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PS 467/567: The American Presidency

A few book searching tips

Use more general terms for books than the more specific terms needed for searching for articles.

LibrarySearch finds articles and many other formats besides books.

  • To limit to books, click on 'e-books' and/or 'print books' under 'Resource Type' on the left side. NOTE:
    • You may have to click on "More options" to see books.

You may get more or better results if you do a Subject Heading search for a broad term. To do a search by Subject

  • click on the subject heading links under 'Details' for a book that you like, to get more like it.
  • Here is a small selection of potentially useful subject headings:
    • Executive power - United States
    • Political questions and judicial power
    • Presidents - United States - [subheading, e.g.: "- Case studies",  "- Election", "- Public opinion"]
    • Separation of powers - United States
    • United States Supreme Court - Officials and employees - Selection and appointment (seriously, this is the subject heading for the Supreme Court nomination process)
    • War and emergency powers - United States
    • ...and of course the name of the particular president you are researching. Searching the name as a Subject rather than keyword should increase the relevance of your results.