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Government 336
American Political Thought
Prof. Nicholas Tampio
Fall 2007
Reference
Current Issues
 CQ Researcher
Summary reports on a wide range of social, economic, political, and environmental issues.
Taking Sides. Clashing Views on Political Issues
Location: Ref JK271 .T37 2008
Taking Sides. Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American Foreign Policy
Location: Ref E183.7 .T34 2006
The Taking Sides series presents pro and con arguments about different aspects of controversial issues. To find more titles in the Taking Sides series, search ALEX (library catalog) with a keyword and the phrase "taking sides". Example: privacy and "taking sides" (search type: boolean)
Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought
Location: Ref JA61 .B57 1987
Dictionary of American History - 10 vols.
Location: Ref E174 .D52 2003
Encyclopedia of Democracy - 4 vols.
Location: Ref JC423 .E53 1995
The Federalist Concordance
Location: Ref KF4515 .E53 1988
A word-by-word index of The Federalist.
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - 26 vols.
Location: Ref H41 .I58 2001
Political Philosophy: Theories, Thinkers, Concepts
Location: Ref JA71 .P6226 2001
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Articles
Core Resources:
Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journal and popular magazine articles in all subject areas, many of which are available in full text online.
LexisNexis Academic
Full text newspaper and magazine articles, and law resources. Includes the The New York Times.
Wall Street Journal
Full text available from 1984 to present. Search by keyword or browse by date.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the scholarly journal literature in political science and international relations, law and public policy.
Additional Resources:
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Books
ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the Find It. button to request items through interlibrary loan.
Examples of Subject headings for ALEX and WorldCat searches:
* Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century
* Political science -- history
* Political science -- philosophy
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Internet Sites
The Federalist Papers
Part of Yale Law School's Avalon Project, an archive of primary source documents in law, history and diplomacy.
Political Science Resources on the Web
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Citing Sources
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to collect citations and format them into footnotes and bibliographies for your research papers and writing assignments.
Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.
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Get Help
For assistance with this course, contact:
Lynn Mayo
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4746
lmayo@hamilton.edu
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(Reviewed: August 28, 2007)
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