Suggested Resources

REFERENCE MATERIALS FROM THE 2ND FLOOR

• Encyclopedia of Digital Government [available in both online and print formats – retrieve by performing a title search in the Library Catalog, then use link “View this publication’s electronic version]
  Ref JF 1525 A8 E63


• Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party (Ref JK 2265 E422), Republican Party (Ref JK 2265 E42), and Third Parties in America (Ref JK 2261 E474)


• Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens’ Rights and Responsibilities [includes thematic topics and primary source documents]
  Ref JA 61 G645



• Political Handbook of the World
  Ref JF 37 P6

• United States Government Internet Manual [guidebook for official government resources on the Internet].
  Ready Ref JK 421 A34

• United States Government Manual [comprehensive information on the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, plus quasi-official agencies, U.S. participation in international organizations, boards, commissions, and committees].
  Ready Ref JK 421 A3 or available online at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

CAREERS, JOBS

• Career Opportunities in Politics, Government, and Activism
  Ref JK 692 A94


• Careers and the Study of Political Science: A Guide for Undergraduates
  Ref JA 88 U6 C27


• Careers in International Affairs
  Ref JZ 1238 U6 C37 2008
  


• Federal Jobs: The Ultimate Guide
  Ref JK 692 M68


• Great Jobs for Political Science Majors
  Ref JA 88 U6 R68


• Guide to America’s Federal Jobs
  Ref JK 692 G85

DICTIONARIES

• American Political Dictionary
  Ref JK 9 P55


• Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science
  Ref JA 61 B43

BIOGRAPHIES

• American Political Scientists
  Ref JA 61 A525

• Fifty Major Political Thinkers
  Ref JA 66 A314

STATISTICS

• America Votes: Election Returns by State
  Ref JK 1967 A8

• County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book
  HA 203 C68

• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  HA 202 S73

WEB LINKS

• C-SPAN.org. Private, non-profit company providing public access to the political process with live and recorded online archival coverage of the House of Representatives and Senate sessions, committee hearings, press conferences, etc. http://www.c-span.org/

• Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) from the American Society of International Law. Primary and authoritative online documents and treaties for international law. http://www.asil.org/system/eisil.htm

• In the First Person. Oral history database (primary source documents).   http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.shtml

• National Security Archive. Primary source documents. “…collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.” http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

• Political Science Resources – United States Politics
  http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psusp.html

LOCATING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION

• “Help Finding Government Documents” page from the Library’s website.
  http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/help/help_government_documents.html


• THOMAS (Library of Congress). Find government documents and legislative information http://thomas.loc.gov/


• United States Government Accountability Office (U.S. GAO). Find government documents here.  http://www.gao.gov/


• Use the Websites by Subject (Subjects A - Z list) from the library home page at http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/websites/ to find government information for:


• United States Government
  http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/websites/govmntus.html
  


• California Government
  http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/websites/govmntcal.html
  


• State and Local Government
  http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/websites/governlocal.html
  


• Cities and Towns Government
  http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/websites/governlocal.html
  

DATABASES

• Databases by Subject – Political Science
  http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/databases/politicalscience.html
  Including:
  
  • Academic Search Elite
  • Alt-Press Watch
  • CQ Electronic Library
  • Ethnic News Watch
  • JSTOR
  • Lexis-Nexis  (Business, legal & news publications; laws, regulations, court cases)
  • Military & Government Collection
  • Newspapers (Proquest)
  • PAIS International
  
  
• Polling Databases:
  
  • Field Poll Data
  • ICPSR
  • Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

For help: