This library handbook was designed to aid the student in political science. It lists reference materials basic to general research and gives their location in the Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Materials are listed in seven categories: (1) guides to the literature; (2) dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks; (3) biographical directories; (4) abstracts and indexes; (5) statistics; (6) yearbooks; and (7) bibliographies. (Author/AWP)