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- U.S. Bilateral Relations FactsheetsPublished by the State Department.
- Archived websites of State DeptWebsite archives of previous administrations (Trump, Obama, Bush, Clinton).
- Council on Foreign Relations "Explainers"Brief explanations of current political & economic issues.
- Congressional Research Services reportsA collection of publicly available reports provided by the University of North Texas.
- PolicyArchive"PolicyArchive is a comprehensive digital library of public policy research containing over 30,000 documents."
Reference Works -- Politics and Social Sciences
Important politics and social science encyclopedias and similar sources, useful for topic overviews in academic research.
21st Century Political Science: a Reference Handbook by
... 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook serves as an authoritative reference source that meets students' research needs with more detailed information than encyclopedia entries but not so much jargon, detail, or density as a journal article or a research handbook chapter.
Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781412969017Publication Date: 2010
- Sage Handbook of Comparative Politics2010 volume contains 28 commissioned scholarly essays, presenting an "authoritative overview of the theoretical, methodological, and substantive elements of comparative political science. [ preview ]
- Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics2012 two-volume set contains about 300 signed essays which focus on the "major theories, concepts, and conclusions that define the field, analyzing the similarities and differences between political units..." [ preview ]
- Encyclopedia of Political TheoryThree-volume set (2010) "examines the ideas of the major political theorists from before Plato to our own times; the main schools of political thought; the concepts and issues that have captured the imagination and attention of political theorists; and some of the main institutions and practices inspired by political thought."
- Handbook of International RelationsSecond edition (2012) "reviews the many historical, philosophical, analytical and normative roots to the discipline and the key contemporary topics of research and debate today." [ preview ]
- Key Concepts in International RelationsThe authors of this 2011 volume outline about 40 "central concepts and core theories" of international relations, relating them to contemporary issues and debates. [ preview ]
- Encyclopedia of Political ScienceFive-colume set (2010) was prepared with the assistance of the American Political Science Association. It contains about 1,500 alphabetically-arranged, signed entries (including one contributed by Washington and Lee Professor Mark Rush) on "political theories, concepts, research frameworks, and political practices from across the world."
- International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral SciencesThe IESBS (2002) is the largest reference work on the social and behavioral sciences ever published -- over 4,000 signed articles in 26 printed volumes.
- International Encyclopedia of the Social SciencesThis second edition (2008), consisting of nine volumes, is the major revision of the first edition and its printed predecessor. [ Preview ] Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund.
Presidential Speeches
- American Presidency ProjectEnormous collection of documents, media, etc. about the U.S. Presidency. From the University of California -- Santa Barbara.