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POLS 330: Topics in Comparative Politics (HC)

Political Science 330: Topics in Comparative Politics (Wing) Fall 2024

Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

Use the Tripod catalog for your home institution  Connect from Bryn Mawr College  This link opens in a new windowConnect from Haverford College  This link opens in a new windowConnect from Swarthmore College  to look for all books (print and digital) owned by your college as well as the print titles at the other two schools.  

The following searches are a sampling of possibilities.  To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.  Note that all these searches are in the Books+Media channel.  In examples #1, 3 and 5 below, using keywords-that is the Any Field search option- (rather than subjects) will pick up results from chapter titles and content summaries.

       (gay OR queer OR lgbt* OR "same sex" OR lesbian* OR "sexual minorities" OR transsexual* OR transgender*) AND (discriminat* OR bias OR prejudice OR hate OR homophob*) AND (econom* OR financ* OR capital) AND "united states"  [In Any Field]  Limited to publications 2010-2023  Connect from Bryn Mawr College   Icon  Icon

       homophobia [Subject]  Limited to publications 2018-2023  Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Icon  Icon   

       (women OR gender*) AND (migration OR migrant*) [Subjects] AND (labor OR work* OR employ*) [Any Field]  Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Icon  Icon

       ("Women household employees") AND (migrant* OR migration OR foreign) [Subjects]   Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Icon  Icon

       ("transitional justice") [Subject] AND (customary OR local OR alternative*) [Any Field] NOT ("Government/court document" OR letter)  Connect from Bryn Mawr College  Icon  Icon

   **  Try opening a search above and replace one of the topics with your research interest.

Beyond the Tri-College Collections

An important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tricollege Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 1 billion titles owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan.  Use the  button to place requests.