Politics and World News 

Welcome to the ACC Library's research guide on political news!

Search for books with ACC Library's online catalog, using the search box to the upper right.

Subject headings like these work well to find books in the ACC Library:

Politics and government
Legislation
Government spending policy
Governors
United States Politics and government
United States Congress
Political participation
World politics
Political culture
Democracy

NetLibrary is a small collection of about 5000 full-text, electronic books. You may view the chapters of the books online. Books range from classic novels to recent books on technology and include reference books. ACC students, faculty and staff may search this from off-campus.

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books on the Internet. This collection contains more than 15,000 eBooks. Most are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. All may be freely downloaded, read and redistributed for non-commercial use.

LibriVox  offers free audio books downloadable to your IPod. Books are classic novels, etc. that are in public domain; books are read by volunteers.

Several encyclopedias, dictionaries, statistical summaries and other reference books are listed below. Reference books are located on the main floor of the ACC Library. Web sites are available from all on-campus computers with access to the Internet, or from home.

The CQ Researcher
REFERENCE H 35 .C673
Each issue of Congressional Quarterly offers in-depth. coverage of a timely topic. You may also search CQ’s online version on the Library’s Web page: ACC Library’s Web page > Finding Articles > General Databases > CQ Researcher. (Log in with your network account when prompted if accessing from off campus.)

Facts on File: World News Digest
REFERENCE D 410 .F32
A weekly digest of world events and index to the news. Also available as a database under ACC Library web page > Finding Books > Reference > Facts on File.

Guide to Political Campaigns in America
Ref. JK 2265 .G84 2005

Encyclopedia of Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues and Platforms
Ref. E 176.1 .R6 2004

Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics
Ref. BL 2525 .D58 2003

Congressional Roll Call
Ref. JK 1 .C6635

The Citizen Action Encyclopedia: Groups and Movements that have Changed America
Ref. JS 303.5 .H35 2002

“An informed democracy will behave in a responsible fashion.” - Thomas Jefferson

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