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Resources for research in the subject of Political Science.

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General Political Science Books/Ebooks

Credo Reference Collection
600+ reference books on a broad range of topics.

US Government Manual
Provides information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.

Ratifying the Republic by David J. Siemers
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 0804741069
Publication Date: 2002-08-02
The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science by Frank W. Bealey
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
ISBN: 9780631206958
Publication Date: 1999-08-25
The Politics Book by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
ISBN: 9781465402141
Publication Date: 2013-02-18
Dictionary of American Government and Politics by Duncan Watts
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
ISBN: 9780748635016
Publication Date: 2010-01-31
A Glossary of U. S. Politics and Government by Alex Thomson
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
ISBN: 9780804757300
Publication Date: 2007-04-02
The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History by Michael Kazin (Editor); Rebecca Edwards (Editor); Adam Rothman (Editor)
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
ISBN: 9780691129716
Publication Date: 2009-11-29

Legislative Books/Ebooks

The American Congress by Julian E. Zelizer (Editor)
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 0618179062
Publication Date: 2004-09-21
The American Senate by Neil MacNeil; Richard A. Baker
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 9780195367614
Publication Date: 2013-06-28
The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress by Eric Schickler (Editor); Frances E. Lee (Editor); George C. Edwards (General Editor)
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 9780199559947
Publication Date: 2011-04-30

Political Behavior Books/eBooks

NEW: The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology by William Outhwaite; Stephen P. Turner (Editor)
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 1473919460
Publication Date: 2018

Handbook of Political Sociology: States, Civil Societies, and Globalization. Editor(s): Thomas Janoski , Robert R. Alford , Alexander M. Hicks, et. al.
Cambridge University Press. 1st ed. 2005.
Call Number: eBook: Available @ FSU

Judicial Books/Ebooks

The Supreme Court's Federalism by Frank Goodman (Editor)
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 0761924396
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
The Gatekeepers by Kevin L. Lyles
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 027596082x
Publication Date: 1997-10-30
Supreme Decisions by Melvin I. Urofsky
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
ISBN: 9780813347356
Publication Date: 2012-02-28
Great American Court Cases Series by Mark F. Mikula (Editor); L. Mpho Mabunda (Editor); Allison McClintic Marion (Editor)
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
ISBN: 9780787629472
Publication Date: 1999-06-01

Executive Books/Ebooks

Encyclopedia of the American Presidency by Michael Genovese
Call Number: Available at other Minuteman Libraries
ISBN: 0816046999
Publication Date: 2004-03-01
Presidential Elections by Nelson W. Polsby; Aaron Wildavsky
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 0742530140
Publication Date: 2003-10-28
The Modern American Presidency by Lewis L. Gould; Richard Norton Smith (Foreword by)
Call Number: Available @ FSU
ISBN: 0700612521
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
The Reader's Companion to the American Presidency by Alan Brinkley (Editor); Davis Dyer (Editor)
Call Number: Available via Credo Reference
ISBN: 9780395788899
Publication Date: 2000-02-21

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