Public Administration

For quick access to high quality information for your assignments, try the links on these pages.

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Reading Lists

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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

After looking at your online reading list, try these to help with your assignments

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

A variety of reference works, including dictionaries, which tutors may well prefer to Wikipedia, and it even tells you how to set out a reference to what you find. Try out the 'Mind Map' feature to see how your keyword links to others - useful for essay planning and dissertation work.

These short videos show you how Credo can speed up your research:

  1. Search tips
  2. Using the automated mind map

Additional access instructions:

For off campus access use this link


fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Contains full-text ebooks in many subject areas.

Watch these short videos about the features available.


Research and analysis on a wide variety of topics from education, poverty and social policy to foreign policy, trade and economics produced by impartial experts in the House of Commons Library. Either click Research at the top of the screen, then scroll down to browse by topic or click Search at the top right of the screen, then change to Search all research services before putting in your topic so that you can pick up House of Lords reports as well as House of Commons.

Watch this short video to find out why you should try this.


A key UK organisation which seeks to address problems caused by poverty, poor housing/homelessness and an ageing society, plus a broad range of other social issues. Use the Topics drop-down at the top of the site to access a wide range of useful reports dating from 1994 onwards, plus relevant statistics.


Access legislation guides, briefings and case studies on local government policy topics


World experts give you accurate, unbiased and up-to-date overviews of a wide range of political topics e.g. arms control/reduction, comparative foreign policy analysis, foreign aid as a foreign policy tool, maritime piracy, new public management, non-state actors and foreign policy, political party membership, politics and mass media, public policy. Each entry is designed to take 30 mins or less to read so have a look here when you have a new topic to research.

For search tips watch this video.


fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

A collection of over 500 full-text social science textbooks from SAGE.

 

• When you need more depth, use these

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Particularly good for final year undergrad work, research projects, dissertations and all postgrad work

Referencing

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Guidance and support for referencing in APA 7, including advice about reference generators

Your Subject Team

 Anne Worden

Faculty Librarian

email Anne.Worden@port.ac.uk

 Sharon Bittner

Assistant Faculty Librarian

email sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk