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POLITICAL SCIENCE: Browse in the Library

Background Information - Reference works

In the Library: Browsing Books in Your Subject Area

Library of Congress call numbers group books by subject, but there is no single call number range for all political science materials. The following letters represent major political science categories: 

  JA: General, including periodicals, encyclopedias, etc
  
JC:
Political theory
  
JF:
Political institutions and public administration - general
  
JK:
Political institutions and public administration - United States
  
JL:
Political institutions and public administration - Canada/Latin America
  
JN:
Political institutions and public administration - Europe, by country
  
JQ:
Political institutions and public administration - Asia, Africa, Australia
  
JS:
Local and municipal government, by country
  
JV:
Colonization and international migrations
  
JZ: International Relations