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Government/Political Science

Reference (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc)

Encyclopedias

  • Oxford Companion to Politics of the World - JA 61 .O95 1993 - Encyclopedia of brief articles on world politics in the emerging post-Cold War era.
  • Encyclopedia of Democracy - JC 423 .E53 1995 - Four volume set providing international perspectives on democracy.
  • Encyclopedia of Government and Politics - JA61 .C66 2004 - Two Volume set covering political theory and policy

Dictionaries

  • Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science - Ref. JA 61 .B43 1999 - Definitions of basic terms. Cross-references and suggested further readings.
  • Encyclopedia of Democracy - JC 423 .E53 1995 - Four volume set providing international perspectives on democracy.
  • Europa World Online The online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Europa Regional Surveys of the World series, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countires.

Guides/Summaries

  • Congressional Quarterly Almanac - JK 1 .C66 - Annual almanac published by Congressional Quarterly outlining the course of major legislation and national political races in the U.S
  • Historical Guide to the U.S. Government - JK 9 .H57 1998 - Brief articles on all aspects of the history of the executive branch of the U.S. federal government.
  • Ethics in U. S. Government - JK468 .E7 R556 2001 this ready-reference encyclopedia provides 264 alphabetically organized entries on the ethics controversies, political scandals, investigations, reforms, and the people involved in them from the formation of the Republic through the year 2000.

Bibliographies

  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications - An online version of the United States Government Printing Office catalog of U.S. government documents. It indexes the publications of the federal government from 1976 to the present. In addition to providing citations to government publications, it includes links to the full-text of many online publications. MarciveWeb also notes which publications should be available at Wesleyan, or in other government document depository libraries in the area.

Statistics

  • Fedstats - Links to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies, with multiple access methods.