Social Studies Subject Guide: The Election

Books You Can Request from the US Library

We've got lots of books that will help you with your research. You can place a request by clicking the box at the left, and filling out the Google form. Sue & Derek take turns visiting the US Library, and will package up your books, and email you when they're ready. Need help?  Ask Sue or Derek!

LET'S GET STARTED!

• CLICK THE LINK to see a list of the 65+ books we suggest: https://catalog.catlin.edu/cataloging/servlet/presentbooklistform.do?listID=10080055  If the link gives you any trouble, here's the PDF version of the list of books:

• Find a book that looks useful?  Put the title into the US Library catalog (catalog.catlin.edu) for LOTS MORE INFORMATION, including a description & a table of contents.
• When you're ready to request some books, click the "Request US Library Books" button at the left, and fill out a Google Form with the titles and authors of the books you want.  We'll notify you as soon as they're ready for pickup.  That's it.

EShelf
With a Multnomah County Library card, you can obtain access to this curated shelf of eBooks for your class.  I'll keep adding titles as I come across more that may help you in your research.  Need a MultCoLib card? Sign up HERE. Click below for access to your EShelf.

Here's a Loom video to show you how to get access to the books, and request them.  Need help? Sue and Derek are here for you!

Websites & Search Engines

Pew Research Center
A reliable, searchable source of data and commentary on political and cultural topics.  They published a Field Guide to Polling: 2020 Election Edition, among many other useful documents.

Wesleyan Media Project
"The Wesleyan Media Project was established in 2010 to track advertising in federal elections, and it is a successor to the Wisconsin Advertising Project, which tracked political advertising between 1998 and 2008." 

Wisconsin Advertising Project
"Beginning in 1998, WiscAds conducted research investigating how candidates, political parties, and special interest groups communicate with voters. Initially, WiscAds studied campaign television advertisements in the nation’s 75 largest media markets by collecting and analyzing all political advertisements aired on broadcast and cable stations. The scope of the project increased over time, eventually gathering data on all 210 media markets in the United States. This unique database has been made possible through a technology developed by the Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG)."