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Political Science: Books

Getting started with the POL05 class? This guide provides the best resources to get you information about your topic.

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Browse by Call Number

If you don't have a specific book in mind and just want to browse the relevant parts of the library collection, you can find books by subject by using the call numbers. For instance, K stands for law. Check out this Library of Congress Classification resource to find your subject call numbers.

Use these call numbers or subject headings to find books on Political Science or Politics or Law in the library.

J 1-981 General legislative and executive papers

JA 1-92 Political science (General)

JC 11-605 Political theory. The state. Theories of the state

JF 20-2112, JJ 1000-1019,  JK 1-9993  Political institutions and public administration

JL 1-3899 Political institutions and public administration (Canada, Latin America, etc.)

JN 1-9689 Political institutions and public administration (Europe) 

JQ 21-6651 Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) 

JS 39-8500 Local government. Municipal government 

JV 1-9480 Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration

JZ 5-6530 International relations 

K 1-7720 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence  

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