Politics

Collection overview

All areas of Politics are covered, especially:

Armed forces
British Politics
Constitutional Politics
Democracy
European Communities
Imperialism
International Relations
Liberalism
Local Government
Migration
Nationalism
Policing
Political philosophy
Public policy
Revolution
Terrorism
War

The geographical focus is on British and European politics

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Collection location

Most books are located on the 7th floor
All items available on open access will display the location POLITICS, with the classmark prefix 3, eg POLITICS 7th Floor (3) RI Ros
Large books are shelved in a separate sequence - indicated by the prefix ‘f’ or ‘folio’, before the location code
Most periodicals are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor.
Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Library – 4th floor. For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page
Some items are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service. Please request at the Stack Service desk on the 4th floor.
To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

Related collections

Area collections of Latin American Studies, United States Studies and Commonwealth Studies
British Government Publications collection
Economics collection - European Union
History collection
Law collection – some human and civil rights material
Special Collections – especially the John Burns collection, the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature, the Ron Heisler collection and the Porteus Library
Statistics collection
Dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference works in the Periodicals Room 4th Floor.

Classmarks for Politics

All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3, eg POLITICS 7th Floor (3) RI Ros

Asylum - political: RIHY

Democracy: RBO

Espionage: RMQN

European Communities: RIK

Federalism: RBP

Imperialism: RAW

International Relations: RI

International Security: RIS

Liberalism: RAF

Local Government - Britain: Rte

Migration: RL

Militarism: RIO

Nationalism: RAW

Policing - Britain: RPTe

Political ethics: RAE

Political Freedom: RAF

Political parties - Britain: RYeH

Political Philosophy: RAA

Propaganda: RWN

Public policy: RG

Republicanism: RBN

Terrorism: RAR

Tyranny: RAO

Utopias: RAU

War: RMA

War - ‘just’ wars: RIJ

For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.

Other libraries

For more information about Politics holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk.