PRIMARY MATERIALS IN POLITICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Abstract

I would like first of all to thank the Aslib Social Sciences Group for inviting me to address this conference and I welcome the opportunity of discussing the library and information problems that I experience in political science, not only with fellow social scientists, but particularly with members of the library profession. Because of the nature of political science, as I see it, I want first to say something about the relationship between the various social sciences, then to define politics more specifically (since I regard this as essential in considering the topic), and finally to discuss the sources and the problems they present. In company with Professor Swann, I regard myself as an amateur on the topic on which I am speaking. This being so, I will not try to provide a comprehensive or exhaustive list of primary sources in politics, but endeavour to outline the types of sources and illustrate these from my own experience.

Citation

RUSH, M. (1971), "PRIMARY MATERIALS IN POLITICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 23 No. 4, pp. 175-186. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050281