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Use reference books for an introduction and overview to your topic,
background information, key people and dates, statistics, etc. The bibliographies
in reference books will lead you to additional sources as well.
This bibliography is in Turabian
style for the footnote format, (with the
exception of the changes in font for the titles), with call numbers
and selected brief annotations added. Books that are published annually
are listed as "annual" and Berks receives the new edition each year.
Lipset, Seymour Martin, ed.The
Encyclopedia of Democracy. Washington, D.C.: Congressional
Quarterly, 1995.
Call#: Ref JC423.E53 1995
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Discusses countries, geographical regions, historical eras, important individuals,
philosophical concepts, and issues related to democracy throughout the
world. 4 volumes.
The Statesman's Year-Book.
New York: St. Martin's Press, annual.
Call#: Ref JA51.S7
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A statistical and historical annual of the states of the world, Berks has
volumes from 1960 - to date, with the latest one kept in Reference.
Delury, George E.,
ed. World
Encyclopedia of Political Systems & Parties.
3rd
ed. New York : Facts On File, c1999.
Call
#: Ref JF2011.W67 1999
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Discusses the system of government
and the parties of each country of the world. 3 volumes.
The Europa World Year Book.
London, England: Europa Publications Limited, annual.
Call#: Ref JN1.E8501
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Contains recent history, economic, political, statistical, and other information
about countries and international organizations. Berks has the latest edition.
2 volumes.
Kurian, George Thomas, ed.World
Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures. Washington,
DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1998.
Call#: Ref JF511.W67 1998
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Contains extensive information on the legislative bodies of each country
of the world, plus essays on issues affecting world parliaments. Sponsored
by Research Committee of Legislative Specialists, International Political
Science Association, and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 2 volumes.
Derbyshire, J. Denis, and Ian Derbyshire. Political
Systems of the World, 2d ed. New York: St. Martin's
Press, 1996.
Call#: Ref JF51.D467 1996
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Includes comparative discussion of governmental systems, essays on countries
(including political, economic and social information), and discussion
of colonies and international cooperation.
Esposito, John L., ed. The
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Call#: Ref DS35.53.O95 1995
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Historical, political, religious, and other information on Islam, key Muslim
figures, and Islamic countries. There are more than forty-eight Muslim
countries from Africa to Asia, and significant Muslim minorities in the
nations of Europe and the Americas. 4 volumes.
Simon, Reeva S., Philip Mattar, and Richard W. Bulliet, eds. Encyclopedia
of the Modern Middle East. New York: Macmillan
Reference USA, 1996.
Call#: Ref DS43.E53 1996
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Historical, political, cultural, economic, social, and biographical information
on the Middle East and north Africa. 4 volumes.
Urwin, Derek W. A Dictionary
of European History and Politics, 1945-1995. London:
Longman, 1996.
Call#: Ref D1051.U79 1996
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Brief explanations of events, issues, territories, organizations, and individuals
of significance in European history and politics from 1945-1995.
Levinson, David, and Karen Christensen. The
Global Village Companion : An A to Z Guide to Understanding Current World
Affairs. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1996.
Call#: Ref D419.L47 1996
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Short essays on issues of global significance, including concepts, ideas,
trends, events, and organizations that, in terms of their current relevance
to world affairs, pertain to more than one nation.
The World : A Third World
Guide. 1995/96. Montevideo: Instituto del Tercer Mundo,
1995/96.
Call#: Ref HC59.69.G843 1995/96
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Contains economic, social, and political information on developing countries
of the world.
General political science
resources
Goodin, Robert E., and Hans-Dieter Klingemann, eds. A
new handbook of political science. Oxford, NY: Oxford
University Press, 1996.
Call#: Ref JA66.N49 1996.
Safire, William. Safire's
new political dictionary, the definitive guide to the new language
of politics. New York: Random House, 1993.
Call#: Ref JK9.S2 1993
Databases
for Finding Journal Articles and More:
Links below will take you to the databases listed. To access these
databases, you must have a Penn State access account and password, and
you must be registered with the Penn State University Libraries. See the
Remote
Database Access page for more details if you have any difficulties.
ProQuest
A good place to look when beginning a search for a topic. Look
here for current events as well as newspaper and periodical articles in
buiness, arts and entertainment, politics and law, health, science and
technology, sports, and newsworthy people.
Coverage: indexes thousands of general-interest journals and newspapers
(1970-present)
Updates: Every few days
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PAIS
- Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin
Focus of this database is on contemporary social and public policy
issues. Besides articles, includes references to books, government publications,
pamphlets, and conference papers in such fields as law, economics, political
science, health, and business. Indexes articles from 1400+ journals; government
publications, etc.
Coverage: 1972-Present. Updates: Quarterly
Search Type: Web interface
Congressional/Legislative
Resources
Provides access to the best web resources for congressional and legislative
information. This includes services available to Penn State Users only,
such as Congressional Compass as well as other free services that provide
similar or related information such as Thomas and GPO Access.
The Guided Tour provides a step-by-step approach to congressional and
legislative information for users who have never done research of this
type before.
Updates: Continuous.
Search Type: Web interface
World
News Connection
World News Connection® (WNC) contains full-text translated summaries
from the Foreign
Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports for the following
materials:
- newspaper articles
- conference proceedings
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- periodicals
- non-classified technical reports
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LEXIS-NEXIS
Academic Universe
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference
information. Covers many news sources for 20 years. Court cases and statutes
from all federal and state jurisdictions are included. Most resources can
be searched in full text
Search Type: Web interface
JSTOR
Electronic Journals available full text through the WWW to Penn State
scholars in the areas of Ecology, Economics, Finance, History, Mathematics,
Political Science, and Population Studies.
Search Type: Web interface
PolicyFile
PolicyFile provides convenient, efficient, online access to public
policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs,
research organizations and publishers. PolicyFile covers all public policy
issues with abstracts available on everything from trade with Asia to health
care reform, from telecommunications regulation to the European Union,
from terrorism to intelligence reform, from Bosnia to Superfund.
New research and organizations are regularly identified and the database
is updated weekly.
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