Books, Print Indexes, Reference Books
Why use scholarly and reference books?
- Overviews and historical background
- Bibliographies to help discover more sources
Print reference is on the 4th floor of the Libe. Political science books are mostly on 2nd in the Js. We also have a lot of online reference sources. Look up these and other books you need using Catalyst.
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Online Reference
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Search across hundreds of reference books and journals at once.
- CQ Political Reference Suite This link opens in a new window
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Searches across the many individual reference books we order from CQ about political science.
- Backgrounders (from Council on Foreign Relations)"Authoritative, accessible, and regularly updated primers on hundreds of foreign policy topics."
Call Numbers
To locate Political Science books, try browsing these call numbers:
- J - Political Science
- JC - Political Theory
- JK - U.S. Politics
- JN - Europe
- JV - Immigration
- JX - International Relations
(This list is partial; a complete list of Library of Congress call numbers is here.)
Reference Books: Social Science Methods
These are useful guides to social science methods.
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences by Call Number: CC Ref H61 .G46 2005ISBN: 9780262572224Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Focus groups : a selective annotated bibliography by Call Number: CC Ref H61.28 .W35 2008Availability and more information from Catalyst...
The Qualitative Researcher's Companion by Call Number: Ref H62 .Q3564 2002Availability and more information from Catalyst...- Political Science Research Methods byCall Number: Ref JA71 .J55 2001Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, The by Call Number: Ref H62 .L456 2004 and OnlineAvailability and more information from Catalyst...
Theory and Methods in Political Science by Call Number: REF JA71 .T497ISBN: 0333948564Publication Date: 2002-09-07Availability and more information from Catalyst...
