University of Southern Maine

POS 399 - Politics of Germany
Fall 2007

Reference Sources | Find Books & Articles | Internet Sources | Style Guide

Reference Sources

• Political Handbook of the World
  POR Reference JF37 .P6 2007
  Thorough coverage of politics, political parties, systems, and other political data and information by country.

• Europa World Year Book
  POR Reference JN1 .E85 2006
  GOR Reference JN1 .E85 2005
  Thorough coverage of country information including history, socioeconomic data and recent issues in each country.

• Background Notes (U. S. State Department): Germany
  These reports contain information pertaining to the country's history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations. Updated 2006.

• Countries and Regions (World Bank): Germany
  Provides country brief and especially development data and resports provided by the World Bank.

Find Books & Articles

• URSUS: A database listing the books, journals, videos, etc. in the University of Maine System, including all campuses of the University of Southern Maine.

• PAIS International
  Date coverage: 1972-present
  Listing of political science and international affairs articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, and book chapters.

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  Date coverage: 1975-present
  Listing and summaires of political science articles from international journals in political science.

• EconLit
  Date coverage: 1969-present
  Listing and summaries of economics journal articles, books, dissertations, and working papers.
• WorldCat
  Listing of books available from libraries nationwide on all topics.
• Proquest Newspapers
  Date coverage: Varies
  Full text of international newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London

Need to find the article that you want?  1. If available, click on the Article Linker button to see if the article is available electronically from USM.   2. Search URSUS for the title of the journal, magazine or newspaper (not the article title)   3. Does USM have the title? Does it have the correct year?   4. If not, request the book or article from another university through inter-library loan. 5. Confused? Call the Reference Desk (780-4272).

Internet Sites

• Working Paper Sites of Political Science: Comparative Politics
  A great site that lists comparative politics working papers (preliminary technical or academic research reports) that are available full text on the Internet.

• Bundesregierung
  Official German government homepage. Also available in English.

• Federal Statistics Office: Germany
  German statistics gathered by the federal government; site is in English!

• German Studies Web: Party Politics and Elections
  Collection of German politics and elections Internet sites; reliability varies.

• Der Spiegel
  Key German news magazine: English language version. Not all articles may be accessible online without subscription.

Style Guide

Create a bibliography using the citation style approved by USM's Political Science Department.

Created by: Judith Nagata
Created on: 01.25.2007
Last Updated: 01.25.2007