Librarians for Political Science

Betty Febo
Research & Instruction, x3426

Graham Henderson
Collections, x3514

Course Guides

POL1 200 - Am. Politics
POL3 305 - Military in Politics
POL3 327 - Int'l Orgs
POL2 383 - Politics of Migration
more...

Related subject guides

Government Documents at Wellesley

Campaigns and Elections

International Relations

Legal Resources

Related resources

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

 

Political Science Department

• Academic Search Premier - multidisciplinary and international
• JSTOR - multidisciplinary and int'l
• CQ Library - mostly U.S.
• National Journal's Policy Central - U.S.
• LexisNexis Congressional - U.S. legislature
• CIAO - international
• PAIS - international
• Web of Science (and Social Science) - tracks citations
• more...

• CQ Voting and Elections
• America Votes. Clapp Ref JK 1967 A8 1956+
• Election Resources on the Internet
• Polling the Nations
• Campaigns and Elections
• 2008 Presidential Election

• LexisNexis U.S. Politics and World News
• Politics1.com Political News
• Yahoo Politics News
• BBC Monitoring - current news translations. In L/N, use Sources tab.
• FBIS - news translations 1974-1996

• LexisNexis Academic Legal Research
• Legal Resources Subject Page
• Constitution Finder

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
• Almanac of American Politics Clapp Ref JK 271 B343 1972+
• Europa World Year Book Clapp Ref JN 1 E85
• Political Handbook of the World Clapp Ref JF 37 P61
• Portals to the World - Library of Congress
• more...

• in the library catalog, start with keyword > choose a useful book > full record tab - follow the subject links to find more on that topic
• try a subject search for:
  • [country name] politics and government
  • elections [country name] or elections [year]
• click on the NExpress or Virtual Catalog buttons to request items we don't own
• or search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! button)
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

• Political Resources on the Net
• search U.S. government sites
• Foreign Government Resources on the Web
• State & Local Government Info
• more...

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