Using the Political Science and Government Literature
By Author not assigned
Published June 15th 2012 by CRC Press – 750 pages
Series: Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science
Description
This guide provides academics, students, librarians, researchers and public administrators with the tools that can direct them through the immeasurable amount of public administration information sources. Not only a compendium of political science and government resources, this book also offers critical insight into how to use the information sources and how to access future sources as well as how this information can be studied and taught. The contributors, which include public administration scholars and librarians, have assembled a guide that will be indispensable for the public administrator to produce a policy paper and for the scholar or student to begin the research process.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Definition of Research in Public Affairs
Chapter 2: Journals
Chapter 3: Handbooks
Chapter 4: Encyclopedias
Chapter 5: Dictionaries
Chapter 6: Web Searching and Websites
Chapter 7: The Teaching Literature and Multimedia Archives
Chapter 8: Government Documents and Reports
Chapter 9: Directories of Governments and Officials
Chapter 10: Case Studies
Chapter 11: Publishers and Bookstores
Chapter 12: Grants from Governments and Foundations
Chapter 13: Magazines and Newspapers: Print, On-line and Archives
Chapter 14: Indexing and Abstracting Services
Chapter 15: Statistics and Numeric and Spatial Data
Chapter 16: Libraries and Archives
Chapter 17: Bibliographies
Chapter 18: Writing Aids
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