Welcome to the Politics & Government Subject Guide
Hello! My name is Chad Kahl, the Political Science Librarian at Milner. This guide is meant to point researchers in the direction of commonly-used political science resources available at Illinois State University. It should hopefully get you started with your work, but isn't necessarily comprehensive. Feel free to contact me, or use the Ask a Librarian box, if you have questions.
Table of Contents
The guide is broken up into these sections:
- Recommended ResourcesIncludes links to top political science databases and individual journals. Sub-pages list reference sources for political science topics, other political science and international relations resources, and resources for faculty.
- How To...Provides detailed pages for help using political science databases to find articles, evaluating those articles for credibility and relevance, and finding multimedia sources. Another page will help find books on political science. There is also a page to help find government sources.
- Store and Organize SourcesDetails different options for organizing resources. Sub-pages also provide walkthroughs for creating annotated bibliographies and literature reviews.
- Useful LinksOther links that may help with individual research projects.
Course Guides
Check out these guides created for specific classes:
Other Helpful Guides
This list includes other guides that cover useful content on related topics:
- APA Style Help GuideA guide showing how to use the APA Style and examples of in-text citations and references for a variety of different sources.
- Criminal Justice Subject GuideSubject Guide for the Criminal Justice Sciences Department
- Economics Subject GuideSubject Guide for the Economics Department
- Evaluating Resources GuideLearn what questions to ask and some strategies to apply for determining if your source is or isn't appropriate for your project.
- Government Information GuideThis is a guide to assist users in finding government information.
- International Humanitarian Legislation GuideResources to help researchers navigate questions of international legislation.
- Law and Legal Studies GuideSubject guide for Law and Legal studies.
- Political Risk Yearbook GuidePolitical risk forecasting yearbooks with "country-specific regime scenarios, highly valued for future planning and used to calculate ratings of turmoil risk as well as ratings for the risks to financial transfers, export markets, and direct investments."
- Systemic Racism GuideLink to topic guide on systemic racism and anti-racism movements.
- LGBTQIA+ Resources GuideLink to topic guide on LGBTQIA+ issues.
- All Help VideosThis page includes every general help video put out by Milner Library. If you have questions that aren't answered by this guide, check this link out to see if there is a video!
Social Sciences Librarian
Chad Kahl
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