Step 1. Finding Background Material
a. Library of Congress Subject Headings
Political Science [J]
NT Public opinion
NT Separation of powers
International relations [JZ]
International law [JX]
b. General Encyclopedias
c. Specialized Reference Sources
Step 2. Forming Your Issue Question
Step 3. Finding Research Citations
c. Internet sources
Step 1: Background
a. Library of Congress Classification Outline - Call numbers & categories
b. World Book Online - Contains articles & editor-approved web sites.
c. Gale Virtual Reference Library - Reference e-books
Step 2: Create keywords and phrases to find research information
Step 3: Find and Describe (citation) information found
a. Books at BYU-I McKay Library Online Catalog - Books, Videos, CD's
Books available through interlibrary loan using WorldCat -
b. Periodicals see Quick Tab or use individual databases
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) - (remote)
ProQuest Direct (UMI) - (remote)
SIRS - Full-text articles from government & general research publications.
c. Internet Sources are listed on the Advanced Tab.
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