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Comparative Politics
Books
Use the library's online catalog to locate books, films, microforms, and other materials in the library. Search by Author, Title, Subject, Call Number, or Keyword, or combine searches using a Guided Keyword search.
Possible Searches on the Guided Keyword Tab
- Democracy AND Africa (or the country of your choice)
- women AND "middle east"
Reference Resources
Here is a sample of some of the Reference books we have to get you started. These are all located in the Reference Department on the 4th floor of the wilson Wing of the Library. Ask for help at the Reference Desk to find any of these.
- Europa World Yearbook (organized by country) Ref Desk JN1 E851 2005
- Political Handbook of the World (organized by country) Ref JF37 P6 2007
- Political Handbook of Europe Ref JN12 .P584 2007
- Political Handbook of Africa Ref JQ1875 .P63 2007
- Handbook of World Families Ref HQ515 H3356 2005
- Political Parties of the World Ref JF2051 .D39 2002
- Political parties of Eastern Europe : a guide to politics in the post-Communist era Ref JN96.A979 B84 2002
- Encyclopedia of World Political Systems Ref JF51 D465 2000
- World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties Ref JF2011 W67 1999
- Oxford Companion to Politics of the World Ref JA61 .O95 2001
- Encyclopedia of World Constitutions Ref K3157.E5 E53 2007
- Constitutions of the World Ref K3157.E5 M33 Translations of all the world constitutions - updated continually
Online Databases*
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
(citations and abstracts)
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PAIS
For public affairs (citations and abstracts)
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Military and Government Collection
(REALLY useful to get Country Reports on any country search "South Korea " AND "Country Report")
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LexisNexis Academic
For legal, statistical, and current events info
- Columbia International Affairs Online
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Stat-USA and LexisNexis Statistical
for statistics
- HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index
- Contemporary Women's Issues
Web Resources
News Sources
Statistical Sources
- EUROStat, Statistics from all European Countries
- Census Bureau list of international statistical agencies
- PollingReport
- UN Statistical Resources or UN Economic Commission for Europe Statistics
- Offstats (Official Statistics Pages for countries of the world)
- NationMaster statistics based upon CIA World Factbooks
Governmental and Policy Resources
- United Nations
- European Union Online
- NATO
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization
- Global Health Facts (From the Kaiser Foundation)
- International Documents Task Force (list of web resources)
- US Department of State
- Governments on the Web
- Center for World Indigenous Studies
- International Governmental Organizations
Think Tanks and Policy Organizations
- Freedom House
- List of Non-Governmental Organizations, from Duke University
- Union of International Organizations
- Directory of Development Organizations
- Idealist.org, Action Without Borders
- Political Thought From Vanderbilt University, reveals bias.
- Public Policy, Advocacy, Research Institutes and Centers
- Public Policy Issues From the Electronic Policy Network.
- University of Michigan's Megalisting of Think Tanks
- C-SPAN Public Policy Organizations
Citing Your Sources
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. and Publication Manual of the the American Psychological Association, 5th ed - copies are available at the Reference Desk. Also use our web guides for assistance:
Back to topNeed Help?
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General Reference Help
askzak@wfu.edu or AIM: askzaklive
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For this class
Rosalind Tedford: tedforrl@wfu.edu or AIM: rozteelib
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