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Introduction
General Reference
U. S. Government
Kansas
Periodicals (Newspapers, Magazines, Journals)
Political Opinion Magazines
Academic and Professional Journals
Professional Associations
Subject Headings in Government
Information on the many topics included within the general subjects of government and political science may be found in books, magazine or journal articles. Many of these sources may be found in our online subscriptions, available only on the GCCC campus. Other freely available resources may be found on the World Wide Web. Many of the indexes useful in finding information are not specialized for government.
Other guides in our reference pages may also help you. Look at our library research help at How to Use the Library. It provides information on finding books, magazines and journal articles, borrowing from other libraries, and using reserves set up by faculty. Also look at our Research Sources for Law page.
Following is information on resources more specific to government and political science.
International Directories and Information
CIA World Factbook Available in paper (no paper copy at GCCC) and on the WWW at the CIA site. Has brief entries describing government and economy of countries of the world with a list of the names of principal officers of the government.
CIA World Factbook on the WWW
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Statesman's Yearbook .(On reserve at GCCC). Has brief entries describing
government and economy of countries of the world with a list of the names of
principal officers of the government.
U.S. Directories
Congressional Directory . Available in print and on the WWW -- Has biographies,
phone and office directory information about members as well as information
about other branches of the U. S. government.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html
Official Federal Government Web Sites of the Executive Branch (On Thomas) http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
Official Federal Government Web Sites of the Legislative Branch (On Thomas)
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html
The United States Government Manual Has tables describing organization
of the branches and bodies within branches of government; also has directories
of principal officials
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
GPO (U.S. Government Printing Office) Access list of Federal web sites at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html
Fedworld at U.S. National Technical Information Service:
http://www.fedworld.gov/
Google epodunk (Stats on localities)
http://www.epodunk.com/
Other Reference Resources
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution . (Call number R 342.7302303 E56) 1992. NY, Macmillan.
Legislative Branch (Congress)
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Executive Branch
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Judicial Branch (See our Subject Guide to Research in the Law)
Research Resources in Law
State Government
Kansas State Government official WWW page:
http://www.accesskansas.org/government/index.html
Local Government
League of Kansas Municipalities (Includes Directory of Officials
www.ink.org./public/kmin/
(GC = available in print format at the Saffell Libary)
Note: Full text articles from many of these magazines and newspapers and many others may be searched and displayed on subscription services accessible through the Saffell Library Web pages found under Libraries on the GCCC home page. The URLs below are each magazine or newspaper's own home page. To browse some recent articles, the magazine's home page may be best. To find as many articles as you can on a particular topic, searching the Saffell Library subscription services would be best unless the topic is a very recently breaking event.
Please see links to our subscription services on our Magazines Etc. page.
National Current Events
CNN all politics
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/index.html
Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/
Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/
New York Times (GC issues from the last year) (Free registration required
to read articles)
http://www.nytimes.com/
Roll Call Monthly ,. (coverage of U. S. Congress)
http://www.rollcall.com/
Time (GC)
http://www.time.com/time/
USA Today (newspaper) (GC)
http://www.usatoday.com/
U.S. News & World Report (GC)
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Washington Times
http://www.washtimes.com/
State and Local Current Events
Kansas City Star
http://www.kcstar.com/
Topeka Capital-Journal (GC last 3 months issues)
http://www.cjonline.com/
Wichita Eagle (GC last 3 months issues)
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/
Garden City Telegram (GC print and microfilm)
http://www.gctelegram.com/
American Prospect . (GC)
http://www.prospect.org/web/index.ww
American Spectator
http://www.spectator.org/
Mother Jones
http://www.mojones.com/
The Nation . (GC)
http://www.thenation.com/
The National Review (GC)
http://www.nationalreview.com/
New Republic . (GC)
http://www.tnr.com/
Washington Monthly
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
The Weekly Standard (GC)
http://www.weeklystandard.com/
American Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review
Foreign Affairs
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/
Foreign Policy
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/i
Political Science Quarterly
http://www.psqonline.org/
American Political Science Association
http://www.apsanet.org/
Terms: Political Science (preferred term for government, politics, administration), Authoritarianism, Bureaucracy, Civics, Conservatism, Constitutions, Democracy, Dictatorship, Elections, Liberalism, Nationalism, Populism, Political parties, Pressure groups, Radicalism, Religion and politics, Social contract, State governments, World politics