POLI 428 Political Internship

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POLI 428Political Internship

• Library Reference
• Katy Sullivan
• Spring 2008

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Objectives

• Scholarly secondary sources
• Federal Government documents
• Maryland State documents
• Statistics/Datasets
• Congress/Legislation
• Case Law Regulations

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Access Tools

• Subscription Databases
• Subject Guides
• Political Science
• Government Resources
• Research Port
• Online Catalogs
• Websites

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Accessing Full Text

• Found an article/source?
• Use Find It link
• Electronic/online access
• Print holdings through Catalogusmai
• UMBC doesnt have access to it?
• Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

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Secondary, Scholarly Sources

• Databases
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information System)
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
• EconLit
• ERIC

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Federal Government Documents

• Web Sites
• GPO Access www.gpoaccess.gov
• Databases
• GPO Monthly Catalog (MOCAT)
• UMBC Campus Holdings
• Catalogusmai
• location gt Government Documents

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Maryland Government Documents

• Database of UMBCs Holdings
• Maryland State Documents Search
• http//aok.lib.umbc.edu/govinfo/mddocs.php
• Advanced Google Search
• Limit domain to
• state.md.us

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Statistics Datasets

• Databases
• ICPSR
• Lexis Nexis Statistical
• Websites
• Fedstats www.fedstats.gov (federal)
• Maryland State Data Center http//www.mdp.state.md
  .us/msdc/ (state)

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Congress/Legislation

• Databases
• Lexis Nexis Congressional
• CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Weekly
• Websites
• Thomas http//thomas.loc.gov/

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Need Help?

• Reference Desk
• Email a Librarian
• Chat with a Librarian
• Contact the Political Science Subject Librarian
• Katy Sullivan
• sullivan_at_umbc.edu
• 410.455.1783