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New Zealand

• Directory of Official Information. Wellington: State Services Commission.
  Gives details of government depts., organizations, and state owned enterprises subject to the Official Information Act 1982.
• Kirk,  Allan R. The Dictionary of the New Zealand Parliament. Wellington: Capital Letters, c1995.
• New Zealand Government Directory.  Also available online.  
  Three sections: Who's who in  politics; Who's who in government departments and official organisations; Our system of government.
• New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa.
• Radio New Zealand, comp. New Zealand Parliament's Who's Who. Wellington: Radio New Zealand, 1996.
• Who's Who in the New Zealand Parliament. Wellington: Parliamentary Service, 1987-1993.  
• Wilson, J. O. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1984. 4th ed. Wellington: Govt. Print., 1985.
  Lists details of parliamentary careers of all ministers, under secretaries, MPs, MLCs.
• Wood, G. A., ed. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament.  Dunedin: Tarkwode, 1987.  
• ---, ed. Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament. 2nd ed. Dunedin: U of Otago P, 1996.  

Australia

• A Guide to the Australian Government ... : Structure, Organisations and Key People. Canberra, A.C.T. : The National Office for the Information Economy. The information is compiled from the Government On-Line Directory.
• Coates, John. An Atlas of Australia's Wars. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• Jaensch, Dean. Australian Politics Guide. South Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia, 1996.
• McAllister, Ian, Malcolm Mackerras, and Carolyn Brown Boldiston. Australian Political Facts. 2nd ed. South Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia, 1997.
• Far East and Australasia.  London: Europa Publications. This is also available online via the Library database Europa World Plus.

Asia

• Copper, John Franklin. Historical Dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• Donald, Stephanie. The State of China Atlas. London: Penguin, 1999.
• Durand, Frédéric. East Timor: A Country at the Crossroads of Asia and the Pacific; A Geo-Historical Atlas.Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 2006.
• Hoare, James, and Susan Pares. Conflict in Korea: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999. Available as an e-book via the Librarydatabase Ebsco Reference Center.
• Hoare, James, and Susan Pares. A Political and Economic Dictionary of East Asia. London: Routledge, 2005.
• Hudson, Christopher. The China Handbook. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. Available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
• LaRue, C. Steven, ed. The India Handbook. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. Available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
• Leifer, Michael. Dictionary of the Modern Politics of South-East Asia. 3rd ed. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
• Mackerras, Colin, with Donald H. McMillen and Andrew Watson, eds. Dictionary of the Politics of the People's Republic of China. London: Routledge, 1998. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online. 
• Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco.
• A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia. London: Europa, 2001.
• A Political Chronology of South-East Asia and Oceania. London: Europa, 2001.
• Tucker, Spencer, and Jinwung Kim. Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• Wang, Ke-wen. Modern China: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. New York: Garland, 1998. Available as an e-book via Ebsco Reference Center.
• Stockwin, J. A. A. Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan. New York: Routledge, 2003. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online. 

Europe

• Annesley, Claire. A Political and Economic Dictionary of Western Europe. London: Routledge, 2005.
• Bainbridge, Timothy. The Penguin Companion to European Union. 3rd ed. London: Penguin, 2002. 
• Cook, Bernard A. Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 2001. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
• Day, Alan, Roger East and Richard Thomas, eds. A Political and Economic Dictionary of Eastern Europe. London: Europa, 2002. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online. 
• Dinan, Desmond, ed. Encyclopedia of the European Union. Updated ed. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2000. Available as an e-book via the Librarydatabase Credo Reference.
• Eccleshall, Robert, and Graham S. Walker, eds. Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers. London: Routledge 2002. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• Eurojargon: A Dictionary of European Union Acronyms, Abbreviations and Sobriquets. 6th ed., ed. Anne Ramsay. Bruton, England: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
• European Foundations and Grant-Making NGOs. London: Europa, 2004.
• Frucht, Richard. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe. London: Taylor & Francis, 2000. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
• Gower, Jackie. The European Union Handbook. 2nd ed. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2002. Also available as an e-book via the Library database R Routledge Politics and International Relations Online. 
• A Political Chronology of Europe. London: Europa, 2001.
• Phinnemore, David, and Lee McGowan. A Dictionary of the European Union. 2nd ed. London: Europa, 2004. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco and as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online. 
• Polley, Martin. A-Z of Modern Europe Since 1789. London: Routledge, 2000. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center. 

