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Research Guides : Political Science

Electronic Resources

(Available electronically from any off-campus location)

Reference

InformationPlease
[ http://www.infoplease.com/ ]

The Oxford Guide to the United States Government (FS Only)
( in Oxford Reference Online Premium )

A Dictionary of Political Science (FS Only)
( in Oxford Reference Online Premium )

Articles -- Full Text Databases (FS Access Only)

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Infotrac OneFile (FS Only)
Full text articles from more than 3,000 journals since 1990 covering a variety of disciplines in arts, humanities, science, social sciences, business, and technology.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) (FS Only)
Full text journal articles, policy briefs, working papers, and other sources covering theory and research in international affairs.

LexisNexis Congressional (FS Only)
Testimony, bills, laws, regulations, members, committees, “Inside Washington”, hot bills/topics, and links.

E-Books (FS Access Only )

Thinking Politics : Perspectives in Ancient, Modern, and Postmodern Political Theory
[ Available in netLibrary ]
Description: Web resources

The Political Economy of Rule Evasion and Policy Reform
[ Available in netLibrary ]
Description: All aspects of managing an aviation business

The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance
[ Available in netLibrary ]
Description: Regulatory framework, safety analysis, technologies, standards and more.

Web Sites

Yahoo! Directory : Political Science
[ http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Political_Science/ ]
Topical guide to political science Web sites

Librarian’s Index to the Internet
[ http://lii.org/search/file/politics ]
A directory of political resources organized by subject.

CNN: Inside Politics
[ http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/ ]
Current affairs in the political world

Government Resources Online

FirstGov
[ http://www.firstgov.gov/ ]

U.S. Department of State
[ http://www.state.gov/ ]

GPO Access : Congressional Record Index (CRI)
[ http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cri/ ]
(full-text of Congressional Record, 1983-2003)



Print Sources

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Print Books

A brief history of political thought and statecraft : from Socrates to Rousseau, Hegel and Marx, tomorrow's world of free nations, the political thought of G. W. F. Hegel
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: JA81 .P29 2004 ]
Three lectures based on three courses offered in the Graduate Division of the Dept. of Government and Politics at St. John's U. in New York. In 1978, they were adapted for three CBS TV talks introducing a nationally televised series titled 'Alternative futures'.

A time for choosing : the rise of modern American conservatism
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: E839.5 .S333 2001 ]
The birth of postwar conservatism -- The Cold War hits home -- A new kind of conservatism: the John Birch society -- The case of General Edwin A. Walker -- Creating conflagration: Barry Goldbeater and the Republican party -- Buckley for mayor -- A new kind of conservative: Ronald Reagan -- Passing the torch: organizations and issues, 1968-1972.

House of Bush, house of Saud : the secret relationship between the world's two most powerful dynasties
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: E902 .U54 2004 ]
Wealth, power and privilege with an international connection

Last Modified: 11/3/2004