Guides: Politics and Government: Professional Organizations and Links

What's on this Page

This page includes links to various professional organizations within Politics and Government, as well as assistance citing in American Political Science Association Style references.

Politics Professional Organizations

Politics and Government Department
Link to the homepage for ISU's Politics and Government department.
Illinois State Pre-Law Advisement Center
The Pre-Law Advisement Center was formed in fall 2003 by Dr. Robert Bradley, professor of Politics & Government, to provide Illinois State students interested in attending law school.
Midwest Political Science Association
The Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) was founded in 1939 and is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all areas of political science.
American Political Science Association
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 11,000 members in more than 100 countries.

Help on the APSA Style

Style Manual for Political Science by American Political Science Association
Publication Date: 2018
APSA style, in most instances, follows guidelines set forth in the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition(CMS). Throughout this manual, CMS citation numbers are included in parentheses, where appropriate, to refer readers to specific sections of CMS’s 17th edition.

Texas A&M Libraries have created a very helpful handout.