Political Science & Law Research Guide: Find Books

Use the Book & Media Catalog to find print books and e-books.

Some tips:

• Use one or two main words to find your topic.
• When you've found a book, click AVAILABILITY to see where the book is located.
• To read e-books off-campus, you'll need to log-in with your Carroll info.
• Frustrated or stuck? Ask a librarian for help!

Find Background Info: Gale eBooks

Don't know the first thing about climate change or the Vietnam War? Reference sources (like encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks) are a great place to start. Click the link below, and try your topic in the search box.

How to find things in the library

Political Science books are generally located in the J section.

• JA - General Political Science
• JC - Political theory
• JF - JQ - Political institutions and public administration
• JS - Local and municipal governments
• JV - Immigration
• JZ - International relations
• K - General Law
• KF - United States Law, Supreme Court, U.s. Constitution, Capital Punishment
• KFM - Maryland Law
• KZ - International Law