Research Guide: Government

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Books

Selected reference books in Emmanuel d’Alzon Library (located on the first floor:

• Governments of the World (Ref) JF 127 .P 56 1998
• Political Handbook of the World (Ref) JF 37 .P 6
• Europa World Yearbook (Ref) JN 1 .E 85
• Yearbook of the United Nations (Ref) JX 1977 .A 37 Y 4
• Encyclopedia of Democracy (Ref) JC 423 .E 53 1995
• A Historical Guide to the U. S. Government (Ref) JK 9 .H 57 1998
• United States Government Manual (Ref) JK 421 .A 3
• How Government Works (Ref) JK 271 .H 74 1999
• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (Ref) KF 4548 .E 53 2000
• Congressional Quarterly Almanac (Ref) JK 1 .C 66
• State Constitutions of the United States (Ref) KF 4530 .M 33 1998

Search the catalog for more print and electronic books owned by the library. Try these sample subject headings.  

• Political Science
• Comparative Government
• United States – Politics and Government
• Massachusetts – Politics and Government
• United Nations

Books in Other Libraries

Other Libraries in the Worcester area -
http://www.assumption.edu/dept/library/resources/libraries_rev.htm

Other Libraries in North America -
http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCat&autho=100308921

Articles

Online Library Resources

• Academic Search Premier - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph
• Expanded Academic ASAP - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mlin_c_assumpt?db=eaim
• GPO - http://www.gpo.gov/customerservices/index.html
• Issues & Controversies - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
  http://www.2facts.com/Direct2.asp?ItemID=WE57&ID=95241
• LexisNexis - http://lib.assumption.edu/login?url=
  http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic

Web Links

• The American Presidency Project - http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu
• Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/
• CIA World Factbook - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
• City of Worcester - http://www.ci.worcester.ma.us/
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts - www.mass.gov/ - http://www.mass.gov/
• Federal Citizen Information Center - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
• GPO Access on the Web - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
• Stateline - http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action
• THOMAS Legislative Information on the Web - http://thomas.loc.gov/
• United Nations Home Page - http://www.un.org/
• VoteSmart - http://www.vote-smart.org/pre_1.htm

Local Resources

• Worcester Public Library - http://www.worcpublib.org/