians") of Alaska, Canada, the United States, and Mexico north of the northern boundary of Mesoamerica.  All citations are to published materials: books, journal articles, essays, conference papers, and US and Canadian government documents. " (from database information online.
• GreenFile.  Available on the web (www.greeninfoonline.com/) and from the Library Home page, listed under Database Searching. Human impact on the environment with connections to disicplines including agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Incudes citations to scholarly and general interest periodicals, government documents and reports with some available in full text.  
• Handbook of Latin American Studies Online 1935- forward. Available from the Library Home page, listed under Database Searching. Access is unrestricted.
  "The Handbook is a bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. Each year, more than 130 academics from around the world choose over 5,000 works for inclusion in the Handbook. Continuously published since 1935, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources." (from information on HLAS Home page). 
• Historical Abstracts Available from the Library Home page in Reed Library only, listed under Database Searching. World history excluding U.S. and Canada.  Covers a historical period of 1450- and indexes material from 1983 to the present.  Bibliographic citations to journal articles, books and dissertations with links to journals in full text in JSTOR and other databases.  
• ingenta accessed through the Database Searching page or directly to http://www.ingenta.com/ (no restrictions for searching)
  ingenta is a broad database covering all disciplines as well as popular information. The database is created from entering citation information for articles in the tables of contents for over 17,000 periodicals received in libraries nationwide. Words can be searched in the title of the periodical or the article, but articles are not indexed using subject headings or added keywords. UnCover offers fee-based document delivery requiring credit card payment. Interlibrary loan through the Library is the advised option for obtaining the articles at an economical cost of .10 per page. 
• JSTOR Journal Archive Accessible on-campus and remotely.  JSTOR is an archive of full text scholarly journal articles in the humanities, social sciences and physical sciences.
• Ethnic Newswatch accessed through the Reed Library "Database Searching" Web page campus wide.
  This is an index of articles with full-text from magazines, journals and newspapers of the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States.
• Philosophers Index. Accessible on-campus and remotely.  Provides access to citations for journal articles, book and book chapters covering all aspects of philosophy including political philosophy.  Links to some full text through JSTOR and other databases.
• PyscInfo Accessible remotely.  Covers all aspects of psychology:  educational, experimental and clinical.  Provides citations to journal articles, book chapters, reports and dissertations.  Links to full text of APA journals and other articles through EBSCO. Available from the Library Home page, listed under Database Searching.
• SocINDEX Available from the Library Home page in Reed Library only, listed under Database Searching. Social Studies including include abortion, criminal justice, demography, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, rural and urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, and sociological theory. Scholarly and professional articles.  Bibliographic citations with abstracts. Full text of over 600 journals, 700 books/monographs and 6000 conference papers are available. 
• Wilson Omnifile is a multidisciplinary database with fulltext in art, humanities, education, Humanities, law, information science, social sciences, business, general science. technology, biology, and agriculture. Available from the Library Home page, listed under Database Searching.

Print & Online Reference Sources

Print sources are located in the Reference Collection on Reed Library's main floor.

General


• Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History    Ref E169.1 E.624 2001
• Encyclopedia of American Social History    Ref HN57 .E58 1993  
• Book Review Digest Online (Access from Reference E-Resources on the library homepage.)
• Biographies - Wilson Online (Access from Reference E-Resources on the library homepage.)
• CQ Researcher Online (Access from Reference E-Resources on the library homepage.)
• Oxford Reference Online (Access from Reference E-Resources on the library homepage.)
  
  American Politics and Government
  
• American Attitudes: Who Thinks What About the Issues That Effect Our Lives   Ref HN90 .P8 A527 2005
• Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections   Ref JK1967 .C622 2001
• Congressional Quarterly's Desk Reference on American Government     Ref JK274 .W449 1995
• CQ Almanac    Ref JK1 .C66
• CQ Researcher Almanac  Ref H35 .E35
• Encyclopedia of American Political History    Ref E183 .E5 1984
• Encyclopedia of the American Left   Ref HX86 .E58 1998
• Encyclopedia of American Extremists and Extremist Groups    Ref HN373 .E63 2001
• Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics    Ref E184 .A1 E574 2000
• Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics    Ref BL2525 .E52 1999
• From Suffrage to the Senate:  An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics      Ref HQ1236.5 .U6 S32 1999
• The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the U.S. Congress 1789-1989  Atlas Stand G1201 .F8 M26 1989
• Immigration and Citizenship:  Process and Policy  Ref KF4818 .A43 1998
• Political Parties & Elections   Ref JK2261 .P633 1991
• 9/11 Report    Ref HV6432.7 .N38 2003
• Women in Congress: 1917-1990   Ref JK1030 .A2 W65 1991
  
