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Call Numbers
The Sojourner Truth Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System for the call numbers it assigns to most of the items in its collections.
Here is a general listing of call number areas for Political Science:
J - General legislative and executive papers
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 (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.)
JS - Local government. Municipal government
JV - Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International law, See JZ and KZ
JZ - International Relations
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More Reference Books
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- The American political dictionary [REF JK9 .P55 1997]
- Black's law dictionary [RESERVE COLLECTION KF156 .B53 1999]
- Brewer's politics:a phrase and fable dictionary [REF JA61 .C65 1993]
- Congressional Quarterly's desk reference on American government [REF JK274 .W449 1995]
- The dictionary of 20th-century world politics [ REF JA61 .S53 1993]
- Encyclopedia of American government [REF JK9 .E52 1998]
- Encyclopedia of American political history [REF E183 .E48 2001]
- Encyclopedia of American political history / Studies of the principal movements and ideas
[REF E183 .E5 1984] - Encyclopedia of the American left [REF HX86 .E58 1998]
- Encyclopedia of political economy [REF HB61 .E554 1999]
- The encyclopedia of the Republican Party;The encyclopedia the Democratic Party
[REF JK2352 .K87 1996] - Safire's political dictionary [REF JK9 .S2 1978]
Executive Branch
- Encyclopedia of the American presidency [REF JK511 .E53 1994]
- Guide to the presidency [REF JK516 .C57 1996]
- The Presidency A to Z:a ready reference encyclopedia [REF JK511 .P775 1992]
Legislative Branch
- Congressional Quarterly's American congressional dictionary [REF JK9 .K73 1993]
- Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress [REF JK1021 .C565 2000]
- Congressional Quarterly's politics in America [STACKS JK1010 .P64]
latest volume kept in reference - Encyclopedia of the American Constitution [REF KF4548 .E53 2000]
- Encyclopedia of constitutional amendments, proposed amendments and amending issues,
1789-2002 [REF KF4557 .V555 2003] - The encyclopedia of the United States Congress [REF JK1067 .E63 1995]
- United States code annotated [REF KF65 .W48]
- United States code congressional and administrative news [REF KF48 .U6]
Judicial Branch
- Encyclopedia of the American judicial system [REF KF154 .E53 1987]
- Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court [REF KF8742 .A35 E53 2001]
- Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court [REF KF8742 .W567 1997]
- Landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court [REF KF8742 .H24 1991]
- The Supreme Court A to Z:a ready reference encyclopedia [REF KF8742.A35 S8 1998]
- United States reports [US DOCS (Main Floor) GP 3.22/2:025/]
States
- McKinney's Consolidated laws of New York, annotated [REF KFN5030 1938 .A25]
- The New York State directory [REF JK3430 .N49]
- State constitutions of the United States [REF KF4530 .M33 1998]
- State legislative sourcebook [REF JK2495 .S689]
International
- Crimes of war:what the public should know [REF K5301 .C75 1999]
- Encyclopedia of American foreign policy [REF E183.7 .E52 2002]]
- Encyclopedia of conflicts since World War II [REF D843 .C568 1999]
- The encyclopedia of political revolutions [REF JC491 .E63 1998]
- Encyclopedia of the European Union [REF JN30 .E52 1998]
- Encyclopedia of the United Nations [REF KZ4968 .M66 2002]
- The encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements [REF KZ4968 .O84 2003]
- Encyclopedia of United States foreign relations [REF E183.7 .E53 1997]
- The Europa world yearbook [STACKS JN1 .E85] - latest volume kept at Ref Desk
- Human rights:a reference handbook [REF K3240.4 .W46 1998]
- International conflict:a chronological encyclopedia of conflicts and their management,
1945-1995 [REF D842 .B46 1997] - Political handbook of the world [COMPACT SHELVING JF37 .P6] - latest volume in Ref
- The Statesman's year-book [STACKS JA51 .S7] - latest volume kept at Ref Desk
- World conflicts [REF D842 .B69 1998b]
Elections
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