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Primary Sources

Research Using Primary Sources - library guide

While this guide is oriented toward historical research, it has useful tips relevant to your research.

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement: An Online Archival Collection
From the Special Collections Library at Duke University, "The materials in this on-line archival collection document various aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, and focus specifically on the radical origins of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s." A source of some primary documents on feminist theory and politics.

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels: Collected Works (English) KNIGHT HX 39.5 .A16 1975  50 volumes
There are many other books by Marx in the catalog; this has all of the writings in one place.

Landmark Speeches of the American Conservative Movement KNIGHT JC573.2.U6 L36 2007
Includes speeches of Buckley, Goldwater, Reagan, and more.

LexisNexis Academic
For judicial opinions (including US Supreme Court.) Go to left side, click on US Legal --> Federal and State Cases.

Presidential Papers, Speeches, and Executive Orders - library guide

ProQuest Congressional (formerly LexisNexis Congressional)
This is probably your best place to search for Congressional documents. It includes the Congressional Record, hearings, reports, and more, all available as full text PDFs. 

Socialist Party of America papers, 1897-1963, and addendum 1919-1976 KNIGHT MICROFILM JK2391 .S6 S63
Includes correspondence, minutes of committee meetings and proceedings of conventions, financial records, court records, copies of speeches, press releases, organizers' reports, lists, photographs, broadsides, leaflets, pamphlets, books, and serials.

• See the guides to the Microfilm in KNIGHT REFERENCE: JK2391.S6 S63 Guide; JK2391.S6 S63 Addend Guide

US Environmental Policy and Politics: A Documentary History  LAW LIB GE180 .U185 2010
You can request to have this sent to Knight Library if you wish. "The wide-ranging document collections include over 150 full and excerpted speeches, writings by conservationists, federal and state legislation, court opinions, testimonies, policy briefs, and more. The documents are preceded by context-setting headnotes which provide information on the key players and events."

The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism KNIGHT REFERENCE HQ1115 .W644 2006
Volume 2 consists of Primary Documents, i.e. writings by noted feminists.

Reference Sources & Guides

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Cambridge History of Twentieth Century Political Thought
Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought from the late nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. Covers liberal democracy, conservatism, fascism, Marxism, feminisms, identity politics (including indigenism), and ecological or 'green' political thought.

Dictionary of Marxist Thought, 2nd ed.  KNIGHT REFERENCE HX17 .D5 1991
Detailed definitions and explanations of terms, theories, schools of thought, etc., with bibliographies.

Environmental Encyclopedia , 3rd ed.
Includes articles on Green Politics, Environmental Ethics, Deep Ecology, etc., with bibliographies.

Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups KNIGHT REFERENCE HN49 .R33 A85 2004
Includes religious fundamentalism.

Encyclopedia of Political Anarchy KNIGHT REFERENCE HX830 .G39 1999
Short articles, with references, on important figures, events, movements, organizations, etc.

Encyclopedia of Politics; The Left and the Right. ; also KNIGHT REFERENCE JA61 .E54 2005
Two volume set that contains over 450 articles on individuals, movements, political parties, and ideological principles associated with both the "left" and "right" sides of the political spectrum.

Encyclopedia of the American Left, 2nd ed. KNIGHT REFERENCE HX86 .E58 1998.
Covers people, parties, movements, issues, from a historical perspective, with bibliographies.

Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World ; also in KNIGHT REFERENCE JA61 .O95 2001
A comprehensive guide to international relations and domestic politics throughout the world, with articles on major concepts and themes in modern politics. Most articles run one page or less, but approximately 30 longer feature articles ("Critical Issues" and "Interpretive Essays") cover selected topics in more depth.

Political Science Research Guide

Religious Studies Research Guide
This guide will point you to places to look for information on religious fundamentalism. See particularly the Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd ed. and the ATLA Religion database.

Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Post-Feminism KNIGHT REFERENCE HQ1115 .R68 2000
The first half consists of essays on various aspects of feminism with the second half offering A-Z entries.

Vincent, Andrew. Modern Political Ideologies (e-book), 3rd ed. NOTE:This link connects you to the online catalog record, from which you have to connect and login as a UO user.
This book covers most of the ideologies you are studying and may offer some new perspectives. It also has an extensive bibliography.

The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism KNIGHT REFERENCE HQ1115 .W644 2006

Womens Studies Encyclopedia
See entries on Feminism, Feminist Movement (1960 through early 1970), Feminist Theory, etc.