Subject Guides: Political Science

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Finding books in the Library Catalogue

Subject search is the most effective search. The UM Library uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Some examples of LCSH for political science are: (Click the subject to search the Library Catalogue.)

Constitutional law Elections Federal government
International relations Political parties Political science
Politics Public opinion polls Social movements

The UM Library uses the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system for book shelving. Users can also find the books related to political science on the book shelves according to the class "J" and its subclasses. (Click the subclass to search the Library Catalogue.)

 

J Political Science
JA Political science (General)
JC Political theory
JF Political institutions and public administration
JJ Political institutions and public administration (North America)
JK Political institutions and public administration (United States)
JL Political institutions and public administration (Canada, Latin America, etc.)
JN Political institutions and public administration (Europe)
JQ Political institutions and public administration (Africa, Asia Pacific Area, etc.)
JS Local government, municipal government
JV Colonies and colonization, emigration and immigration, international migration
JX International law
JZ International relations

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Users can use the above methods to search E-Books in the libaray catalogue by limiting the marterial type to "E. Resources".