POLITICAL SCIENCE
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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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