Public Administration

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Reading Lists

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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

 

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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After looking at your online reading list, try these to help with your assignments

• Choosing keywords and sources - first steps

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• Finding print and ebooks using the Library Catalogue

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• Online sources to try first

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• When you need more depth, use these

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Oxford Political Science Handbooks offer thorough introductions and a survey of the current state of research in key topics such as war, civil society, politics of individual countries e.g. Britain, Germany, Nigeria, comparative politics, political economy, political theory, public policy, nuclear policy and the United Nations. Chapters review key issues and major debates and indicate how the debates might evolve.

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Over 250 unlimited access in-depth guides to current and classic research across a range of subject areas. If you can't access something via this site, put the book title into our general Portsmouth catalogue as we have some titles via Ebook Central instead.

There are lots of titles relevant to Politics/IR and Public Administration in this package e.g.

  • Myanmar, the Arab Spring, Security Studies, Ethnic Conflict, Soft Power
  • Global Public Policy and Administration, International Local Government, Performance Management and Control (includes the Public Sector)

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Research Methods

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Finding Articles

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News Sources

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Videos and Training Material

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Other Key Sources

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Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk