LPSS Publications

  Pathfinders and Research Guides | Miscellaneous Publications and Releases | Product Information and Reviews | Manual | Strategic Plan | Bylaws

LPSS Annual Report

• May 2011 LPSS Annual Report
• May 2010 LPSS Annual Report
• May 2009 LPSS Annual Report
• May 2008 LPSS Annual Report
• May 2007 LPSS Annual Report
• May 2003 LPSS Annual Report

Political Science Research Competency Guidelines

• .pdf version
• Wiki version
• Repository of Examples (2007)

LPSS News Newsletter

• Volume 28, no. 2, Spring 2013
• Volume 28, no. 1, Fall 2012
• Volume 27, no. 2, Spring 2012
• Volume 27, no. 1, Fall 2011
• Volume 26, no. 2, Spring 2011
• Volume 26, no. 1, Fall 2010
• Volume 25, no. 2, Spring 2010
• Volume 25, no. 1, Fall 2009
• Volume 24, no. 2, Spring 2009
• Volume 24, no. 1, Fall 2008
• Volume 23, no. 2, Spring 2008
• Volume 23, no. 1, Fall 2007
• Volume 22, no. 2, Spring 2007
• Volume 22, no. 1, Fall 2006
• Volume 21, no. 2, Spring 2006
• Volume 21, no. 1, Fall 2005
• Volume 20, no. 2, Spring 2005
• Volume 20, no. 1, Fall 2004
• Volume 19, No. 2, Spring 2004
• Volume 19, No. 1, Fall 2003
• Volume 18, No. 2, Spring 2003
• Volume 18, No. 1, Fall 2002
• Volume 17, No. 2, Spring 2002
• Volume 17, No. 1, Fall 2001
• Volume 16, No. 2, Spring 2001
• Volume 16, No. 1, Fall 2000
• Volume 15, No. 2, Spring 2000
• Volume 15, No. 1, Fall 1999
• Volume 14, No. 2, Spring 1999
• Volume 14, No. 1, Fall 1998
• Volume 13, no. 2, [Spring 1998]
• Volume 13, no. 1, Fall 1997
• Volume 12, no. 2, [Spring 1997]
• Volume 12, no. 1, Fall 1996
• Volume 11, no. 2, Spring 1996
• Volume 11, no. 1, [Fall 1995]
• Volume 10, no. 2, [Spring 1995]
• Volume 10, no. 1, [November 1994]
• Volume 9, no. 2, May 1994
• Volume 9, no. 1, November 1993
• Volume 8, no. 2 - not published
• Volume 8, no. 1, November 1992
• Volume 7, no. 2, May 1992
• Volume 7, no. 1, November 1991
• Volume 6, no. 2, May 1991
• Volume 6, no. 1, November 1990
• Volume 5, no. 2, May 1990
• Volume 5, no. 1, November 1989
• Volume 4, no. 2, April 1989
• Volume 4, no. 1, November 1988
• Volume 3, no. 2, April 1988
• Volume 3, no. 1, November 1987
• Volume 2, no. 2, May 1987
• Volume 2, no. 1, November 1986
• Volume 1, no. 2, May 1986
• Volume 1, no. 1, November 1985

Pathfinders and Research Guides

• 2012 Joint SRRT/LPSS ALA Annual Conference Program: National Security vs. The Right to Know - pathfinder/bibliography
• 2011 ALA Annual Conference Program - The Legal Consequences of Environmental Crises: What Librarians Need to Know about the Gulf Oil Spill - pathfinder/bibliography
• 2010 ALA Annual Conference Program - Participatory Democracy in an Internet Age - pathfinder/bibliography
• 2009 ALA Annual Conference Program - Political Engagement: Facilitating Greater Participation in Civil Society - pathfinder/bibliography
• 2008 ALA Annual Conference Program - Got Elections? Informing the Public - pathfinder/bibliography
• 2007 ALA Annual Conference Program - Can Blogs Be Trusted? - pathfinder/bibliography
• 2006 ALA Annual Conference Program - Beyond Katrina: Politics, Race and Law -  pathfinder/bibliography
• 2005 ALA Annual Conference Program - Making Sense of Public Affairs Research: What the Pros Can Teach Us - pathfinder | bibliography
• 2004 ALA Annual Conference Program - Interactive and Collaborative Curricular Learning Communities: Recommended Readings and Resources - pathfinder
• 2001 ALA Annual Conference Program - New Technologies New Oportunities: Collaborating with Faculty - pathfinder

Miscellaneous Publications and Releases

• LPSS Membership Brochure 2002
• Political Information Day 2002: Proclamation | Press Release
• Law and Political Science Day Proclamation 2001
• Law and Political Science Day 2000: Proclamation | Press Release

Product Information and Reviews

One of the ongoing efforts of the LPSS is to keep our members informed about the many valuable resources available by providing product information and in-depth reviews. These include:

• Canada and the United States: Differences that Count - June 2008
• Gale Digital Collections - May 2008
• Online Library Databases in Law and Political Science - Midwinter 2000

Other recent reviews are located in the LPSS News, including:

• LexisNexis Academic v. Westlaw’s Campus Research for searching law reviews ( volume 25, number 1, Fall 2009, pp. 7)
• PolicyFile ( volume 24, number 2, Spring 2009, pp. 7)
• Westlaw’s Campus Research ( volume 23, number 1, Fall 2007, pp.7)
• LexisNexis Academic ( volume 22, number 2, Spring 2007, pp. 5)
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts vs. International Political Science Abstracts ( volume 22, number 1, Fall 2006, pp. 6-7)
• HeinOnline ( volume 21, number 1, Fall 2005, pp. 3-4)
• The Making of Modern Law : Historical Legal Treatises of the U.S. and the U.K. and CQ Supreme Court Collection ( volume 20, number 2, Spring 2005, p. 4 and p. 7)
• American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001, ( volume 20, number 1, Fall 2004, p. 6)
• Oxford Analytica, ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research and Sociometrics: Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL) ( volume 19, number 2, Spring 2004, p. 5 , p. 6 and p. 7)
• Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court ( volume 19, number 1, Fall 2003, p. 6) (.pdf file)
• Social Science Research Network ( volume 18, number 2, Spring 2003, pp. 3-4)
• Declassified Documents Reference System, and Digital National Security Archive Databases ( volume 17, number 2, Spring 2002, pp. 5-7)
• America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts ( volume 17, number 1, Fall 2001, pp. 6-7)
• CIAO ( Columbia International Affairs Online) and Polling the Nations on Silverplatter ( volume 16, number 1, Fall 2000, pp. 6-7)

LPSS Governance Procedures

LPSS Manual

LPSS Strategic Plan

LPSS Bylaws  (expired January 2010)

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