PSC 211- Monardi
About this Guide
Use this guide for help with your Annotated Bibliography and Country Study. Clicking the links will take you to quality library sources, helpful tutorials, and guides to the research process. You can also ask for help by emailing librarian Susan Gregg. Or if you click on the "Questions? Ask Us" button you will find other ways to contact librarians.
Your assignment is to provide a brief overview of the governmental and political structure of the country you've chosen. Your sources must include at least 2 books, 2 articles from scholarly journals, and no more than 1 governmental website. By using the CSN Library databases you can access credible sources that include books, streaming videos, and articles from scholarly journals, newspapers, and magazines. Click the links in this guide to take you to the types of sources available. A helpful book that is located in the CSN Libraries in the Reserve collection is "Writing a Research Paper in Political Science".
Start Here to Find Sources
- Find BooksInclude your country name and an additional search term. A subject search may produce the best results. Example: Venezuela-politics and government. Also try searching the UNLV collection by changing CSN Libraries to UNLV (Main and Law Libraries) . Click on "load more results" if necessary.If you sign in to your account you can request the book to be sent to any CSN library by clicking on the "Request" button in the book's record.
- Find ArticlesSearch for articles from many databases at once. Refine your result list by type of article and publication date. Formatted citation available within database.
- Find FilmsFind films by searching or browsing streaming video databases.
Search Tips
- Research 101Set of tutorials designed to guide you through the research process beginning to end.
