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Political Science: Find Books

Research Guide for students taking courses in Political Science.

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Find Books

Start at the TCU library homepage, and select, "Catalog":

You can use the options on the left to narrow down by subject, date, etc.:

Subject options are shown with "Social Sciences" selected as the option for searching

Additional Search Tips

To find books or articles on your topic at TCU, start with your main ideas. For example:

  • Politics
  • Voting
  • Elections

Use quotes to keep phrases together. For example:

  • "Civil rights"
  • "human rights"

Combine ideas to  narrow down your results. For example:

"El Salvador" AND "social movements"

If you know the date of your event, you can add the date into your search. For example:

"Civil Rights" AND "United States" AND 1964

If you want to find books about a certain topic in a particular century, add that century into your search. For example: 

"El Salvador" AND politics AND "20th century"

Reference Books

Books in Frog Scholar

To find books using FrogScholar, use the down arrow to expand "Material Type" from the options on the left, and then choose "Books":