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Political Science

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Political Science

 

Table of Contents

  1. Political Science
    1. Scope
    2. Online Reference Sources
    3. Top Databases
      1. Search Strategies
    4. Other Databases
    5. Books
    6. Subject Guides
    7. Digital Libraries
    8. Open Access Journals
    9. Associations
    10. Government
    11. Websites & Portals
    12. Forums, Mailing Lists, Discussion Groups

 

Scope

This guide is intended as a general introduction to Political Science. In the future, more specific guides may be added for the multitude of subcategories that might be included within this field, such as political philosophy, international relations, provincial politics, federal politics, and so on.

 

Online Reference Sources

CIA The World Fact Book https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html/

 

One of the best online sources for general reference information

 

Constitution finder http://confinder.richmond.edu/

 

An easy to use source for links to the most official versions available for constitutions of most nations in the world.

 

Election Guide http://www.electionguide.org/

 

Information on national elections

 

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences

 

Available by subscription (at UBC)

 

Top Databases

Best bets:

 

International Political Science Abstracts (Ebsco): available at: OC, SFU, UBC

 

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA): available at: RRU, UBC, UNBC, UVic

 

Public Affairs Information Service and PAIS Archive (CSA): available at: SFU, TRU, UBC, UNBC, UVic

 

Web of Science - Social Science Citation Index (ISI): available at: RRU, SFU, TRU, TWU, UFV, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VIU

 

JSTOR

  • Arts & Sciences Collections: available at: CAM, KPU, OC, SFU
  • Unknown Collections: available at: DC, LC, RRU, TRU, UFV, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VIU

 

Search Strategies

Other Databases

All institutions have these databases. Good starting points for students new to the field.

 

Academic Search Complete: available at: BCIT, UBC

Academic Search Premier: available at: CAM, CAP, DC, ECUAD, JIBC, KPU, NLC, OC, RRU, TRU, TWU, UFV, UNBC, UVic, VCC

Academic Search Elite: available at: CNC, COTR, LC, NIC, NWCC, SC, SFU, VIU, YC

 

CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs)

 

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO): available at: RRU, TWU, UBC, UVic

 

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): available at SFU

 

Social Sciences Index (Wilson): BCIT, CAM, CAP, CNC, COTR, ECUAD, KPU, LC, NIC, NLC, NWCC, OC, RRU, SC, SFU, TRU, TWU, UBC, UFV, UNBC, UVic, VIU, YC

 

 

Books

Encyclopedia of Politics: the left and the right. Rodney P. Carlisle, ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publication, 2005.

 

Encyclopedia of Democracy. Seymour Martin Lipset, ed. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1995.

 

Oxford Companion to Politics of the World. Joel Krieger, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

 

Political Handbook of the World. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co. Annual.

 

Subject Guides

 

Douglas College Library Political Science Subject Guide

Kwantlen University College Library Political Science Subject Guide

Malaspina University-College Library Political Science Subject Guide

Northern Lights Library Political Science Subject Guide (pdf)

Northwest Community College Library Political Science Subject Guide

Royal Roads University Library Political and Policy Studies Subject Resource Guides

SFU Library Political Science Information Resources

Thompson Rivers University Library Political Studies Research Guide

Trinity Western University Library Which Index or Database Should I Use? Political Studies

UBC Library Political Science Subject Guide

UCFV Library Political Science Guide to Research

UVic Library Political Science Research Guide

UVic Library Political Science (Canada) Research Guide

UVic Library Political Science (Canadian Environmental Policy) Research Guide

UVic Library Political Science (Electoral Systems and Representation) Research Guide

UVic Library Political Science (United States) Research Guide

VCC Library Social and Political Sciences Subject Guides

 

 

Digital Libraries

Oxford Reference Online (UBC/SFU)

 

Brookings Institution Press (free books online)

http://brookings.nap.edu/

 

Open Access Journals

Journal of Democracy http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/

 

Peace and Conflict http://www.ipcs.org/newIpcsPublications.jsp?status=publications&status1=peace&mod=b

 

Associations

Canadian Political Science Association

http://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/

 

American Political Science Association

http://www.apsanet.org/

 

International Political Science Association

http://www.ipsa.ca/

 

Resources of Scholarly Societies - Political Science

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/polisci_soc.html

 

Government

United Nations http://www.un.org/

 

Europa (the European Union Online) http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

 

Government of Canada http://www.canada.gc.ca/main_e.html

 

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia http://www.leg.bc.ca/index.htm

 

United States Government http://www.usa.gov/

 

Websites & Portals

Open Democracy http://www.opendemocracy.net/

 

UBC Department of Political Science http://www.politics.ubc.ca/

 

SFU Political Science Links http://www.sfu.ca/politics/department/bookmarks.html

 

Forums, Mailing Lists, Discussion Groups

 

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