The Library Corner - Fall 2022 Edition

December 9, 2022
Kris Kasianovitz

Need a warm and welcoming space to study? The IGS Library is OPEN!

Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm.

Staff are available to assist with access to the Library’s collections and research questions 1pm to 5pm or you can contact us by email to set up a research consultation.

Meet our IGS Library Staff!

Kris Kasianovitz

IGS Library Director

Paul King

Circulation Supervisor and PPIC Coordinator

Jordan Gerner

Government Information Collection and Circulation Specialist

Robert Toyama

IGS Library Cataloguer

2022 General Election Resources

This was a big year for Midterm Senate and House elections, along with many races and measures on state and local ballots. In keeping with a long tradition of providing the campus community with voting and election information, IGS Library made the following resources available:

RECENTLY ACQUIRED BOOKS!

Bouk, Dan. Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them. Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2022Print

Holder, Eric H., and Sam Koppelman. Our Unfinished March : the Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote - a History, a Crisis, a Plan. First edition. New York: One World, 2022. Print

Lawrence, John A. Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership, 2005–2010. La Vergne: University Press of Kansas, 2022.PrintOnline (requires CalNet ID).  IGS hosted a book talk with John Lawerence on October 27, recording forthcoming.  He was also interviewed by Rachel Myrow on KQED’s forum about the book.

Seabrook, Nick. One Person, One Vote : a Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America. First edition. New York: Pantheon Books, 2022.Print

Sides, John, Chris Tausanovitch, and Lynn Vavreck. The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022.PrintOnline (requires CalNet ID)

Vitali, Ali. Electable : Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House...yet. First edition. New York, NY: Dey St., an Imprint of William Morrow, 2022. Print

Need Data for your Research?

The following datasets, acquired and licensed by the UC Berkeley Main Library, are available for current UCB faculty, students, and staff with an active CALNet ID.

Dave Leip's Atlas of The U.S Presidential Elections

Provides election results for the major and minor candidates for the U.S President from 1789 through 2012. Individual year pages include candidates, parties, popular and electoral vote totals, maps, charts, and voter turnout (1932 - 2012). Includes menus and hyperlinks to individual state results pages for the Presidential Elections from 1892 through 2012. County-level maps and data are available for the elections from 1960 through 2008 (and prior to 1960 for members). The 2000 through 2008 pages also include the results maps for President by U.S. Congressional District. 

ICMA Municipal Form of Government Survey

This survey is conducted every 5 years and examines the structure (form) of cities/municipalities; election systems; provisions for referendum or recall; term limits; and the powers and authority of the chief official and governing board. Survey results from 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996

To see a complete list of library acquired datasets, go to the Library Licensed Dataset Catalog

Come stop by for more information!

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