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Political Science

Subject Guide for political science

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Each item in the Library is assigned a call number which designates both its subject and also its place on the shelf.

The listing of Library of Congress classification numbers below suggests where to find materials on Political Science on the Library shelves.

J - General Legislative

JA - Political Science (General)

JC - Political Theory

JF - Political Institutions and Public Administration 

JS - Local Government

JV - Colonies and Colonization. Emigration and Immigration

JZ - International Relations

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