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Public Administration Research Guide

Welcome! This guide will point you to research resources for a variety of public administration topics.

Course reserve Items

Reserve materials are items which professors have selected for specific courses and which are given shortened loan periods. Loan periods can vary from 1 hour, to 2 hours, to 24 hours, to 3 days, to 1 week.

 All Reserve items are listed in the Novanet online catalogue. To access items on reserve follow the folowing steps:

  • Open the Novanet online catalogue.

  • Click on the Reserves tab near the top of the screen.

  • Search by
    • Instructor - e.g.  Forsdyke R.

    • Course name - e.g. Economics of Global Warming

    • Course number -e.g. ECON 2216    Course codes

    • Title - e.g.  For the common good

    • Department - e.g. Economics

    • Subjects

  • Once you have found the material(s) that you are looking for,

    •   write down the call number if there is one e.g. HD 3616 C32 B76 1991

    • or note whether it is a photocopy or a professor's copy.

  • Go to the Circulation Desk to retrieve the item.

Need Help

For further research assistance, please contact Dr. Joyline Makani