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Begin to look for materials by searching our catalogue using specific topics as word or phrase keywords, such as “Civil rights”, “Democracy”, “Despotism”, “International relations”, “Nationalism”, or “Social reformers”. Once you find a title that closely matches your need, click on the “Details” button to open up a full description, and then select the “Catalogue record” tab to view the formal subject terms. Clicking on the hyperlinked subject terms will make the catalogue software search for more items with the same heading.
You may also search by the names of famous political philosophers, e.g. Aristotle, Jean Jacque Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, or Noam Chomsky.
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Portals & Gateways
These sites contain collections of links to other individual pages. Some provide brief descriptions. Most include divisions into narrower sub-topics.
- Internet Public Library: "Political Science"
- National Library of Canada. Canadian Information by Subject. 320 Political Science
- Toronto Public Library. Virtual Reference Library. “Subject Guide. Social Sciences: Political Science and Public Administration”
- Librarian’s Internet Index. “Politics”
- Political Resources on the Net
Featured Web Sites
- FactArchive.com. "Politics"
- Richard Kimber. Political Science Resources. "Political thought".
- Perkins College. Duke University. "Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide".
- Understanding the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Process
"Step-by-step on the campaign trail: how the President gets elected" [written for the younger reader] - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. "U.S. Electoral College: Frequently Asked Questions"
- University
of Michigan. Documents Center. "Elections 2008"
[a comprehensive and annotated list of links to many aspects of the presidential election]
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