Online Databases

POLITICAL SCIENCE

ONLINE DATABASES

CQ Researcher In-depth reports on current topics and controversial issues. Includes extensive sources for further information.

Issues and Controversies (Facts on File News Services) Explores hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.

LexisNexis Academic Provides access to a wide range of news, business, and legal information: full-text articles from hundreds of newspapers and magazines, wire services, and TV and radio broadcasts; cases and laws; business and financial data.

MasterFILE Premier and Academic Search Elite Access to millions of magazine and journal full-text articles and abstracts.

ProQuest Research Library Provides access to magazine and journal articles covering a wide range of topics. Search the entire Research Library or narrow by selecting subject area “Social Sciences” in Advanced Search.

MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS

In the Circulation area of the library:

Congressional Digest National Review Time Kansas City Star The New Republic USA Today The Nation The New York Times The Wall Street Journal

STATISTICS

Statistical Abstract of the United States (Ref. 317.3 U58s) An annual volume, based on the U.S. Census and other governmental data. The first place to check for statistics on just about anything.

ON THE WEB

Find useful websites by clicking on “Web Links” on the Maple Woods Library home page. Scroll down to “Political Science” to find many sites representing all levels of government. BOOKS

LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG

Search for books in the Maple Woods Library online catalog. Click on “Catalog” on the library homepage at http://mwlibrary.mcckc.edu.

A link on the library online catalog page connects to MOBIUS, a network of academic libraries in Missouri. The MOBIUS online catalog accesses over 27 million items. Request books online from other libraries at no charge.

Books on political science are in the stacks in the 320s. Look for them in both the Reference and the Circulation areas.

SELECTED REFERENCE BOOKS

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (Ref. 320.03 C748o-3) Congress and the Nation (Ref. 328.7 C76c) Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (Ref. 327.73 En1-2) Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections (Ref. 324.273 Sa1e) Encyclopedia of American Public Policy (Ref. 320.6 J13e) Encyclopedia of Political Communication (Ref. 320.014 En19) Encyclopedia of Political Thought (Ref. 320.03 En19) Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (Ref. 322.1 En19-2) The Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right (Ref. 320.03 En19p) Encyclopedia of Social & Political Movements (Ref. 323.03 W648) Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics (Ref. 320.014 En19s) Federalism in America (Ref. 320.473 F317) From Suffrage to the Senate: America’s Political Women (Ref. 320.082 Od2f) How Government Works (Ref. 320.473 H83) Politics in America (Ref. 328.73 P75)

MLA FORMAT

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (808.02 G35m in Reference and Circulating book collections)

Use the “Research Tools” link on the library’s home page to access the handout “Citing MLA Style” under the “How to” section “Cite Sources.”

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