Middle East

• Clements, Frank. Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2003. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• Mattar, Philip, ed. Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2nd ed. Detroit, Mich.: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. Available as an e-book via the Library database Gale Virtual Reference Library.
• ---. Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Rev. ed.  New York: Facts On File, 2005. 
• Political Handbook of the Middle East 2006. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006.

Africa

• Africa South of the Sahara. London: Europa Publications, 2006.
• The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources. 4th ed. Lochcarron, Scotland : Hans Zell Publishing, 2006.
• The Middle East and North Africa. London: Europa Publications, 2006.
• Shillington, Kevin. Encyclopedia of African History. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
• Stewart, John. African States and Rulers. 3rd ed. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2006.

Central and South America

• Calvert, Peter. A Political and Economic Dictionary of Latin America. London: Europa, 2004.
• Kapiszewski, Diana, ed. Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics. Westport, Conn.: Oryx Press, 2001.
• Kohut, David. Historical Dictionary of the Dirty Wars. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2003.
• Werner, Michael S. Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society and Culture. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online

United States

• The Almanac of American Politics. Gambit.
• Becher, Anne. American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• Beisner, Robert L., ed.  American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. 2nd ed. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2003. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• Cartwright, Rita Cantos, and H. Victor Condé. Human Rights in the United States: A Dictionary and Documents. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
• Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly.
• DeConde, Alexander, Richard Dean Burns, and Frederick Logevall, eds. Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas. 2nd ed. New York: Scribner, 2002. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Gale Virtual Reference Library.
• DeRouen, Karl R., ed. Historical Encyclopedia of U.S. Presidential Use of Force, 1789-2000. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Ebrary.
• Duchak, Alicia. The A-Z of Modern America. London: Routledge, 1999. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebrary.
• Greene, Jack P., and J. R. Pole, eds. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1991.
• Hahn, Peter L. Historical Dictionary of United States-Middle East Relations. Lanham, Md.: The Scarecrow Press, 2007.
• Hall, Kermit L., ed. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. 
• Hill, Kathleen Thompson, and Gerald N. Hill.  The Facts on File Dictionary of American Politics. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001.
• Hoffmann, Frank W., and Richard J. Wood. Guide to Popular U.S. Government Documents. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• How Government Works: Selections from the Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, the Encyclopedia of the American presidency, the Encyclopedia of the American judicial system.  New York, N.Y. : Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1999.
• Hull, Mary E. Censorship in America: a Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• Jackson, Byron. Encyclopedia of American Public Policy. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
• Karsten, Peter, ed. Encyclopedia of War and American Society. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2005.
• Lea, David, and Collette Milward, eds.  A Political Chronology of the Americas. London: Europa, 2001.
• Ness, Immanuel, ed. The Encyclopedia of Interest Groups & Lobbyists in the United States. Armonk, New York: Sharpe Reference, 2000. Available as an e-book via the Library database Gale Virtual Reference Library.
• Patrick, John J. , Richard M. Pious, and Donald A. Ritchie. The Oxford Guide to the United States Government. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Available as an e-book via the Library database Oxford Reference Online. 
• Ragsdale, Lyn. Vital Statistics on the Presidency: Washington to Clinton. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1998.
• Rose, Cynthia, ed. American Decades Primary Sources.  Detroit: Gale, 2004.
• Schultz, Jeffrey D., and Laura van Assendelf. Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1999.
• Shelley, Fred M. (et. al)  Atlas of American Politics, 1960-2000. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2002.
• Stempel, Guido H., and Jacqueline Nash Gifford. Historical Dictionary of Political Communication in the United States. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
• Schulzinger, Robert D. A Companion to American Foreign Relations. Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Available as an e-book via the Library database Blackwell Reference Online.
• Theoharis, Athan G., with Tony G. Poveda, Susan Rosenfeld, and Richard Gid Powers. The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide. New York: Checkmark Books, 2000.
• Turner, Michael A. Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2006.
• Woronoff, Kristen. American Inaugurals: the Speeches, the Presidents, and Their Times. San Diego, CA: Blackbirch Press, 2002. Available as an e-book via the Library database Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Social Science Research Methods

