Comparative Politics

This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of countries and contemporary politics events.

Background Information Sources

Available in the library's reference area:

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (6 volumes) REF G 63 .W67 2001
The World Factbook 2006 REF G 122 .U56 2006
Nations of the World: A Political, Economic, and Business Handbook REF G 123 .N36 2005
The Statesman’s Yearbook REF JA 51 .S7 2005
The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World REF JA 61 .O95 2001
Political Handbook of the World REF JF 37 .P65 2007
Migration and Immigration: A Global View REF JV 6035 .M542 2004

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers J-JZ (political science, political theory, international relations, and political institutions and public administration).

  • world politics
  • individual country—politics and government
  • political science
  • comparative government

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

Internet Resources

Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Government Sites.