Government and Political Science

Books
General Collection

Decision Points / George W. Bush

The audacity of hope: thoughts on reclaiming the American Dream / Barrack Obama

Instant reference: politics

Constitutional government in the United States / Woodrow Wilson

Constitutional politics: essays on constitution making, maintenance, and change / edited by Sotirios A. Barber and Robert P. George

eBooks and Audiobooks

The Prince / Nicolo Machiavelli (Audiobook)

Beyond bin Laden: America and the future of terror/ Jon Meacham, editor (EPUB eBook)

The Audacity of Hope: thoughts on reclaiming the American Dream/ Barrack Obama (Audiobook)

Decision Points/ George W. Bush (EPUB eBook)

Reference Books

Countries of the world:  and their leaders yearbook 2012

The CIA world factbook 2010/Central Intelligence agency

The Statesman’s yearbook/ edited by Barry Turner

Political theories for students

Desk Reference on American Government / Bruce Wetterau

How your government really works: a topical encyclopedia of the Federal government / Glenn L. Starks and F. Erik Brooks

Periodicals

The Hill (available in print and in MasterFILE Premier)

Atlantic Monthly (available in print and in MasterFILE Premier)

Current History (available in print)

Time (available in print and in MasterFILE Premier)

Online Databases

USA.gov - Official information and services from the U.S. government. Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it’s here. You’ll find a rich treasure of online information, services, and resources.

Military and Government Collection - Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 400 titles.

Issues and Controversies - Balanced, objective coverage of more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Library card holders can access this database by calling the reference desk, 985-876-5861, option 2, for the username and password. Please have your library card handy.

Websites

Project Gutenburg Politics Bookshelf

CIA World Fact Book Online

Gallup.com

Factcheck.org

Politifact.com