Political Parties Guide 

Go to the library homepage and click on "Find Books, etc. in the Library" to search our catalog. In the drop-down menu, you can search "ALL" libraries or limit to just government documents by selecting "Documents Library -- 4th floor".

Try searching with these broad subject terms first:

Political Parties

Party Affilliation

Political Conventions

Center Parties

Nominations for office

Primaries

Caucus

Democrats

Republicans

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Search also under: names of individual parties, such as "Green Party" or "Democratic Party".

For background info or help in formulating your topic/thesis statement, consult the following Reference books on the 1st floor of the library at the Reference Department:

Political Parties & Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia. 2 vols.

REF JK2261 .P633 1991

National Party Conventions, 1831-1996

REF JK2255 .N377 1997

National Party Conventions, 1831-2004 in the general circulating collection on the 1st floor.

JK2255 .N373 2005

The Encyclopedia of third parties in America 3 vols.

REF JK2261 .E474 2000 

Online Resources

MSUGovDoc's bookmarked websites on Political Parties 

Project Vote Smart's Directory of Political Parties

Political Party Platforms 1840-present 

See also: Locating Government Documents in the Library and Frequently Used Government Resources guides