Reference Books

These are a few of the reference books that may be useful for researching topics in public administration.


American Attitudes: Who Thinks What About the Issues That Shape Our Lives, by Susan Mitchell
     REF HN 90 .P8M58 2000

An American Profile: Opinions and Behavior,by Floris W. Wood
     REF HN 29 .A53 1972-1989

Biographical Dictionary of Public Administration, by Patricia Moss Wigfall and Behrooz Kalantari
     REF JA 61 .W 54 2001

Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science, by Frank Bealey
     REF JA 61 .B43 1999

Book of the States
     REF JK 2403 .B6 2000-02 (annual)

Congress A to Z,
     REF JK 1021 .C554 1999

Congress and the Nation  (1981-84, 1985-88, 1989-92, 1993-96)
     REF KF 49 .C653

Congressional Quarterly Almanac (annual, 1977- )
     REF JK 1 .C66

Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report (1963-1982)
     REF JK 1 .C15
     (NOTE: Continued by CQ Weekly)

Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress
     REF JK 1021 .C565 2000 v.1-2

Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the Presidency, ed. by Michael Nelson
     REF JK 516 .C57 2002 v.1-2

Cultures of the states : a handbook on the effectiveness of state governments, by Jack Frymier and Arliss Roaden
     REF JK 2408 .F79 2003

Dictionary of public policy and administration, by Jay M. Shafritz
     REF H 97 .S483 2004

Encyclopedia of American Public Policy, by Byron M. Jackson
     REF JK 468 .P64J33 1999

Encyclopedia of Federal Agencies and Commissions, by Kathleen Thompson Hill & Gerald N. Hill
     REF JK 9 .H536 2004

Encyclopedia of Government and Politics
     REF JA 61 .C66 2004 v. 1-2

Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations
     REF JK 468 .C7 E5 2004

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, ed. by Jack Rabin
     REF JK 9 .E526 2003 v.1-3 & Suppl. 1

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, ed. by David Schultz
     REF JK 9. E527 2004

Encyclopedia of the American Presidency, ed. by Leonard W. Levy and Louis Fisher
     REF JK 511 .E53 1994 v.1-4

Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet, by Mark Grossman
     REF E 176 .G89 2000 v.1-3

Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, ed. by David C. Bacon et al.
     REF JK 1067 .E63 1995 v.1-4

Ethics in U.S. Government: An Encyclopedia of Investigations, Scandals, Reforms, and Legislation, by Robert North Roberts
     REF JK 468 .E7 R556 2001

Historical Dictionary of the Welfare State, by Bent Greve
     REF JC 479 .G74 2006

International Dictionary of Public Management and Governance, by Gambhir Bhatta
     REF JA 61 .B48 2005

International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, ed. by Jay M. Shafritz
     REF H 97 I574 1998 v.1-4

Oxford Guide to the United States Government, by John J. Patrick et al.
     REF JK 9 .P384 2001

Political Handbook of the World
     REF JF 37 .P6 1999

Public Administration Dictionary, by William Fox and Ivan H. Meyer
     REF JA 61 .F69 1995

The U.S. Federal Budget Process: An Overview and Glossary of Terms, ed. by G. I. Maltese
     REF HJ 2051 .U74 2000

Yearbook of International Organizations
     REF JX 1904 .A42 2001-02 (annual)


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