Information Sources of Political Science - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576071049 ISBN 13: 9781576071045

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2005

Synopsis

A thoroughly revised and updated new edition of the world's leading comprehensive bibliography of American and international politics.

The eagerly anticipated new edition of the widely acclaimed Information Sources of Political Science is the most comprehensive English-language political bibliography available, offering the surest way for students and researchers to get straight to the information they need. Like no other volume, it provides a fully rounded view of the field both in the United States and internationally, including relevant works in history, economics, sociology, and education.

Its 2,500 entries cover a wide variety of source types: indexing and abstracting services, major bibliographical tools, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, directories, statistical compilations, and more. In addition, this edition is the first to feature substantial coverage of electronic resources, both databases and Internet sites. Each source receives its own annotation, with entries grouped in categories to bring together like works for easy comparison. This work is a cornerstone reference for academic and public libraries.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen W. Green is head of reference services at the University of North Carolina–Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Douglas J. Ernest is government publications librarian at Colorado State University Library, Fort Collins, CO.

Reviews

The detailed annotated subject bibliography arranged by topic and resource type has long been a staple of the academic library collection. As libraries and librarians become increasingly invested in the modes and practices of electronic information retrieval, one has to ask whether this type of tool is as essential in the reference process as it once was.

It has been 20 years since this particular title was last updated. The focus has changed somewhat from being "a rigorous analysis of political science from an information science and documentation perspective" to "a more straightforward production that is designed to help students and others at point of use." The resources, published from the mid-1980s up to 2003 and grouped into nine topical chapters, are those "typically found in larger public libraries and medium-to-large academic libraries." Gaps in the print literature are reflected in the copyright dates of some of the titles, but in some cases the gaps are filled by the Web sites and databases that are new to this edition. Four indexes--author, subject, title, and Web site--complete the work.

The editors have done a good job of revision, pulling together a great deal of information that might otherwise be hard to find. Even if the typical undergraduate student won't use it, the volume is still useful for building a collection, and the price keeps it within the scope of most budgets. Libraries with comprehensive collections should note that it continues rather than replaces the previous edition. Danise Hoover
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Edition details

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576071049
• ISBN 13: 9781576071045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 594
• Editor: Green Stephen W., Ernest Douglas J.