Subject & Research Guides: Political Science: Reference Shelf

Reference Sources

Oxford Research Encyclopedias of International Studies
International Studies Online (also known as the International Studies Encyclopedia) is the most comprehensive reference work of its kind for the fields of international studies and international relations.
The Language of Canadian Politics: A Guide to Important Terms and Concepts
Yearbook of the United Nations
The Yearbook is the principal reference work on the United Nations and provides a detailed overview of the Organization's concerns and activities. The complete collection (1946-) is available here.
The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History
This two-volume encyclopedia covers the major forces that have shaped American politics from the founding to today. Broad in scope, the book addresses both the traditional topics of political history--such as eras, institutions, political parties, presidents, and founding documents--and the wider subjects of current scholarship, including military, electoral, and economic events, as well as social movements, popular culture, religion, education, race, gender, and more.

Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought	JA 61 B57 1987 GEN
Encyclopedia of Government and Politics	JA 61 C66 2004 GEN
Encyclopedia of Political Theory	JA61 .E515 2010 REF
Europa World Year Book	JN 1 E85 2014 REF
Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought	JA 61 S37 2007
Political Handbook of the World	JF 37 P6 2012 REF
Political Parties of the World	JF 2051 P64 1996 GEN
Statesman's Yearbook	JA 51 S7 2015 REF
Yearbook of International Organizations	JX 1904 A42 2014/15 REF
Canada Year Book	HA 744 S81 2011 REF
Canadian Parliamentary Guide	JL 5 A4 2015 REF
Oxford Handbook of Canadian Politics	JL 15 .O94 2010 GEN