Political Science

Reference and Circulating Books Electronic Books Periodicals Websites Subject Headings Additional Materials

Reference and Circulating Books:

The MPC Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System (LC System) to organize its collections. Books about Political Science are shelved in the J section.
Below are the subclasses:
J – General Legislative and Executive Papers
JA – Political Science (General)
JC – Political Theory
JF – Political Institutions and Public Administration-General
JK – Political Institutions and Public Administration-United States
JL – Political Institutions and Public Administration-Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, etc...
JN – Political Institutions and Public Administration-Europe
JQ – Political Institutions and Public Administration-Asia, Africa, Australia, Oceania, etc...
JS – Local Government, Municipal Government
JV – Colonies and Colonization, Emigration and Immigration, International Migration
JZ – International Relations

For a more detailed information about this class, go to http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco

Reference books are located on the main (second) floor, and circulating books are located on the third floor.

Electronic Books:

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The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science a User's Guide to Its Terms	ebooks
The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought	ebooks
Elements in Political Science	ebooks
Great Jobs for Political Science Majors	ebooks
The History of Government from the Earliest Times	ebooks
Modern Middle East : A Political History Since the First World War	ebooks
Modern Political Thought a Reader	ebooks

Periodicals:

Websites:

Center on Religion and Democracy	http://religionanddemocracy.lib.virginia.edu/
The Constitutional Sources Project	http://www.consource.org
First Amendment Center Online	http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org
A Glossary of Political Economy Terms	http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/
Policy Library	http://www.policylibrary.com/
Political Database of the Americas	http://pdba.georgetown.edu/
Political Science Resources	http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/psr.htm
Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century	http://www.presidential timeline.org

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