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The Almanac of American politics Reference Coll: JK1012 .A44
Encyclopedia of American political reform Reference Coll: E839.5 .C57 1996
Encyclopedia of the American legislative system Reference Coll: JF501 .E53 1994

The Oxford Guide to the United States Government

Authoritative information on the American Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court. Includes coverage of the 2000 Presidential race and election, biographies of all the Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Supreme Court Justices, as well as notable members of Congress, including current leadership.
Congressional Quarterly's desk reference on American government Reference Coll JK274 .W449 1995
Encyclopedia of American political reform Reference Coll E839.5 .C57 1996
The encyclopedia of American political history Reference Coll E183 .E48 2001
How government works : selections from the Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, the Encyclopedia of the American presidency, the Encyclopedia of the American judicial system Reference Coll JK271 .H74 1999
The citizen action encyclopedia : groups and movements that have changed America Reference Coll JS303.5 .H35 2002
CQ ... almanac plus Reference Coll JK1 .C66
Congressional Quarterly's guide to U.S. elections Reference Coll JK1967 .C662 2001
Congressional quarterly's American congressional dictionary Reference Coll JK9 .K73 2001
Encyclopedia of interest groups and lobbyists in the United States Reference Coll JK1118 .N47 2000
Encyclopedia of social issues Reference Coll HN57 .E59 1997
Rebels and renegades : a chronology of social and political dissent in the United States Reference Coll HN90.R3 H354 2002


 
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CQ Weekly "The CQ Weekly is known as the pre-eminent resource for Congress-watchers who need nonpartisan information on Capitol Hill. The award-winning magazine's legislative news and analysis is consistently hailed for its accuracy and comprehensiveness. The CQ Weekly on the Web includes access to the full text of all articles published since 1983. A user may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles by words, dates, subjects or other criteria. The Web service also provides users with access to some CQ Weekly articles prior to when they are available in print. More congressional offices choose the CQ Weekly over any other publication to help them keep pace with what is happening on Capitol Hill."
CQ Researcher Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
WPSA CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Coverage from 1975 and updated monthly.
Social Sciences Abstracts Full Text "Covers over 415 English-language periodicals, including such targeted publications as AIDS & Public Policy Journal, Child Development, Feminist Review, and Journal of Drug Issues. Topics include anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, criminal justice and criminology, economics, family studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, social work and public welfare, sociology, urban studies, women's studies, and related subjects. Social Sciences Abstracts Full-Text includes full-text coverage of 112 periodicals back to January 1995."
AP Multimedia Archive Contains over 700,000 Associated Press photos, most of which are contemporary images made since late 1995, and grows daily as hundreds of new photos enter the Multimedia Archive from AP's worldwide picture report. Also includes graphics, maps, illustrations and logos prepared by Associated Press graphic artists.



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