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
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- political science
- comparative government
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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.