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American Governance by Stephen Schechter (Editor)
ISBN: 9780028662497
Publication Date: 2016
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics by Iain McLean (Editor); Alistair McMillan (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199207800
Publication Date: 2009, 2016
Encyclopedia of American Political Parties and Elections by Larry J. Sabato; Howard R. Ernst
Call Number: REF 324.27303 Sa1 2006
ISBN: 081605875X
Publication Date: 2006
The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World by Joel Krieger (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195117394
Publication Date: 2001, 2004
Oxford Dictionary of Political Biography by Dennis Kavanagh and Christopher Riches, 2nd ed., Rev.
ISBN: 9780199569137
The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups by L. Sandy Maisel (Editor); Jeffrey M. Berry (Editor); George C. Edwards (General Editor)
ISBN: 9780199542628
Publication Date: 2010
United States government manual
Call Number: REF 353 Un3

The official handbook to the U.S. government; describes all the branches and departments of government and has directory information. An online version exists as a government web site.
The Oxford Guide to the United States Government by John J. Patrick; Richard M. Pious; Donald A. Ritchie
ISBN: 9780195142730
Publication Date: 2002-

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