History and Political Science
Introduction
This subject guide contains a non-inclusive list of resources not only housed in the Henry Pfeiffer Library, but also electronic sources, some of which may be accessed from off campus. It is designed to serve as a starting point for research in the fields of History and Political Science.
Library of Congress Classification Headings
History books can be found under the “D,” “E,” and “F” headings in the stacks. For a more detailed breakdown of the headings, visit the Library of Congress Classification Outline here
and here . Political Science books can be found under the “J” heading. A breakdown of the heading can be found here . You can search the Pfeiffer Library online book catalog here.Select Reference Books
Rulers and Governments of the World, Ref. D11 .R84
Wilson Calendar of World History, Ref. D11 .W65 1999
Historic Documents, Ref. E839.5 .H57
A Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century World History, Ref. D356 .D53 1994
A Dictionary of Twentieth Century History: 1914-1990, Ref. D419 .T44 1992
Dictionary of American History, E174 .D52 1976
The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Institutions, Ref. JA61 .B56 1987
The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought, Ref. JA61 .B57 1987
The Encyclopedia of Democracy, Ref. JC423 .E53 1995
Clements’ Encyclopedia of World Governments, Ref. JF37 .C53
Taylor’s Encyclopedia of Government Officials, Federal and State, Ref. JK6 .T36
Safire’s New Political Dictionary, Ref. JK9 .S2 1993
Electronic Books on Credo Reference
The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science
Concise Atlas of World History
Dictionary of Politics and Government
The Encyclopaedia of the Renaissance
Encyclopedia of African History
Encyclopedia of North American Indians
Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century
The Encyclopedia of World History
A Glossary of Political Theory
Immigration and Asylum from 1900 to Present
Mexico: an Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History
The Reader’s Companion to American History
The Reader’s Companion to Military History
The Reader’s Companion to the American Presidency
The Reader’s Companion to U.S. Women’s History
Electronic Databases
Refer to the Tutorials page for tips on how to search in particular databases.
Credo Reference
A database containing 100 digital books including a number of history titles and several political science titles. This database may be accessed from off campus.Academic Search Premier
A general database containing abstracts for over 8,000 journals, and full-text for more than 4,500 of those titles. This database may be accessed from off campus.JSTOR
A full-text general database that contains over 20 history titles and 10 political science titles.OmniFile Full Text Select
A general database indexing over 1,600 full-text titles. This database may be accessed from off campus.HarpWeek
A database with electronic access to Harper’s Weekly from 1857-1912.Print Journals
Historic Illinois
Illinois Heritage
Journal of Illinois History
Journal of the Early Republic
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
OAH Magazine of History
OAH Newsletter
Pennsylvania Magazine of History of Biography
Willa Cather Newsletter and Review
CQ Researcher
Comparative Politics
Congressional Digest
Journal of Politics
Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs
World PoliticsWeb Links
Making of America
Digital library of primary sources in American history.Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
American Historical Association
American Memory
Digital collections on a variety of historical topics from the Library of Congress.The American Political Science Association
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Historic documents in law, history and diplomacy.Voice of the Shuttle
A variety of history links from the University of California-Santa Barbara.Thomas
Legislative information from the Library of Congress.Get Help
Jake Magnuson
Public Service & Reference Librarian
Henry Pfeiffer Library
217-479-7110
jake.magnuson@mac.edu
