Political Science Resources: General or Comprehensive

Better World Links 

this site supplies over 30,000 well-organized links for such topics as: Peace and Disarmament, Human Rights, Social Justice, Women, Economics, etc. One reviewer described the links as up-to-date, balanced, handpicked, free of charge and free of ads; the site is easy to use and comprehensive.

Center for the American Woman and Politics  (Rutgers)

Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS): Spatial Resources for the Social Sciences 

a superb web site which offers one-stop shopping for anyone who wishes to learn about the fundamentals of and the advances in the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in the human sciences.

Human & Constitutional Rights  (Columbia U. Law Library)

International Data Base (IDB) 

produced by the US Census Bureau; a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and areas of the world, many areas from 1950 forward

Migration Information Source 

scholarly, text-rich, and graphic-enhanced Web site

see also: Forced Migration Online which deals specifically with people displaced by either conflicts or natural disasters

Nations of the World 

one reviewer described this web site as a "brillant and exhaustive attempt to deliver" knowledge and understanding of the laws of various nations and the associated jurisdictions.

Political Resources on the Net 

access to politically related Web sites by country; extensive links to political parties, organizations, government agencies, and media sources

Political Science Resources on the Web 

(U. of Michigan)

Political Science Sites of Working Papers 

provides links to scholarly working papers on political science and related fields

Poly-Cy: Internet Resources for Political Science 

wide range of links and explanatory material

Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources 

extensive UK-based site

intute: Social Sciences Gateway formerly SOSIG

Extremely comprehensive social sciences site.

Terrorism Project 

Center for Defense Information

The Ultimate Political Science Links Page 

a clearly laid out page with minimally obtrusive graphics and easy navigation

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

Women in Politics 

Inter-Parliamentary Union; although the database is small contains publications not easily identified through other sources.

Political Science: Comparative

Africaresource.com 

This user-friendly Web site is the online organ of the Africa Resource Center.

ArabNet 

an online resource for news and general information on 22 "Arab" countires, including Djibouti and Somalia, but excluding Iran and Turkey (!) The site is owned by ArabNet Technology, a subsidiary of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group, a publisher of newspapers and magazines in Saudi Arabia.

CAIN: Conflict Archive on the Internet 

Focuses on the conflict in Northern Ireland.

Canada  Statistics Canada 

Canada's official portal to Canadian social and economic statistics; has an excellent design; search engine is powerful; some e-texts require the latest Acrobat Reader (version 6.0)

Council of Europe  

can be slow loading

ElectionWorld.org 

Formerly Agora; Very frequently updated.

Eurasia Research Center 

The Eurasia Research Center Web Site features in depth research reports, news analysis, and links to newspaper articles and wire service reports with breaking news on the Balkans, Baltic States, Central Europe, the Caucasus, formerly Soviet Central Asia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

EUROPARL: The European Parliament On-Line 

INCORE: International Conflict Research 

Middle East Studies Internet Resources Columbia Univ.

Political Database of the Americas 

Available with French, Spanish, Portugese or English interface

Portals to the World 

Library of Congress; esp. useful for undergraduates

Public Records Office: National Archives: UK 

established in 1838 the PRO is the government repository for England, Wales and the UK. It is a database of more than 9 million document references; given the size and complexity of the underlying system, the site interface is remarkably simple and easy to navigate.

Russian Regional Database 

This unique combination of regional data draws from government sources and from complementary surveys showing public opinion in the regions.

Te Puna Web Directory: 

A Directory to New Zealand and Pacific Island Web Sites; also useful and with little overlap: NZGO: Gateway to the New Zealand Government

Political Science: International Relations

Amnesty International On-line

Council on Foreign Relations 

Provides authoritative and timely global background information; focuses on 14 key policy areas.

Europa: The European Union Online 

The Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors and other bodies of the European Union (EU) invite you to visit their site.

European Union Internet Resources (Berkeley)

European Union / US Relations 

FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends 

users can access 39 databases prepared by 18 separate centers, programs, agenices, etc. from governmental and non-governmental organizations in eight countries in North America, Europe, and Japan

Foreign Affairs Online 

Massive web site; organized collection of several thousand sites

Foreign Relations of the United States  

Compiled by the Office of the Historian of the US Department of State. This is a subset of the printed versions covering the period from 1945-1968

Foreign Relations of the United States: 1861-1958/60 

The University of Wisconsin libraries in cooperation with other Wisconsin libraries has made the images for 371 volumes available and searchable online.

Foreign Relations of the United States: Truman-Johnson c. 1950-1968 

International Constitutional Law (U. of Wuerzberg)

International Information Programs U.S. Department of State

Institute for Science and International Relations 

A not-for-profit organization; most of the material focuses on the proliferation of nuclear and weapons technology.

Northwestern University Library Government Publications & Maps: International Documents

The Online Intelligence Project 

Be aware that this is a commercial site--access to some areas require payment or have other restrictions. Note: Any fees must be paid by the individual user. Nevertheless the freely accessible portions of the site are an excellent source for information on the Internet about international affairs.