Research methods
Style manuals 
Thesauri

Research methods

• Berry, Ralph. The Research Project: How to Write It. 5th ed. London: Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2004. Also available as ane-book via the Library database Ebsco.
• Garson, G. David. Guide to Writing Empirical Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. New York: Dekker, 2002. Available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco Reference Center.
• Hunt, Andy. Your Research Project: How to Manage It. London: Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2005. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Ebsco.
• Lewis-Beck, Michael S., Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao, eds.  The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2004.
• Michie, Jonathan , ed. Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. Also available as an e-book via the Library database Routledge Politics and International Relations Online. 
• Miller,  Robert L., and John D. Brewer, eds. The A-Z of Social Research: A Dictionary of Key Social Science Research Concepts. London: SAGE, 2003.
• Schwand, Thomas A. Dictionary of Qualitative Inquiry. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, Calif .: Sage, 2001.

Thesauri

Thesauri covering a specific subject give you terminology to use when searching reference tools, such as a print or online index.

• APAIS Thesaurus: a List of Subject Terms Used in APAIS; The Australian Public Affairs Information Service. 7th ed. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2000. Also available online.
• Capek, Mary Ellen S., ed. A Women's Thesaurus: an Index of Language Used to Describe and Locate Information By and About Women. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.
• Berman, Barbara L. Library of Congress Subject Headings in Philosophy: A Thesaurus. Charlottesville, Va.: Philosophy Documentation Center, 2001. 
• Dickstein, Ruth, Victoria A. Mills, and Ellen J. Waite, eds. Women in LC's Terms: A Thesaurus of Library of Congress Subject Headings Relating to Women. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1988.
• Knapp, Sarah.  The Contemporary Thesaurus of Search Terms and Synonyms: A Guide for Natural Language Computer Searching. 2nd ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 2000.
• The Philosopher's Index Thesaurus. Rev. 2nd ed. Revisions by Kelly M. Broughton. Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green.

Style manuals

• The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. 
• Style Manual for Political Science. Rev. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association, Committee on Publications, 2001.
• Walker, Janice R, and Todd Taylor. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.

Library catalogue searches

Search for encyclopedias or dictionaries on a topic by combining the keyword encyclopedias  or the keyword dictionaries with a word or phrase  for your topic, eg:

Boolean Keyword search
encyclopedias and "international relations" 
dictionaries and "human rights"
(encyclopedias or dictionaries) and  relations and (international or foreign)

Alternatively, use the Library of Congress subject heading for your topic followed by the subject subdivision 'Encyclopedias' or the subject subdivision 'Dictionaries',  eg.

Subject Heading search
Terrorism Encyclopedias
Political science Dictionaries

Reference Databases

Political science

• Credo Reference
  Contains dictionaries from all disciplines.
• Europa World Plus
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
  Collection of reference books, with good political science and philosophy coverage.
• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Ebsco 
  Collection of e-books with a section of reference material called  'Ebsco Reference Center'.
• Oxford Reference Online
  Online reference collection containing Oxford University Press dictionaries and companion guides. 
• Political Handbook of the World
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Online encyclopedia of philosophy and political theory.
• Routledge Politics and International Relations Online
• Sage Reference Online
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Online encyclopedia of philosophy, with contributions from around the world. This encyclopedia is a work in progress.

Biography

• American National Biography
  Contains biographical information on 17,000+ American men and women.
• Biography Resource Center
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  Contains biographical information on people who lived in the British Isles, from earliest times to 2001. Does not cover living people.
• WBIS: World Biographical Information System Online
  Several million short biographies from the 8th century B.C. to the present.