Political Science
101
Study Guide by Kelsey Edwards
kedward2@emporia.edu
303-744-9000
Political Science
What is it?
 The study of politics.
 The study the state, the
government and the
politics in which they
work.
What will you be learning?
 How the world of
politics works and why.
 The relationships
between people, states
and groups inside the
Government.
Recommended Books
 Challenge of Politics :
An Introduction to
Political Science by Neal
Riemer, Joseph Romance
and Douglas Simon.
 ISBN10: 1604266392
 Edition: 3rd
 A book perfect for
beginners with simple
explanations and little
jargon.
Recommended Books con.
 Empirical Political
Analysis : Research
Methods in Political
Science by Jarol B.
Manheim, Richard C.
Rich, Lars Willnat and
Craig L. Brians.
 ISBN10: 0321298608
 Edition: 6th
 A book that talks about
how best to gather
information on Political
Science.
Book Catalogs
 Prospector – Online
Library Catalog for the
state of Colorado.
http://www.coalliance.
org/prospector/
 WorldCat - Online
Library Catalog for all
library catalogs.
http://www.worldcat.o
rg/
 Textbooks
 http://www.textbooks.c
om
 http://www.amazon.co
m
Websites
 The American Political Science Association -
http://www.apsanet.org/content_9181.cfm
 A website that features information about resources,
conferences, publications and jobs.
 Writing in Political Science -
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/polisci.html
 A small website about how to best follow writing standards
in political science. The site contains information on how to
write papers, find resources and gives examples.
News
 World-Newspapers. http://www.world-
newspapers.com/news-magazine.html
 Contains links to dozens of other news websites,
American, global, economics, politics, left wing and
right wing.
 Yahoo News! http://news.yahoo.com/politics/
 Sections on U.S. news, World news, Congress and the
White house.
Databases
 Emporia Library Catalog – E-Resources.
http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/databases/
 Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/
 UCLA YouTube page
http://www.youtube.com/user/UCLACourses
What NOT to read.
 Wikipedia – No guaranteed facts.
 Tabloids – Rewrite facts.
 Extremely right/left wing blogs. – Reinterpret facts.
Questions?
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