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Campaigns & Elections  Tags: elections politics campaigns  

This guide is meant to help identify materials for basic research on Campaigns and Elections. The primary focus is on the United States.
Last update: Jun 09th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.bc.edu/elections  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Quest (Boston College Library Catalog)
Use the library catalog, Quest, to find books and other materials (journal titles, NOT journal articles) we have here at Boston College. Remember to start with "keyword" if you are beginning to research a topic. You can also browse subject headings. For example:
  • Elections United States
  • Elections [country name]
  • Political campaigns
  • Political participation
  • Political parties [country name]
  • Voting [country name]

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Use WorldCat to find books, journal titles (NOT individual articles), and other materials that are not in the Boston College Libraries catalog. Use the ILL link within WorldCat to request items not available at Boston College.
 
 

Introductions & Overviews

Campaigns and the Court: the U.S. Supreme Court in Presidential Elections (O'Neill Library Stacks KF8742 .S747 1999)
Selectively draws from party evolution, presidential campaigns, and judicial and constitutional development to tell the story of campaigns and the court.

Elections Overviews
Provided by the State Department, this is a list of links to government websites that give overviews of the different facets of U.S. elections, such as the electoral process, the electoral college, campaign finance, and elections procedures and technologies.

Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer
An online version of a congressional report that explains the American presidential election process.

U.S. Election System (O'Neill Library Stacks JK1976.U217 2004)
Part of the Reference Shelf series, this book gives a general overview of various aspects of U.S. elections, such as a history of voting, the electoral college, third party candidates, and campaign finance and fundraising.

U.S. Presidential Candidates and the Elections: a Biographical and Historical Guide (O'Neill Library Stacks JK528 .H38 1996)
Split into two parts it includes an alphabetically arranged biographical directory providing information on those who sought to become president and vice president. Also contains a detailed summary of each presidential election including information on the parties and their platforms, conventions, and primary and election results.
 

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