Government: U.S.

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 Government: U.S. 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
JS – Local Government, Municipal Government
JV – Colonies and Colonization, Emigration and Immigration, International Migration

For a more detailed information about these subclasses, 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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Clinton Legacy	Electronic Book
Good Advice: Information and Policy Making in the White House	Electronic Book
Immigration and Race	Electronic Book
Organization and Management in the Embrace of Government	Electronic Book
Why America Stopped Voting 2000	Electronic Book

Periodicals:

Websites:

Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government	http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/ gov/docs_abbrev.html
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy	http://www.gpoaccess.gpo.gov/coredocs.html
Cybercemetary: Access to Defunct Government Agencies	http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/
Directory of Local, State, Federal and World Government Information	http://www.govspot.com
Directory to Frequently Used Federal Government Sites	http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf
Documents in the News:	http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html
Government Printing Office; Full Text Search Access	http://www.access.gpo.gov
Local Links to Government, Etc.	http://www.monterey.org/library/Reference/CivicInformationCenter.aspx
Portal to U.S. Government Information	http://firstgov.gov

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