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Political Science Resources @ Smith Library


 

Finding reference sources:

 

Use CONSULS, the Connecticut State University system online catalog, to find reference sources in Political Science in Smith Library.  Do a keyword search and limit to ECSU, using search terms such as “encyclopedia or dictionary” and “political science or politics or government.”

 

You can also browse for books about Political Science in the Reference Section of the library (second floor) by looking for call numbers which begin with the following:

  • J:  General legislative and executive papers
  • JA:  General works (in political science)
  • JC:  Political theory
  • JF:  Constitutional history – general 
  • JK:  Constitutional history – U.S.
  • JL:  Constitutional history – Britain and Latin America
  • JN:  Constitutional history – Europe
  • JQ:  Constitutional history – Asia, Africa, Australia
  • JS:  Local government
  • JV:  Colonies, emigration, immigration
  • JX:  International law/relations
  • K:  Law – general
  • KD:  Law of the United Kingdom
  • KDK:  Law of Northern Ireland, Ireland
  • KDZ:  Law of North America
  • KEZ:  Law of Canada
  • KF:  Law of the U.S.
  • KFA:  Law of individual states
  • KFC:  Law of Connecticut
  • KH:  Law of Latin America
  • KJW:  Law of Europe, A-F
  • KKZ:  Law of Europe, G-Z

 

Selected reference works in Political Science:

 

The Almanac of American politics / [Boston?] : Gambit, 2004.  Ref JK1012.A44

 

American Political Scientists : A Dictionary / edited by Glenn H. Utter and Charles Lockhart ; foreword by Robert Jervis; Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.  Ref JA61.A525 2002

 

The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science : A User's Guide to its Terms / Frank Bealey; Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1999.  Ref JA61.B43 1999

 

A Dictionary of Modern Politics / David Robertson; London ; New York : Europa Publications, c2002.  Ref JA61.R63 2002

 

Elections A to Z / John L. Moore; Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1999.  Ref JK1976.M57 1999

 

Encyclopedia of the Reagan-Bush years / Peter B. Levy; Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.  Ref JK511.L48 1996

 

Encyclopedia of Politics : The Left and the Right / Rodney P. Carlisle, general editor; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Reference, c2005.  Ref JA61.E54 2005  ( 2 volumes)

 

Environmental Law Handbook /  [Rockville, MD] Government Institutes, Inc.  Ref KF3775.E473 17th ed.

 

Ethics in U.S. Government : An Encyclopedia of Investigations, Scandals, Reforms, and Legislation / Robert North Roberts; Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2001.  Ref JK468.E7 R556 2001

 

 


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