POSC 2400: Political Science Research Methods: Books

Includes presidents from 1929-2015, except Franklin D. Roosevelt.

**The 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has been superseded by the 17th edition.** While digital technologies have revolutionized the publishing world in the twenty-first century, one thing still remains true: The Chicago Manual of Style is the authoritative, trusted source that writers, editors, and publishers turn to for guidance on style and process. For the sixteenth edition, every aspect of coverage has been reconsidered to reflect how publishing professionals work today. Though processes may change, the Manual continues to offer the clear, well-considered style and usage advice it has for more than a century. The sixteenth edition offers expanded information on producing electronic publications, including web-based content and e-books. An updated appendix on production and digital technology demystifies the process of electronic workflow and offers a primer on the use of XML markup, and a revised glossary includes a host of terms associated with electronic as well as print publishing. The Chicago system of documentation has been streamlined and adapted for a variety of online and digital sources. Figures and tables are updated throughout the book--including a return to the Manual's popular hyphenation table and new, comprehensive listings of Unicode numbers for special characters.

First published by the Bureau of the Census in two large volumes, Historical Statistics is an essential tool for economists, historians, political scientists, sociologists, demographers, teachers, policy makers, and business. On CD-ROM the complete text and all tables of Historical Statistics will be accessible by a few key strokes. The chapters of Historical Statistics cover such topics as population, migration, prices, national income, and social statistics, but there are also chapters offering detailed tables of data on health and medical care, environmental questions, business activity, communications, international trade, and government regulation. No other source provides such a wide range of authoritative, fully-documented data in such an easily accessible form.

Hortus Third The one essential authoritative reference work to the plants of North American horticulture * 1,312 pages * 23,979 entries with description for families, genera, and species * 10,326 cross-indexed synonyms * A large but uncounted number of entries for subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars * Notes on use, culture, and propagation * 187 general articles * 260 illustrations * 3,293 authors of botanical names cited * 1,105 glossary definitions of botanical terms * 10,408 common names More than two decades were spent in writing and producing Hortus Third. It is the outgrowth of a program of research in the systematics of cultivated plants, initiated in the late nineteenth century by Liberty Hyde Bailey and continuing today within the framework of his philosophy that knowledge in basic science should be made available to society as a whole. Hortus Third is for advanced horticulturists and others interested in cultivated plants, including horticultural and garden writers, gardeners, nurserymen, landscape architects, botanists, and professional scientists in universities, botanical gardens, extension services, and government.

Ideal for researchers of all skill levels, CQ's concise, easy-to-use introduction to research resources on the U.S. presidents and presidency not only lists resources but also describes exactly what each resource is and how it best fits into presidential research.How to Research the Presidency provides resources and searching tools for both primary and secondary sources. Resources listed include almanacs, bibliographical directories, encyclopedias, indexes, electronic products and online services, databases, journals, newspapers, and news services.All aspects of the presidency are covered, including individual presidents, presidential cabinets, staff, and domestic policy.

There is no other print source, online source or Web search engine that provides the wide range and depth of insight found in Vital Statistics on American Politics. This new edition is updated with the most recent information available. What sets this book apart is the experience of editors Harold Stanley and Richard Niemi. These scholars consult hundreds of sources to calculate and locate the data, facts and figures that offer a vivid and multifaceted portrait of the broad spectrum of United States politics and policies. In over 230 tables and figures, students, professional researchers, and interested citizens will find chapters devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the three branches of U.S. government, foreign, military, social and economic policy, and much more. For depth of information and ease of use, this volume is the best resource of its kind available and should be a key component of all academic and large public library collections.