Library Research Guide
Government 550-04
Senior Project
Prof. Rivera
Spring 2008
Reference
 CountryWatch
Up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.
CQ Researcher
Summary reports on a wide range of social, economic, political, and environmental issues.
Under "Browse by Topic" select International Relations and World Politics.
CRS Reports
Prepared by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress. CRS reports, studies and issue briefs are concise, well-researched and many are updated regularly.
CRS reports are available:
Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
Signed articles on post-cold war global issues.
Information Sources of Political Science, 5th ed.
Location: Ref JA71 .I54 2005
International Relations, International Security, and Comparative Politics: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources
Location: Ref JZ1305 .K34 2008
Contemporary Democracy: A Bibliography of Periodical Literature, 1974-1994
Location: Ref JC423 .V25 1997
The Encyclopedia of Democracy - 4 vols.
Signed articles on democratic theories and institutions, with a bibliography of readings for further study.
Location: Ref JC423 .E53 1995
Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought
Location: Ref JC423 .E54 2001
Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations - 4 vols.
Location: Ref JZ1160 .N65 2002
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - 26 vols.
Location: Ref H41 .I58 2001
Political Handbook of the World
Location: Ref JF37 .P6
Political Philosophy: Theories, Thinkers, Concepts
Location: Ref JA71 .P6226 2001
Taking Sides: Clashing View in World Politics
A series presenting pro and con arguments about different aspects of controversial issues.
Location: Ref D860 .T357 2007
NB: To find more titles in the series, search ALEX (library catalog) with a keyword and the phrase "taking sides". Example: privacy and "taking sides" (search type: boolean)
World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures - 2 vols.
Location: Ref JF511 .W67 1998
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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.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the scholarly journal literature in political science and international relations, law and public policy.
Web of Science
Search for scholarly articles by keyword. To find articles that cite an author's work use the cited reference search.
JSTOR
An archive of selected full text scholarly journals.
Due to publisher agreements usually the last five years of a journal are not included.
PAIS International
An index to articles, books, studies, government documents and reports on public policy issues.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Source of a wide range of scholarship that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
News, Legal & Legislative Resources:
LexisNexis Academic
Newspaper and magazine articles, and law resources.
See also: Newspaper Articles
LexisNexis Congressional
Comprehensive access to United States legislative information. Includes information on federal bills, votes, committee reports and schedules, Congressional members and staff, full text of bills, transcripts, news, and federal publications.
Scholarly Journals - Comparative Politics and International Relations
American Political Science Review
Comparative Politics
Comparative Political Studies
Foreign Policy
International Affairs
International Organization
International Security
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Democracy
Journal of Political Economy
Political Studies
PS: Political Science and Politics
World Politics
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  button to request items through interlibrary loan.
Recommended Subject terms for ALEX and WorldCat searches:
- [Country/region] -- ethnic relations
- [Country/region] -- foreign economic relations
- [Country/region] -- foreign relations
- [Country/region] -- history
- [Country/region] -- officials and employees
- [Country/region] -- politics and government
- [Country/region] -- relations
- Comparative government
- Democracy
- Democracy -- [country/region]
- Democratization
- Democratization -- [country/region]
- Elections -- [country/region]
- Islam and politics
- Legislative bodies -- [country/region]
- Political parties -- [country]
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Internet Sites
Political Science Resources on the Web
Comprehensive directory of online and internet resources, some of which are restricted to the University of Michigan campus.
REESWeb: Russian & East European Studies
Annotated links to internet sources.
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
An internet directory of links to sources of information and analysis in a wide range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics.
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Citing Sources
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including MLA.
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: March 25, 2008)
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