POS 1041 PBSC - American Government: Books

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FAU Library Catalog:

The Library Catalog allows you to search for books, government documents, DVDs, electronic books, and other materials in the Library's collection. The catalog will tell you if the library owns a particular periodical (journal or magazine) but does not include the articles found in periodicals. To find these you must use a different database (click on the "Find Articles" tab above). 

To search for a general topic, use the keyword search option. This finds the words that you type anywhere in the title or content of the book.

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Each item in  the Library is assigned a call number which designates both its subject and also its place on the shelf.

The listing of Library of Congress classification numbers below suggests where to find materials on Political Science on the Library shelves.

J - General Legislative

JA - Political Science (General)

JC - Political Theory

JF - Political Institutions and Public Administration 

JS - Local Government

JV - Colonies and Colonization. Emigration and Immigration

JZ - International Relations

• Analyse your topic: identify the main ideas or concepts you need to research
• Develop a list of search terms including keywords and phrases
• Consider alternative spellings and different word endings
• Use more specific words or add words using AND to narrow your search
• Use synonyms, related terms, or combine words using OR to broaden your search
• Exclude words from your catalog search results using NOT
• Use the Advance keyword search to search a particular building location, date of publication, language or format.

Did you find a book you wanted in the library catalog?  If so, refer to its call number, found in its catalog record.  Every book is assigned a call number.  Books and library materials are generally organized by call number in the FAU Libraries.

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