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This guide is designed to give students a starting point to begin their research.

Reference Books
TitleCall Number
Almanac of American Politics R 328.73 BARONE 2006
American Political Dictionary R 320.973 PLANO/A
Constitution and Its Amendments R 342.73 CONSTI 1999
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy R 327.73 ENCYCL 2002
Encyclopedia of American Political History R 320.973 ENCYCL
Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America R 323.1 ENCYCL 1998
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy R 320.973 ENCYCL 2004
Encyclopedia of the U.N. and International Agreements R 341.23 OSMAN/E 2003
Facts on File Dictionary of American Politics R 320.973 HILL/F
Political Handbook of the World R 320.9 POLITI 2006
Political Reference Handbook R 327 POLIT 1999
Call Number Areas to Browse
Call Number AreaSubject Area
320 Political Science
340 Law
350 Public Administration
380 Trade and Commerce
Subject Headings to Browse
Political Science International Relations Sociological Jurisprudence
United States-Foreign Relations United States-Politics and Government Separation of Powers-United States
Periodical Databases (online, searchable)
America's Newspapers ProQuest SIRS Academic Search Premier
Periodicals (print, in the library)
TitleCall Number
American Spectator 051 A528 PERIODICAL
Harper's 051 H295 PERIODICAL
The Nation 051 N276 PERIODICAL
National Review 051 N277 PERIODICAL
New Republic 051 N531 PERIODICAL
Newsweek 051 N558 PERIODICAL
Time 051 T583 PERIODICAL
U.S. News and World Report 051 U841 PERIODICAL
Audio-Visual Materials
TitleCall Number
What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy 327.73 What Media Collection
Key Constitutional Concepts: A Conversation 342.73 Key Media Collection
Law and Order 342.73 Law Media Collection
The Power Game 353 Smith Media Collection
The Public Mind: Image and Reality in America 303.38 Public Media Collection
World Wide Web Sites
Information U.S.A. http://usinfo.state.gov/infousa/index.html
Librarian's Index to the Internet http://lii.org
Official Washington State Government Web Site http://access.wa.gov
On the Issues http://www.ontheissues.org
U.S.Government Official Web Portal http://usa.gov
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/

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