Political Science Resource Guide--College of St. Catherine Libraries

The Columbia Dictionary of European Political History since 1914
REF D424.C65 1992
Brief definitions of major events, individuals, political groups, and issues in post-World War I Europe.

The Dictionary of 20th Century World Politics
REF JA61.S53 1993
Brief definitions of people, terms, movements, and concepts of 20th century world politics.

Encyclopedia of American Political History
REF E183.E5 1993
Multi-volume set with extensive and thorough articles and bibliographies.

Encyclopedia of American Social History
REF HN57 .E58 1993
Multi-volume set with extensive in-depth articles on broad topics in American social history (i.e. Ethnic and Racial Subcultures). Large bibliographies.

The Europa World Yearbook
REF JN1.E85 2001
Arranged by country, each section includes information on the constitution, government, legislature, political organizations, diplomatic representation, judicial system, religion, and other information. Includes information about the United Nations and other major international organizations.

Europe Since 1945
REF D1058 .E8754 2001
Articles and bibliographies of people, events, countries, treaties, and concepts or post-World War II Europe.

International Relations: A Political Dictionary
REF JX1226.P55 1995
Defines concepts, terms, treaties, and organizations in international relations.

The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
REF JA61 .O95 2001
Extensive articles on people, concepts, and events or world politics since 1993.

Oxford Reference Online
Collection of reference books available online through CSC Libraries. Browse the resources for Politics and Social Sciences for reference e-books on Political Science.

Political Systems of the World
REF JF51.D467 1996
Essays, statistics, and definitions of world political systems.

Stateman's Yearbook
REF JA51 .S7
Up-to-date information on every country, including historical background, information on constitution and government, defense, international relations, economy and social institutions. Also covers major international organizations.

World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties
REF JF2001.W67 1999
Extensive articles that answer the question, "Who rules?" Arranged alphabetically by country.

Finding Books

Use CLICnet to search for books and videos in the Library at St. Kate's and the other ACTC colleges. See a Reference Librarian for more help finding books on CLICnet. Some sample searches are shown below:

Subject:	political science
	civics
	politics
	international relations
Keyword:	foreign policy and asia
	nuclear weapons and arms race

Finding Web Sources

American Choices
http://americanchoices.org/
Website from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation designed to help an individual determine where they stand on foreign policy by way of a short quiz. Includes links and offers a place to discuss foreign policy and read about other perspectives.

CIA World Fact Book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Compiled by the CIA, the Factbook is a collection country profiles and maps.

Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
From the Library Congress, a collection of country studies including many lesser known countries. Can be searched and browsed.

Declare Yourself
http://www.declareyourself.com/
Campaign to encourage young adults to register to vote. 18-29 year olds are the least likely to vote. Features include the Declaration of Independence read by celebrities such as Morgan Freeman, Benicio del Torro, and Renee Zellweger, voter registration, and a tool to find your polling place.

Elections Around the World
http://www.electionworld.org/election/index.html
This site follows worldwide elections by country.

European Union
http://europa.eu.int/

Political Database of the Americas
http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/
A non-governmental Internet project that provides information on countries in the Western Hemisphere.