Research Guides @ Fordham: Political Science: Reference Shelf

American Politics

108th Congressional District Atlas by Deirdre A. Gaquin (Editor); Katherine A. DeBrandt (Editor)
Call Number: Ref Desk G1201.F7 U45 2005
Lanham, MD : Bernan Press, 2005.
Almanac of State Legislative Elections by William Lilley; Laurence J. DeFranco; Mark F. Bernstein; Kari L. Ramsby
Call Number: (RH) Ref + JK1967 .A77 2008
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2008.
Almanac of the 50 States
Call Number: (RH) (LC) Ref HA214 .A44
Burlington, VT : Information Publications, c1985-
[Latest edition in Reference]
American Dissidents: An Encyclopedia of Activists, Subversives, and Prisoners of Conscience. by Kathlyn Gay (Editor)
Call Number: E747 .A678 2012, 2 vols.
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2012.
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007
Congressional quarterly almanac
Call Number: (RH) (LC) Ref JK1061 .C7
Encyclopedia of the American presidency by Michael A. Genovese
Boston: Credo Reference, 2019
Encyclopedia of the United States Congress by Robert E. Dewhirst; John David Rausch
Call Number: JK1021 .D48 2007 EB
Written by an expert on the topic, this comprehensive A-to-Z volume contains all the material a reader needs to understand the United States Congress, including the people, events, and terms involved in the legislative branch of government.
Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement by Christopher M. Richardson; Ralph E. Luker
Call Number: (RH) Ref E185.61 .L84 2014
The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement is a guide to the history of the African-American struggle for human rights.
Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues, and Platforms by Robert North Roberts; Scott John Hammond; Valerie A. Sulfaro
Call Number: Ref JK524 .R58 2012
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Publication Date: 2000-06-19
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, [2000]

This new 6-vol. revision of the 1987 Dartmouth Medal winner includes all of the material from the original 4-vol. set and 1992 Supplement, as well as updated original articles and completely new articles covering recent concepts and court cases since 1992.

International Politics

Almanac of British Politics by Byron Criddle; Robert James Waller
Call Number: (RH) Ref JN561 .W28 2007
London ; New York : Routledge, c2007
Careers in International Affairs by Laura E. Cressey et al (eds.)
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2014
Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations by Garrett W. Brown et al
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2018
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press
Political Chronology of the World by Europa Publications, Ltd.
Call Number: (RH) Ref D32 .P65 2011
London; New York: Routledge, 2011.
World Terrorism by James Ciment
Call Number: (RH) Ref HV6431 .W672 2011
Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2011

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