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Video/Media
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
The Master Academic collection offers 12,500 full-length, curriculum-focused, streaming videos grouped into prearranged subject-specific categories: Humanities & Social Sciences; Business & Economics; Science & Mathematics; and Health & Medicine. Unlimited access and use from any location.
- Internet Archive's TV News ArchiveSearchable database of TV news clips from "2009 to yesterday"
- George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs: Web InitiativeVideos from events & programs of scholars, policymakers, diplomats, journalists, and other world leaders given on the GW campus each year.
Political Science Reference Sources
Reference Books
Reference books contain short articles that explain key concepts and people and define commonly-used terms. Reference books are a helpful way to get a "big picture" view of a topic. Think of them as being Wikipedia articles, only written by scholars for an academic audience.
- Encyclopedia of Political ScienceAn encyclopedia with over 1,600 entries on key political concepts, theories, and individuals.
- Blackwell Dictionary of Poltical ScienceDefinitions of key terms and biographies of political scientists and philosophers.
- Concise Oxford Dictionary of PoliticsThe articles in this book cover history, political theory, governing institutions and political concepts.
- CQ (Congressional Quarterly) AlmanacSummaries of the activities of each session of Congress, organized into chapters on major legislative topics.
- Congress & the NationSimilar to CQ Almanac, this publication summarizes legislative activity and its historical context.