Political Science 

These Library resources are an excellent place to start your research as they contain articles that summarize in a few paragraphs what's most important to know about a topic. Look for key concepts, terms, events and the names of people who have done important work on your topic, plus bibliographies to guide your further reading.

• Blackwell dictionary of political science: a user’s guide to its terms
  • Ref JA61 .B43 1999
• Concise Oxford dictionary of politics
  • Ref JA61 .C665 2003
• Encyclopedia of democratic thought
  • Ref JC423 .E54 2001
• Encyclopedia of minorities in American politics
  • EGSL E184 .A1 E574 2000
• Encyclopedia of political thought
  • Ref JA61 .E52 2001
• Encyclopedia of politics: the left and the right
  • Ref JA61 .E54 2005
• Encyclopedia of public administration and public policy
  • Ref JK9 .E526 2004
• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
  • Ref KF4548 .E53 2000
• Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements
  • Ref KZ4968 .O84 2002
• Encyclopedic dictionary of Marxism, socialism, and communism
  • Ref HX17 .W54 1981
• Greenwood encyclopedia of international relations
  • Ref JZ1160 .N65 2002
• International encyclopedia of public policy and administration
  • Ref H97 .I574 1998
• Oxford reference online [online resource]
  
  • Includes dictionaries of politics, political biography, law, economics and sociology.
• The Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods
  
  • Ref H62 .L456 2004
• West’s encyclopedia of American law
  • Ref KF154 .W47 1998