Politics and Governance
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Printed Books
The books in the Library Ground Floor are arranged to subject matter according to the Dewey Decimal Schedule. This means that the literature on any one reading list is not found in one place only. Most books will be found either in 302.35 (Organization theory), 320.6 (Public policy), in 351 - 354 (Public administration) or 658 (Business and management).
Elektronic Books
THe Bergen University Library provides several e-book collections:
Norwegian e-books are found at听
Methods
The science of administration equally covers the field of public administration, governance听and policy as well as the leadership, management and organization in general. It is methodologically eclectic in the sense that choice of method depends on the object of inquiry.听
Methods books can be found under the following shelfmarks:
| Content, discourse analysis: | 300.14 |
| Evaluation, research design:听 | 300.72 |
| General and inclusive methods texts:听听 | 300.721 |
| Qualitative methods (e.g. action research, case-studies, interviews): | 300.722 |
| Quantitive and听comparative methods (e.g. survey design):听听 | 300.723 |
| Experimental and quasi-experimental methods: | 300.724 |
| Statistical methods (STATA, SPSS):听 | 300.717 |
- Online methods database:
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Articles
No more than 3 % of the total sum of published knowlegde will ever be relvant to any one political scientist. Article searching is thus something of an "extreme sport" using a discovery tool like
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Databases
The most comprehensive database available at the Bergen University Library is听听containg articl酶e indexes, fulltext databases, newpapers and w-books.听
In addition to disciplne specific collections on politics and sociology etc., it contains specialized databases such as:
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Referencing and citing听
The 听provides detailed advice and guidance on referencing and reference management. If you are in doubt, ask for help in the library.