Handbooks

• Routledge handbook of political management
• Oxford handbook of political behavior
• Bilingual vocabulary for governance, public policy & administration

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

• International Encyclopedia of Communication Online
• International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
• The Language of Canadian Politics
• Oxford Reference Online
• Routledge Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics including Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought
• The Almanac of Canadian politics
• The Almanac of American politics : the senators, the representatives - their records, states and districts
• The Oxford handbook of Canadian politics
• International dictionary of public management and governance
• Bourinot's rules of order
• Beauchesne's Rules & forms of the House of Commons of Canada, with annotations, comments and precedents

Biographies

• Canada's Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation
• Canadian Parliamentary Guide
• Canadian Who's Who
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Research & Writing Guides

• American Political Science Association Style Manual For Political Science Students
• Writing public policy : a practical guide to communicating in the policy making process JF1525.C59 S64 2016
• Memoranda to Cabinet and Drafter’s Guide
• Guide to  Preparing Treasury Board Submissions
• How to Create Superior Briefings (Canadian Centre for Management Development)
• How to Write a Policy Brief
• Thomson-Nelson Guide to Research and Writing in Political Science     JA86 .C43 2006
• Politics on the Internet: A Student Guide JA86.B83 2005 (online)
• Information skills: finding and using the right resources ZA3075 .G75 2010
• Your research project: how to manage it (online)

Citing Government Information

Citing Print and Electronic Resources

• Citing Sources From Duke University. This guide provides examples of citations in APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian styles for both print and electronic resources.

News Sources

Government News

• Government of Canada Press Releases

Key Newspapers

• The Globe and Mail archives or website
• The National Post archives or website

News Magazines

• The Economist archives or website
• Hill Times (federal politics)
• Maclean's archives or website

Audio and Video Clips

• CBC News
• CPAC
• CTV News
• Radio Canada
• TVA Nouvelles

Key News Databases

• Canadian Newsstream
• Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database
• Factiva
• PressReader

For more resources please check News guide

Policy Reports, Working Papers, Think Tanks, etc.

• Canadian Public Documents Collection of publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups.
• Conference Board of Canada e-Library  Covers broad areas of economic trends, forecasting, organizational performance and public policy issues.
• NBER (National Bureau of Economics Research) Working Papers)
• Policy File Index (U.S. Policy)  Provides access to U.S. foreign and domestic policy papers and gray literature.
• Brookings Institute
• Social Research and Demonstration Corporation National leader in social research and experimentation, design to help policy-makers identify and implement policies and programs that improve the well-being of Canadians
• Think Tank Search from Harvard Kennedy School
• Think Tanks and Policy Centres from the University of Calgary Library 

A more comprehensive listing of Think Tanks