Dictionaries and encyclopedias for politics and international relations
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There are two key online resources which give access to hundreds of dictionaries and encyclopedias:
Useful reference works for politics and international relations: selected titles
Blackwell companion to globalization
338.91-BLA
British electoral facts 1832-2006
4th Floor Reference--324.42-RAL
Dictionary of human rights
4th Floor Reference--323.403-ROB
Dictionary of modern politics
4th Floor Reference--320.3-ROB
International relations: a concise companion
4th Floor Reference--327.03-WEI
Keesing’s record of world events
4th Floor Reference--909.82
Also available online as an e-journal from 1931 - access via the E-journals Finder
Oxford companion to twentieth-century British politics
4th Floor Reference--942.082-OXF
Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of political thought
4th Floor Reference--320.3-SCR and 320.3-SCR
Statesman’s yearbook
Current year - Ground Floor Reference--305
Earlier volumes at Periodical--305
Provides comprehensive information on the political, economic and social status of every country in the world
Twentieth-century British political facts
4th Floor Reference--942.08202-BUT