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U.S. Politics

Journals & Indexes | Web Resources | Reference Works | Subject Headings | Associations | Bates Politics Department | Librarian

You might also look at other guides, such as Government Information, U.S. Elections, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Congress. For news stories, see the News & Media page.

Full Text Journals & Indexes   Electronic Reference Sources
  Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
ABOUT     Oxford Reference Online - Politics and Social Sciences.
Four Oxford dictionaries online.
  Academic Search Premier
ABOUT    
  PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) ABOUT     CQ Electronic Library.
Includes Congress and The Nation, Historic Documents, Politics in America, CQ Weekly and CQ Researcher.
  Catalog of U.S. Government Publications ABOUT    
  LexisNexis Congressional ABOUT     Annual Review of Political Science
Search for review articles on your topic.
  LexisNexis State Capital ABOUT    
Multi-Database Search : Politics

Web Resources

Muskie and His Legacy (Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library)
Finding aids to the Edmund S. Muskie Archives resources at Bates College.

Historical Documents (THOMAS)

Political Science Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
An excellent site. Well organized subject categories lead to many other political science resources.

Politics 1
Access to resources on parties, candidates, ideological positions, issues, and general political news.

POLY-CY (West Virginia University)
Information about the profession, teaching, research, people, and political resources.

Browse Government Web Resources (Library of Congress)
Place to start looking for government information- on the internet. U.S., state and international sites are included.

GPO Access (Government Printing Office)
Offical searchable full text databases. Includes Congressional Record, U.S. Budget, Congressional Bills, House and Senate Reports and Documents, Economic Indicators, Public Laws, Federal Register, U.S. Government Manual, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, GAO Reports, and many others.

State of Maine
Official Homepage of Maine state government agencies and departments, judicial and legislative information.

Thomas (Library of Congress)
Official website of Congress. Search the Congressional Record, follow legislation from bill to public law, see Roll Call Votes, see Committee Homepages, and status of FY200 Appropriations Bills. Contains text of bills and laws from 103rd Congress, 1993 to date.

U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate
Official government websites of the two branches of Congress. See Calendars and Schedules, Roll Call Votes, and how to contact your representatives and senators

Project Vote Smart
Tracks Congressional Legislation, lists Voting records, issues positions, biographies, and current and historical ballot measures.

State and Local Government on the NET

Subject Guides at Bowdoin and Colby Colleges.

Important Reference Works

Congressional Quarterly Almanac
Reference JK 1 .C663 1947+

Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought
Reference JC 423 E54 2001

Political Science Research Methods
Bookstacks JA 71 .J55 2001

APSA Style Manual for Political Science
Reference JA 86.A52 2006

Pertinent Subject Headings

U.S. Politics material can also be located by browsing the LC classification "JK" section of the Library, ground floor.

Political Science
Political Participation
United States -- Congress -- Voting
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Press and Politics

Associations

Academy of Political Science
American Political Science Association
International Political Science Association

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Sandra Groleau
Reference Librarian
207-786-6268
e-mail: sgroleau AT bates.edu

The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College
48 Campus Avenue • Lewiston, Maine 04240
(207) 786-6263


Page author: Sandra Groleau
Date: 8/16/07


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