New for Politics

Leyburn Library has initiated a subscription to the Blackwell Synergy collection of online journals, which is particularly strong in the social sciences.
Our collection includes over 700 online journals, including over 600 which are new to W&L.

For example, the 50 journals categorized as Politics and Political Science include Political Psychology, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and European Journal of Political Research.
Links to these journals will appear in Annie, the library's Periodical Finder, and elsewhere in our Web site.

One of the nice things about this collection is the fact that you can opt to have the tables of contents of new issues -- complete with links to the texts of articles -- delivered to you via e-mail or RSS feed. For more information, see "Continue reading...," below.

American Political Science Association.
Available online.
The January 2007 issue of the journal PS; Political Science and Politics contains a collection of seven essays on issues associated with the recent presidential election in Mexico.
Articles in PS can be found in several databases via the library's Periodical Finder, as well as in printed form.

U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
Available online.
Publicly-available reports on the performance of many Federal Government programs.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Stateline.org.
Available online.
Archive of transcripts of U.S. governors' "state of the state" speeches, 2000 to date.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

ABC-Clio.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Three-volume encyclopedia (2006) contains signed entries on 79 revolutionary movements "of the past two-and-a-half centuries, from the American and French revolutions to the present, including historical backgrounds, analysis, domestic and international impacts, biographies, and references and further readings."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

Prompted by a recent USA Today/Gallup Poll posing the question "Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?," Leyburn Library now has a new page in its Web site devoted to collections of rankings of U.S. presidents.

Career Education Institute.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Listing of over 2,300 organizations which offer internships and/or summer jobs for students, including compilations in international affairs, women's rights, human rights, Congress, environmental policy, and Washington internships in law and policy.
Note: This is one of the few W&L library subscription databases which uses passwords for security, so please do not share this password information with anyone outside the W&L community.
Links are maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here

Weldon Cooper Center, University of Virginia.
Shelved in the Reference collection: REF KFV 2879.A1 T392 2006
Earlier editions are available online.
"Detailed information on tax rates levied for taxes for 95 counties, 39 cities, and 147 towns."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

For many years, Leyburn Library has subscribed to The Capital Source, an excellent directory of Washington, D.C.-oriented government, mass media outlets, non-governmental associations, corporations, and other important contacts. This annual directory, published by the estimable National Journal folks, has been an extremely reliable resource, but it was updated only once a year -- and sat in printed form on one spot in the library's Reference collection.
We now have online access to The Capital Source, which is a huge improvement in access over the printed editions. And, since the publisher now can keep the database updated as needed, the information within the directory will be more accurate.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.