  Foreign Relations
    
• Chronilogical History of United States Foreign Relations 1776 to January 20,1981    Ref E183.7 .B745 1985 
• Country Studies/Area Handbook  (Access from Reference E-Resources on the library homepage.)
• Dictionary of American Diplomatic History    Ref E183.7 .P5 1980
• Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Relations  Ref JX1977 .O82313 1990
• Encyclopedia of Terrorism   Ref HV6431 .K883 2003
• Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World   Ref JA61 .O95 2001
• Treaties in Force    Ref JX236 1929c  Online Access
• The United States in Perspective: An FPA Handbook of International Comparisons    Ref E183.7 .F79 1998
• Yearbook of International Organizations   Ref JX1904 .A42 2000

         Human Rights

• Amnesty Internation Reports    Access online.
• Basic Documents on Human Rights    Ref JC585 .B7
• Country Reports on Human Rights   Ref JC571 .U58 1997
• Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues    Ref JC571 .L2747 1999
• Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Human Rights Organizations    Ref JC571 .G655 1997
  
  Immigration
  
• Immigration Yearbook   Ref JS344 .C5 A24 2006
• Encyclopedia of Diasporas   Ref JV6225 .E53 2004
• Dictionary of American Immigration History   Ref JV6450 .D53 1990

          Law

• American Indian Law Deskbook    Ref KF8205 .A76 1998
• Civil Rights Actions:  Enforcing the Constitution    Ref KF1325 .C58 C575 2000
• Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation    Ref KF4527 .U54 2004
• Dictionary of Environmental Law    Ref KF3584.6 .G55 2000
• Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition   Ref KF8204 .E53 1998
• International Law:  A Dictionary    Ref KZ1161 .B63 2005
• Immigration and Citizenship:  Process and Policy  Ref KF4818 .A43 1998

          Political Ideology

• Dictionary of Modern Political Ideologies    Ref  JA61 .D53 1987
• Dictionary of American Communal and Utopian History   Ref HX653 .F65
• Encylopedia of the American Left   Ref HX86 .E58 1998
• Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions    Ref JC491 .E63 1998
• A Left Guide:  A Guide to Left-of-Center Organizations   Ref HX86 .L45 1996
• Radical Right: A World Directory   RefJF2051 .O5 1987

          Political Parties

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          Magazines, Journals and Newspapers 
 
         Current Politics, Government and Law Titles Online.  

        Newspapers                           

         Current Print Titles

          Political Science
          American Journal of Political Science
          Commonweal
          CQ Almanac
          Current History
          Foreign Affairs
          Journal of Politics
          New Left Review
          Political Research Quarterly
 
          Law
          American Indian Law Review
          Indian Law Reporter
          Law and Contemporary Problems
          U.S. Law Week
 
          Africa
          Africa Today
          Journal of Modern African Studies
          New African

          Asia
          Beijing Review
          Far Eastern Economic Review
          Journal of Asian Studies
          Taiwan Review

          Europe
          Kulturjournal
 
          Latin America
          Americas
          Journal of Latin American Studies
          Latin American Perspectives
          Latin American Research Review
          Mesoamerican
          NACLA Report on the Americas

          Middle East
          Middle East Journal
          Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

          
          
     

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            Selected Internet Resources   

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           Research Methods

            Working With Political Science Research: Problems and Exercises   
            2nd Floor   JA71 .J56 2005

            Political Science Student Writers Manual    
            2nd Floor   JA86 .S39 2002

            Political Science Research Methods   
            Oversize   JA71 .J55 2001

            The Political Research Experience:  Readings and Analysis   
            2nd Floor   JA86 >P556 1994
   
            Doing Research in Political Science  
            2nd Floor   JA .P395 1999

            American Voting Behaviorsin Presidential Elections 1972-1992   
            2nd Floor  JA1965 .P973 1995

            Political Analysis:  Technique and Practice   
            2nd Floor  HM48 .K9 1996
       
              

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Compiled March 1, 2007 by: Pamela Arbeeny, Collection Management Librarian
John F. Reed Library, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado
Last updated April 1, 2008.