New for Politics

Congressional Quarterly.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
This annual publication now has been updated with the new 2007-08 edition. Includes over 200 collections (tables, figures, Excel files) of data, some dating back to 1788, on elections, public opinion, the media, and more.
Links are maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Manuel Álvarez-Rivera.
Available online.
Free online resource that provides links to external Web sites containing publicly available election data and other electoral information for over 120 countries.
Links will be available in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Available online
"Despite passing considerable economic and social reforms, Arab regimes continue to avoid substantive political reforms that would jeopardize their own power. Reformers in ruling establishments recognize the need for change to increase economic competitiveness, but the preferred process of “managed reform” is leading to further political stagnation."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

U.S. Congressional Budget Office.
Available online.
This study "focuses on the estimated costs that certain state and local governments incur for providing various services—especially those related to education, health care, and law enforcement—to unauthorized immigrants. It also looks at the estimated taxes those individuals pay and at certain types of federal assistance that are available to states to help provide such services."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
This annual publication probably is the single most generally-useful collection of statistical information on the U.S. The new 2008 edition contains over 900 tables, including 64 new compilations.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

ABC-Clio.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Subtitled An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History, this two-volume set (2004) contains over 500 alphabetically-arranged entries on the "history, context, current issues, and key concepts surrounding biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

ABC-Clio.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Second edition (2007) explores "key issues related to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and efforts to curb them, from the U.S. atomic bomb project during World War II to current debates on nuclear terrorism, North Korea's nuclear test, and Iran's enrichment program."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Routledge / NetLibrary.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Peter Calvert's 2004 work provides definitions of terms, concepts, names and organizations, covering current affairs, recent history, and economic issues.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Gale.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
The new 6th edition (2008) of this work contains a brief summary of current state laws on such topics as abortion, drunk driving, capital punishment, legal ages, and other areas.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
This 2007 work includes over 300 profiles of 20th- and 21st-century leaders who belong to various political, ethnic, and religious groups, as well as notable individuals associated with business, literature, law, and other fields. Includes nationality and ethnicity indexes.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.