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News of Note Political Science professor Sean Kelly's book has been published: Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q. Kelly. Committee Assignment Politics in the U.S. House. Norman: The University of Oklahoma Press, Congressional Studies Series. 2006. Jeffrey Kopstein and David Reilly (2006). As Europe Gets Larger, Will It Disappear. International Studies Review, vol. 8 no. 1, p. 140-150. To learn more about the research interests of Political Science Department faculty, visit the department's web site. |
Niagara University Library Guide to Political Science Research
Contact the Library subject specialist for Political Science:
Jonathan Coe
Journal articles are an important way in which new political science research is disseminated.
Where you search will depend on the emphasis of your paper, but you can always start with
Academic Search Complete via EBSCOhost. This database is useful for political science research for several reasons:
The Library provides access to a number of databases that will help you find research in journals. Where you search depends on the emphasis of your topic.
If your topic relates to:
If you are looking for current news stories, EBSCOhost and ProQuest
provide good coverage of major newspapers. Also, Lexis/Nexis is a huge database of American and international newspapers.
Books can contain excellent summaries of existing research and can be an important component of your research.
Just remember to look at the publication dates and note that journal articles may give you more recent research.
Use Niagara University's Library Catalog to locate books owned by the Library.
Of course, Niagara univeristy Library does not own all books written about your topic.
If you want to search for books owned by other libraries too, then try searching WorldCat, a catalog that contains references to more
than 57 million items owned by 9,000 libraries worldwide. Don't worry - if
you need a book owned by another library, you can request it. To learn
how, go to the section called Obtaining Materials NU
Library Does Not Own.
Tip: One thing to note when searching for books is that
they are usually not as specific as articles, so construct your search in a more general way than
you would for an article search. So, let's say that you were doing research on President George Bush's foreign policy.
In the book catalog you could probably get away with just typing "George Bush" and looking through the list of titles that were retrieved.
But in a large database of millions of journal and magazine articles, you would probably need to be more specfic: Bush and foreign policy
The Library has a number of useful reference books in the field of political science.
For example:
Needless to say, in today's age, a lot of statistical information is available, but given the great variety of political science topics we can't provide a list here. Contact the Library subject specialist for political science, Jonathan Coe, for assistance.
His contact information is located at the top of this page.
Here are some web sites recommended by NU political science professors:
If you need an article or a book that NU Library does not own, you can make use of
Interlibrary Loan to obtain it.
Tip: In a hurry? If the article or book you need is owned by another library in Western New York, you can visit that library and use their resources on site (view a list of Western New York library web sites).
Please note: If you wish to borrow a book from another Western New York library, you can get an Infopass Card at the Reference Desk.
Format your paper and cite your sources according to the Style
Manual for Political Science, published by the American Political Science Association (APSA). A copy is located at the Reference Desk.
This manual is the definitive source. The official manual is not online, though the following web site provides guidance:
Tip: Please talk to your professor if you have questions
about how to cite your sources.
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