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FYW: Humor and Politics - Criss: Topic Overviews/Background (Reference Sources)
Encyclopedias
- CQ Political Reference SuiteNumerous digital reference resources covering all branches of government and some international sources as well. Guide to Congress, Congress and the Nation, Guide to U.S. Elections, Contemporary Middle East, and primary documents.
Encyclopedia of U.S. Political HistoryExplores the events, policies, people, ideas, institutions, groups, and movements that have created and shaped political life in the United States. With contributions from scholars in the fields of history and political science, this encyclopedia provides students, researchers, and scholars the opportunity to examine the political evolution of the United States from the colonial period to the present day.
Cambridge History of Political Thought (6vols) OnlineMost recent volume published 2011- The Cambridge History of Twentieth Century political Thought.
Dictionary of Political BiographyCompiled by an expert team of contributors, this dictionary covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century and 21st century to 2009. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it describes and assesses the lives of more than 1,000 men and women who have shaped political events across the world.
Women in American Politics: History and MilestonesNarrative and statistics. Tables are accompanied by analyses of the complex and sometimes contradictory trends behind the facts of women's political milestones. The narrative describes how women achieved what they did in the differing categories of elective and appointive office.
Encyclopedia of Women and American PoliticsCall Number: Reference Collection HQ1236.5.U6 E52 2008
- The Encyclopedia of Political SciencePrepared with the assistance of the American Political Science Association (APSA), TEPS brings together a distinguished editorial board and more than 600 distinguished and rising scholars to chronicle and assess the core issues that have long concerned students of politics.
Electronic Encyclopedia Collections
- Credo ReferenceProvides access to more than 1300 titles, covering every major subject - from art to medicine, psychology to history, and technology to literature.
- Oxford Reference OnlineIndexes the full text of over 100 Oxford subject encyclopedias and dictionaries.
- Gale EbooksGale eBooks is a Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
- Biography (Gale In Context)Combines over 280,000 biographies from sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedias of World Biography, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists; and many more, with full-text articles from more than 250 periodicals including American History, The Christian Century, U.S. News & World Report.
- Sage Reference OnlineOnline versions of reference titles from Sage Publications.