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Books |
| The Library maintains an excellent collection
of government directories, election information, and books on politics and
government. |
| Directories of government departments, agencies, and officials include:
Europa and
World Factbook (international governments and the United Nations);
Almanac of American Politics,
CQ's Politics in America,
Federal Yellow Book,
Congressional Yellow Book,
Washington Information Directory,
United States Government Manual, and
Congressional Directory (federal government);
California Journal Roster and Government Guide and
State Yellow Book (state government); and
Municipal Yellow Book and
Municipal Directory (local government).
The Main Library also keeps copies of the current budgets for the U.S.,
California, and Santa Monica. All of these resources are in the Library Reference Collection. Books on politics, issues, and political personalities include:
CQ Congressional Weekly;
CQ's Politics in America;
America Votes;
Opposing Viewpoints;
Who's Who in American Politics,
CQ Researcher, and
CQ Guide to Current American Government in the Reference Collection. To locate
books in the circulating collection use the Library online catalog,
iBistro,
and search keywords such as: "politics," "political," "elections," "government,"
"politicians," "politics and government." |
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Periodicals |
| The Library has a large selection
of periodicals, both general and specialized, that provide information on
international, national, state, and local issues.
General information resources on politics and government include:
Los Angeles Times,
New York Times,
Wall Street Journal,
Los Angeles Sentinel, Washington Post (available
online in the Library online database Newsbank),
L.A. Weekly,
Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica Daily Press
(newspapers) and
Time,
Newsweek,
U.S. News & World Report (magazines).
Periodicals more focused on politics and government include:
National Review,
Nation,
New Republic,
Foreign Affairs,
Americas, and
U.N. Chronicle.
Locate all periodicals by
title in the Library online catalog,
iBistro using the Periodical Search. |
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Library Online Databases |
Opposing Viewpoints
Articles, overviews, primary documents and links to resources on hot button
social and political issues. |
Facts on File
Digest
of news, politics, events, and public figures from 1940 to the present. |
InfoTrac OneFile
Full
text and/or citations to the contents of more than 1,000 general interest
magazines and specialized journals. |
Los Angeles Times
Full
text of the Times from 1985 to the present. The database also includes
full text of: Christian Science Monitor, Orange County Register, San
Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, and Washington
Post. |
Santa Monica Index
Citations to local Santa Monica newspapers and to other information about
Santa Monica. Suggested keyword searches include: "elections," "politics,"
"government," "city council." |
Rand Statistics
Provides statistics
on election returns from 1996-2000. This database is available only in
the Library. |
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