The following
selective list of print and online resources has been compiled by the
McGovern Library staff as a starting point for research on Congress and the
Presidency. It is not a complete listing of the materials available, but
is intended to serve as a guide to some of the resources available in
the Library, and as a pointer to a variety of electronic resources.
Encyclopedias And Reference Sources
- The
Almanac of American Politics Ref JK1012 .A44 2004
- Congressional
Districts in the 1990's Ref JK1341 .C64 1993
- Congressional
Quarterly Almanac Ref JK1 .C66
- Congressional
Quarterly's Guide to Congress Ref JK1021 .C565 1991
- Congressional
Quarterly's Guide to the Presidency Ref JK516 .C57 1996
-
Congressional Quarterly's Washington Information Directory, 2002-2003
Ref. JK421 .W33 2002/03
- Congressional
Roll Call Ref JK1 .C6635
- CQ
Weekly Report Ref JK1 .C15
- Congress
A to Z : CQ's Ready Reference Encyclopedia Ref JK1067 .C67
1988
- Encyclopedia
of the Democratic Party REF. JK2312 .E53 1997
- Encyclopedia
of the Reagan-Bush Years Ref JK511 .L48 1996
- Encyclopedia
of the Republican Party Ref. JK2352 .E53 1997
- The
Encyclopedia of the United States Congress Ref JK1067 .E63
1995
-
Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America Ref. JK2261 .E474
2000
- Facts
About the Presidents Ref E176.1 .K3 2001
- Official
Congressional Directory Ref JK1011 .U5 2003/04
- Presidential
Administration Profiles for Students Ref JK511 .P78 2000
- Presidential
Also-Rans and Running Mates, 1788-1980 Ref E176.1 .S695 1984
-
Presidents, Vice Presidents, Cabinet Members, Supreme Court Justices,
1789-2003 Ref. JK6 .P74 2003
- Political
Parties & Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia
Ref JK2261 .P633 1991
- Running
for President: The Candidates and Their Images Ref E183 .R96
1994
- United
States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860 Ref. JK524
.D778 2002
- Vital
Statistics on American Politics 2001-2002 Ref. JK274 .S74 2001
- Washington
Information Directory Ref JK421 .W33
- Women in
Congress, 1917-1990 Ref. JK1030.A2 W65 1991
- World
Book Election 2000 Ref JK526 2000b
- World
Book of America's Presidents Ref JK511 .W67 2001
Online
-
GPO Access --
search multiple Government Printing Office resources
Archives
Senator Francis H. Case
Collection and the
Senator
George S. McGovern Collection
- Senator Case's
political career stretched from 1936 through 1962. Senator
McGovern's political career spans the years 1956 through the present.
(The library's holdings are not representative of Senator McGovern's
entire political career). Both collections may be used by appointment
only. For information regarding the collections or to schedule
an appointment, contact:
Laurie Langland
University Archivist
Dakota Wesleyan University
1201 McGovern Avenue
Mitchell, SD 57301
605-995-2134
lalangla@dwu.edu
Indexes
Print* indexes
available in McGovern Library:
- Essay and
General Literature Index
-
International Index to Periodicals/Social Science & Humanities Index
- New York
Times Index
- Reader's
Guide to Periodical Literature
- Social
Sciences Index
*Note:
Contemporary print indexes will be especially useful in locating
articles on topics relating to Congress and the Presidency.
Online Indexes
- LexisNexis
Primary Sources in U.S. History
- Search by
subject using the following terms:
"Presidency of the U.S."
"Presidential communications and messages"
"Presidential elections"
"Presidential studies"
Any President's last name
-
Making of America:
Full text of primary sources in American
social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction (1850-1877).
- Search for keywords, proper names,
places, etc. Use Advanced Search options to focus your search.
-
EBSCO
Fulltext Databases: citations, abstracts, and
full text articles
- Search the
following subjects:
- "United States
-- Congress"
- "Presidents
-- United States"
- "Executive
Power -- United States"
"Legislators -- United States"
- Use the browse People feature
in Indexes to locate articles on specific elected officials
and/or candidates.
-
Proquest : citations, abstracts, and full text articles
- Search for
specific names or use an Advanced search of the Subject field for
more exact results:
"Presidents"
"Congress"
"Presidential Elections"
Searching the
Library Catalog
- Search
the following subjects or use the names of specific candidates
and/or elected officials:
" United States Congress "
" Presidents--United States "
Periodicals
Print journals available
in McGovern Library (some may be on microfiche)
- Annals
of Congress
- Congressional
Digest
- Congressional
Record
- Presidential
Studies Quarterly
Full Text Electronic
Journals via J-STOR
- Titles
in Political Science
Web Sites
Legislation
-
THOMAS
-- US Congress on the Internet
Statistics
Videos/Media
- The 1952 Election: Ike says... Cass. 131
- American President VT
1555-1559
- Congress:
A Day in the Life of a Representative
VT 1521
-
Constant Combatants: the President and Congress VT 1176
- The Crisis of the Contemporary Presidency: a Democratic View Cass. 119-122
- The Crisis of the Contemporary Presidency: a Republican View Cass. 123-127
-
Eisenhower VT1258
- Eleanor
Roosevelt
VT 943
- FDR
VT 807-808
- First Inauguaral Address, March 4 1933 (Roosevelt, Franklin D.)... SLP 1653
- George
Washington: Founding Father VT 935
- George
Washington: the Man Who Wouldn't be King VT 575
- Gerald R.
Ford VT 511
- Ike
Eisenhower VT 736
-
Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt VT 824
- Insanity
on Trial (assassination of James Garfield) VT 565
- Jimmy
Carter: the Moralist President VT 1371
- Jimmy
Carter VT 512
- John Fitzegerald Kennedy, the Presidential Years (1960-1963) SLP 1059
- Joseph McCarthy: an American Inquisitor VT 941
- Kennedy-Nixon: the Great Debates, 1960 SLP 1491
- Kennedy,
Years of Charisma VT 155
- Lincoln
VT 725-728
- "Mr. President" from FDR to Eisenhower SLP 1473
- One Bright Shining Moment DVD 147
-
The Power Game : The Congress VT 476
-
The Power Game: The Presidency VT 479
-
The Power Game: The Unelected VT 478
- The Price of Politics VT 1179
- Reagan
VT 1551-1552
- Richard
M. Nixon VT 510
- Richard M. Nixon, the Nixon Tapes CD 262
- The Role of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in National Policy Cass. 200
- Ronald
Reagan VT 513
- Thomas
Jefferson: Architect of Liberty VT 841
- Thomas
Jefferson: Philosopher of Freedom VT 939
- Watergate VT 969
- Who was
Lee Harvey Oswald? VT 731-733
- Whose Law, Whose Order? VT 1177
- Woodrow
Wilson, Idealism and American Democracy VT 847
- Woodrow
Wilson: Reluctant Warrior VT 1279
-
A World of Ideas : Forrest McDonald VT 344
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