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Political Science and International Studies

Resources for political science and related fields of study

Why Books?

Books are the best source for in-depth information when you really need to know a subject in and out. Typical books are structured in such a way as to lead you from little knowledge about a subject to a more thorough understanding; this cannot usually be said for web resources or articles. 

Browsing books

Browsing the shelves for books is fun and useful, find the Library of Congress classification codes to browse by searching GIL Find, below are some examples for political science (LC classification uses letters, then numbers.)

JC Political theory. The State. Theories of the State.  JC 131-273 the Modern State, JC 329 Patriotism

JF Political Institutions and public administration

JJ Political Institutions and public administration (North America)

JQ Political Institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area)

JS Local Government  JS 300-1583 United States

JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration.

JZ international Relations  JZ 5511.2-6300 Promotion of Peace. Peaceful change.

F 281-295 Georgia local history