Politics
Materials held in Birkbeck Library
Books
Search the Library catalogue to find where materials are located.
For Politics many of the books will be at 320-329 or at the shelfmark R.
For Sociology look at 300-309 or at shelfmarks K & Q.
It is always advisable to check the catalogue rather than browsing the shelves as the Library has two subject classification schemes, relevant books can be classified at other shelfmarks, and you may be interested in reserving books that are currently on loan. Some of your essential reading may have been placed in the Reading Room Collection. Click on the Catalogue tab at the top of the screen.
A guide to Library classification in this area.
Electronic Books
Over 200 political science titles from Oxford University Press including political theory, comparative politics, political economy, democratization, international relations, environmental politics, and American, European Union, UK and Russian politics. Titles are all listed on the Library catalogue and can be searched individually or collectively
Electronic Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Many reference sources are available online either via Oxford Reference Online or Credo reference. The collections can be searched individually or by subject cluster and are all listed on the library catalogue. To access these online services from outside of the College you need to log on here first with your ITS username and password.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - an illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000.
- A-Z of Countries of the World via Oxford Reference Online
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics via Oxford Reference Online
- A Dictionary of Contemporary World History via Oxford Reference Online
- A Dictionary of Political Biography via Oxford Reference Online
- A Dictionary of Sociology via Oxford Reference Online
- Dictionary of the Social Sciences via Oxford Reference Online
- The Oxford Guide to the United States Government via Oxford Reference Online
- Who's Who in the Twentieth Century via Oxford Reference Online
- Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science via Credo reference
- Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology via Credo reference
- Collins Dictionary of Sociology via Credo reference
- Dictionary of Government and Politics, Peter Collin Publishing via Credo reference
- Penguin Dictionary of Sociology via Credo reference
- World of Sociology, Gale via Credo reference
In this subject area the Library has more electronic journals than print ones. The ejournals page of the eLibrary allows you to check electronic availability when you have a particular journal in mind, but also to search by subject or by author across a number of journals using services such as
Print & Electronic Journals
The Library subscribes to more electronic journals than print ones in this subject area. Most of the electronic journals can be accessed from outside College with your ITS username and password. Click on the eLibrary tab above and select Ejournals to access them. The principal ejournal collections in this subject area are: JSTOR | Project Muse | Business Source Premier | ABI INFORM Global | LexisNexis | Periodicals Archive Online | IngentaConnect | ScienceDirect | Swetswise.
Also under eLibrary you will find ePrints - a database of research papers by Birkbeck academic staff.
Videos, DVDs, Off-Air Recordings & CDs
These are located in a separate collection on Level 1. All A/V materials are listed on the Library catalogue. If you are looking for a feature film, search by title or director (use Author Alphabetical when searching for a director).
