Search the online Library Catalog for books in Blackwell Library. You can search by Title, Author, Subject or Keyword, or you can do a browse search. The books you can check out say "Stacks" before the call number and are located on the second floor of the library. If you feel like browsing, here is a website that explains Library of Congress Classification, which is how books are organized in our library.

If you prefer to browse, here are where you will find books related to political science:

HD3600-6000 Economic policy
HD7795-8027 Labor policy. Labor and the state
HD8031 Labor in politics
HJ9-9940 Public finance/tax
HX1-970.7 Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
JA1-92 Political science (General)
JC11-605 Political theory. The state. Theories of the state
JF20-2112 Political institutions and public administration
JK1-9993 Political institutions and public administration
JL1-3899 Political institutions and public administration (Canada & Mexico)
JN1-9689 Political institutions and public administration (Europe)
JQ21-6651 Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area)
JS39-8500 Local government. Municipal government.
JV1-9480 Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration.
JZ5-6530 International relations
K1-7720 – general law
KB – religious law
KF – U.S. Law
KZ – International law

Subject Searching

Why would you want to do a subject search? Well, let's say you were interested in finding all the books in the library about cats. You might find books about cats under "Cats," "Kittens," Felines," or a variety of other keywords. When you search by subject, then all of the synonyms are accounted for, so "Cats" as a subject would include all the books about "Kittens" and "Felines" as well. Subjects can also serve to narrow your search. A keyword search of "cats" would retrieve all the books that just have a few pages about cats, whereas a search of the subject "Cats" would retrieve books where the main focus were those cute, furry creatures! This website from MIT might do a better job of explaining it than I did!

Here are some subjects related to Sociology you might want to try searching for. This list might also be helpful if you are stumped with a broad topic and need to focus it a bit. Copy the term or phrase into a search box in the Library Catalog and select "subject" in the left-hand box. Come on, get creative! You can combine subjects or subjects and keywords. Remember, joining terms with "OR" will get you "MORE" results and joining terms with "AND" will narrow your results. Savvy researchers try lots of different combinations of terms and discover what yields the best results. Happy searching!

General Politics	U.S. Politics	International Politics
Comparative government	Courts -- United States	[country name] -- Politics and government
Elections	Democratic Party	Democracy -- [country name]
Environmental policy	Energy policy -- United States	Elections -- [country name]
Mass media -- Political aspects	International relations	European Union countries
Political campaigns	Municipal government	Globalization
Political corruption	National security -- United States	Human rights
Political ethics	Political science -- United States -- history	Islam and politics
Political leadership	Presidents -- United States	Law -- [country name]
Political participation	Republican Party	Religion and politics -- [country name]
Political parties	Law -- [state name]	Religion and state -- [country name]
Political psychology	Law -- United States	Security, International
Political science -- history	United States -- emigration and immigration	United Nations
Political socialization	United States -- Foreign relations -- [country name]	World politics
Political sociology	United States -- Military policy
Political violence	United States. Supreme Court
Politics and culture
Politics and education

Books from Other USMAI Libraries

If you are a student, faculty, or staff member of Salisbury University, you have access to the library collections of all of the University of Maryland affiliated universities through our shared library catalog. To borrow a book from another campus, follow these steps:

Select "Choose Campus" from the menu at the top
Choose a campus or USMAI for all the campuses
Perform the search
When you find a book you want that is not at SU, click on the location link
Click the request button if the item is available
Log in with the information from your Gull Card and complete the request
The book will be available for you to pick up in Blackwell in 3-5 business days

Books from Interlibrary Loan/Worldcat

Interlibrary Loan is a great tool that allows you to borrow a book from libraries outside the USMAI system. Before you submit a request, make sure that we don't own the book here at SU or at one of the other USMAI institutions. If not, you can submit a request through ILL Express.

You can also search Worldcat, which is a huge catalog of materials from libraries all over the world. If the book you want is in a library, chances are pretty good you will find it in Worldcat!
If you find the book you want and you know it is not available at SU or any USMAI campus, then you can click the Find It button and then request the book through Interlibrary Loan. The advantage of doing it this way is that you don't have to fill in all the information about the book!

Click here to go to the Interlibrary Loan webpage

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The librarian liaison to Political Science is Krista Knapp,
kmknapp@salisbury.edu | 410-677-0118