Political Science: Finding Books

Recommended strategies for searching the catalog.

Politics and Government

Some Library of Congress classifications for Political Science:

J - General Legislative Papers

JA - Political Science

JC - Political Theory

JZ - International Relations

Searching by subject means you must use the correct subject heading assigned to the book. If you aren't sure of the subject heading, do a keyword search instead and you will find the right subject headings in the catalog record of each book. Use advanced search to limit your search to certain time periods or types of materials. 

Subject Headings for Presidential Elections

Presidents -  [subdivide geographically] - Election - [subdivide by date]

Example: Presidents - United States - Election - 2016

Subject Headings for some issues related to elections and voting

Women presidential candidates - United States

Election forecasting - United States

Campaign funds - United States - Law and Legislation

Primaries - United States - Law and Legislation

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Search Limiters in OneSearch:

• All Filters connects researchers to a range of search options. 

• Full Text prioritizes full text electronic resources and will not include print items.

• Catalog only searches for books and periodicals in the library catalog; this setting will not search inside books or journals.

• Peer Reviewed prioritizes articles from peer reviewed journals.

• All time lets researchers target a search for all time, the past 12 months, the past 5 years, of the past 10 years.

• Source type enables researchers to select books, ebooks, academic journals, news, magazines, and more.

• Turn on the Natural language search button to use AI enhancements to parse search terms. Learn more from EBSCO.