POLI 057: Democratic Governance in Contemporary Latin America

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Interlibrary Loan

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What Makes a Good Research Question?
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Writing Standards in Political Science
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Finding Books

For Fall 2020, Books and materials from other campus libraries, including videos from the Media & Design Center, will be available through the library pickup service.

Start with a keyword search in the catalog. Once you have located a relevant item, you can look at the Subjects in the record and follow those links to find related books.

You can also refine your results by using the facets on the left side of the screen. Use the "Available Online" filter to limit to materials that may be accessed remotely!

Sample Subjects:

Democratization -- Latin America

Latin America -- Politics and government (very broad! will want to pair with other keywords)

Political participation -- Venezuela Or: Political participation -- [country]

Representative government and representation -- Venezuela Or: Representative government and representation -- [country]