Library Resources for Politics and International Relations

Reference Books

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Democracy - Ref Coll 321.803 L767e
• World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties - Ref Coll f320.9 W927.3
• Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics - Ref Coll 320.03 E56.G
• Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450 - Ref Coll 325.303 E56
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - Ref Coll 303 I61.E
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Ref Coll 103 R869
• Australian Encyclopaedia - Ref Coll 032 A92
• Encyclopaedia Britannica - Ref Coll 032 E56.15

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Modern Politics - Ref Coll 320.03 R 649p.3
• Dictionary of World Politics : a reference guide to concepts, ideas and institutions - Ref Coll 320.03 E92d.H
• Macmillan Dictionary of Australian Politics - Ref Coll 320.99403 J22.4
• Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers - Ref Coll 320.092 R869.2
• Dictionary of World Politics - 320.03 K96d

Biographical sources

• Australian Dictionary of Biography - Ref Coll 920.094 A937
• Who's Who in Australia - Ref Coll 920.09405 W65
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (UK) - Ref Coll 920.042 D554 2000
• Who's Who (US) - Ref Coll 920.04205 W62

Handbooks

• Australian Political Facts - Ref Coll 320.994 M114a.2
• Australian Politics Guide - Ref Coll 320.99403 J22a
• Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1999 - Ref Coll 320.994 H893
• Macquarie Reference Series: Government in Australia: key events in politics, law, the economy - Ref Coll 320.994 M172
• Liberalism: Critical Concepts - Ref Coll 320.51 L695.S

Yearbooks / Statistical sources

• Far East and Australasia - Ref Coll 950.5 F21
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publications - pre mid 1990's in hardcopy, later from the AusStats web site.
• Year Book Australia - Backset at Microform Coll 319.405 Y3 (ask at Information Desk for latest, or online from AusStats)
• The World Guide (New Internationalist) - Ref Coll f910.3 W927.11
• Statesman's Yearbook - Ref Coll 905 S79

Atlases

• The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World - Ref Coll ef912 T583c.12
• The Times Complete History of the World - Ref Coll f911 T583.6
• The MacQuarie World Atlas - Ref Coll f912 M173.M

If you're in the Library, some useful call numbers to browse for books are:

• 320 - Politics general
• 324 - Political process
• 327 - International relations
• 328 - Legislative process
• 320.994 - Australian politics

Government / Parliamentary publications

Australian

The Library holds full sets of Parliamentary Papers and Hansard (the Debates) for the Federal and South Australian Parliaments. They are located on Level 0 at e Periodicals s328.9401/ 328.9402 and 328.94201/ 328.94202 respectively.

Electronic access to publications of the Federal Parliament (including Hansard) are available at through the Parliament of Australia website, from 1996.

The South Australian Parliament's website provides access to the state's Hansards, from 1993.

For the holdings for other States, consult the Library catalogue or Information Desk staff. For electronic access follow the links from the Australian, State, Territory and Local Governments page.

Legislation

Australian

The Law Library (Level 3) holds full sets of Federal and State legislation, including Bills, Statutes and subordinate legislation. See the Law Library Web page for further details.

Electronic access to Australian Federal legislation is also available through the ScalePlus Web site.

Newspapers

The Library holds a selection of current and historical Australian and overseas newspapers in print and microform. Individual titles may be searched on the Voyager Catalogue, or ask at the Information Desk.

Electronic access to the full-text of many Australian and international newspapers is via the Factiva database. (Almost 9000 sources in 20+ languages are covered).

Many newspapers are also available directly on the Interne;: see the following links for further details:

• Australian newspapers Online
• OnlineNewspapers.com

Online journals

In some cases both print and electronic format are available. Check Voyager for the Library's holdings in both formats - use 'Journal title' search from the Basic search screen.

Full text collections of electronic journals relevant to politics and international realtions include ProQuest, Expanded Academic ASAP, APA- Full Text (Australian material), Blackwell Synergy, Oxford University Press, Sage Journals, Cambridge University Press, JSTOR, Taylor and Francis, CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) and ScienceDirect. Select these collections at the Databases and Articles Searching link.

Databases

The above link leads to various citaion databases relevant to the politics and international realtions researcher such as: AGIS - Attorney-General's Information System, APAIS - Australian Public Affairs Information Service, EconLit - economics literature, GeoBase - which includes International Development Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Contemporary Women's Issues, PAIS International - public policy and public affairs, Current Contents, CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online and CountryWatch - up to date data for all nations. (Use the A-Z listing of 'Databases by title' to find a particular database). Look for the LinkIt@Flinders button to display the full text when it is available. You may also need to do a 'Journal title' search on Voyager to check for the availability of print format.

For more WWW links that you could use look under Internet resources.

Need further assistance? Ask for help at the Information Desk or contact

Tony Giorgio
Liaison Librarian, Political and International Studies
Level 1 , Central Library
Tel: 8201 3542
Email: tony.giorgio@flinders.edu.au