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Political Science

red arrow Encyclopedias

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions . 1987. Defines and identifies forms of political organization, principal parties and movements, political terms and major political figures. A-Z arrangement, with bibliographies.
XJA 61 B56 1987

Encyclopedia of American foreign policy : studies of the principal movements and ideas. 3 vols. 1978. Offers approximately 95 entries written by scholars. Includes a biographical dictionary, as well as name and subject indexes.
XJX 1407 E53

Encyclopedia of American Political History. 1984. Approximately 90 articles, with bibliographies, on major themes and developments since 1770. Widely considered to be an authoritative, scholarly encyclopedia.
XE 183 E5 1984
Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Political Violence. 1987.
Alphabetical listing combining entries referring to events, people, organizations and phrases. Has a western emphasis, and focuses on events of the twentieth century.
XHV 6431 T56 1987

Encyclopedia of The American Left. 1990. Signed articles cover political parties, organizations, and issues from around 1870 to the middle 1980s. Indexes of names and subjects are provided.
XHX 86 E58 1990

United States Intelligence: an Encyclopedia. 1990. Alphabetical entries of major terms, persons, and organizations include bibliographies. Covers the period after World War II.
XJK 468 I6 U57 1990


red arrow Dictionaries

Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America. 1989. Listings of 20th century events and people, with cross-reference by country.
XJL 1851 A25 G86 1989

Dictionary of Third World Terms. 1992. Specialized dictionary explains both the origins and meaning of key terms.
Afr Studies D 883 H33 1992

The Dictionary of World Politics: A Reference Guide to Concepts, Ideas, and Institutions. 1990. More than 600 entries including specialized terms. No index, but includes bibliographies.
XJA 61 E85 1990

International Relations: a Political Dictionary. 1995. Entries arranged within subject divisions rather than alphabetically; an index facilitates access to specific terms.
XJX 1226 P55 1995

Latin America: a Political Dictionary. 1992. Entries on people, issues, political parties and events are listed within 11 topics. Provides both a definition and historical significance of terms.
XF 1406 R67 1992

Safire's New Political Dictionary; the Definitive Guide to the New Language of Politics. 1993. Rather than including standard terms, lists unusual words and phrases derived from historical events and modern usage (e.g., sound bite).
XJK 9 S2 1993

red arrow Handbooks

Handbook of Political Science Research on the USSR and Eastern Europe: Trends From the 1950s to the 1990s. 1992. Signed essays with bibliographies on individual countries as well as overviews of economic and foreign relations.
XJN 6524 H36 1992

Handbook of Political Science Research on Sub Saharan Africa. 1992. Contains 13 signed essays with bibliographies. An additional bibliography of bibliographies on African politics is also included.
XJA 84 A337 H36 1992

A New Handbook of Political Science. 1996. Entries written by scholars representing the major areas in political science. Each entry includes an extensive bibliography.
XJA 66 N49 1996

Political Science Research Methods. 1995. Aimed at beginning researchers, this source shows by example how to conduct empirical research projects, evaluate data, and understand statistical calculations.
XJA 73 J64 1995

red arrow Political Quotations

The Macmillan Dictionary of Political Quotations. 1993. More than 12,000 quotations arranged by topic, and within each topic alphabetically by author. Author index included.
XPN 6084 P6 E54 1993

red arrow Directories

Graduate Faculty and Programs in Political Science. 1992/94.
An alphabetical listing of colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, with descriptions of their programs. A faculty index is provided, as well as statistical summaries of student composition for each institution.
XJA 88 U6 G8

Washington Information Directory.
Executive agencies, congressional committees, and private organizations listed as potential sources of information. Name and subject indexes provided.
Ref Desk XF 192.3 W33

 


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