UK 2003: The Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom....

U.S. Department of State: Foreign Media Reaction 

taken off-line by the State Dept. in late 2005; not yet returned to active status as of early Fall 2006. Site offers concise abstracts of global editorial response to foreign policy issues. Translated and excerpted by US Embassy press officers, the reports cover a week's reaction to a specific topic.

United States Institute of Peace 

Established in 1984 as an "independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote the preservation, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts."

War, Peace and Security 

Georgetown U; see the site below for an interesting comparison in international vision

War, Peace and Security 

Parliamentary Library, Australia

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources

Political Science: United States Politics

GPO Access and THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet 

On THOMAS files generally begin with the 104th Congress with the following exceptions--full text of bills from the 103rd Congress forward; the Congressional Record from the 103rd Congress forward. GPO Access provides additional or different information--e.g. regulations, executive branch materials, and executive and judicial branch databases. Researchers should use both gateways.

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American Attitudes: Program on International Policy Attitudes 

focuses on the study of American opinions and perceptions of international issues; shared project of the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA) and the Center for International Security Studies (CISSM) at the Univ of Maryland. For each public survey the user can view the actual questionnaire, including sample size, dates, margin of error, and list of questions.

American FactFinder 

Quick reference source for facts, figures and analysis of key overall demographic trends; US Census Bureau

American Civil Liberties Union

non-profit organization with a particular agenda; provides a searchable database; also tabbed entries include Supreme Court and Legislative Update

American Political Development: Primary Sources 

formerly the U. of Virginia: The Miller Center of Public Affairs

The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden 

Smithsonian; aimed primarily at K-12 teachers and students ; the site is highly interactive and very well-designed

AmericanPresident.org: An Online Reference Resource  

Miller Center of Public Affairs; includes biographies of presidents; cabinet lists, staff and advisor lists, key events and pictures of persons and events.

Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism & the Attacks of September 11, 2001

Archives.gov  

a convenient, updated on a near-daily basis; resources continue to expand, with hundreds of thousands of archival images of historical documents, figures and events

Assessing the New Federalism Database 

The Web site is suppored by the Urban Institute, coverage is available for all 50 states and Washington D.C. The site includes published research and downloadable data on income security, health, child well- being, demographics, fiscal and political conditions, and social services. A toolkit section includes a helpful Policy Jargon Decorder and a section on Data Methods.

Black Members of the United States Congress, 1870-2005

a pdf file

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-present

provided by the US Congress as part of the mandated transition to government information in electronic format, a very stripped-down site with no browsing options

Capital Eye 

Money-in-Politics Newsletter by the Center for Responsive Politics
one of the most respected sources for campaign finance information; RSS feeds and e-mail updates are available; archives go back to May 2002.

Capitol Spotlight 

Free site sponspored by C-Span and Congressional Quarterly; offers weekly updates when Congress is in session; does not replace Thomas and other .gov sites, but serves as a useful supplement.

Center For Immigration Studies 

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) Web site is the product of a nonprofit, nonpartisan (although politically conservative) think tank founded in 1985 to study the economic, social, demographic, and fiscal impacts of population movements on the US.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 

an organization that has emerged as a national authority on policy issues impacting primarily lower-income individuals and families.

Center On Religion and Democracy 

The Center on Religion and Democracy, a nonpartisan research center at the Univ. of Virginia, is committed to addressing the question of whether American democracy can be "properly woven with the threads of new cultures, languages, backgrounds, interests and ideas."

Commission on Presidential Debates 

a non-profit organization which has sponsored all presidential debates since 1987. The site includes debate transcripts from 1960, and from 1976-2004.

Congress.org

a simple, useful membership directory for both houses of Congress

CongressLink

directed at K-12 teachers of government and civics; provides tested lesson plans, student reserach activities and excellent basic information on the US government and how it works

Congressional Budget Office 

most publications are available as pdfs or html files; an RSS feed is available; the site also provides a Glossary of Budgetary and Economic Terms

The Constitution of the United States of America: Annotated 

a gpoaccess site; it provides both a table of contents that allows browsing, and a keyword searchable form of the Constitution

Counterterrorism Office 

U.S. Department of State

FactCheck.org 

Supported by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania. If you ever wonder whether a political ad, speech or press release is serving fact or fiction, you should take a look at this site. The site provides both the original ad, speech or press release as well as facts checked by highly trained researchers.

Fair Vote: The Center for Voting and Democracy

a non-profit organization with an agenda that began in 1992 as advocating a change to proprotional representation; after the 2000 elections the organization broadened and refined its agenda. The web site now states that the orgianzation supports a constitutionally protected right to vote, direct election of the president, instant runoff voting for executive elections and proportional voting for legislative elections. As a reform catalyst, we develop and promote practical strategies to improve elections for local, state and national leaders. An interesting take on a particular set of issues.

FedStats: One Stop Shoping  

developed by the Clinton administration's Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, this is a subject gide to Web sites of more than 70 statistics-producing agencies of the US government.

FindLaw 

an extremely powerful Internet guide to US case law, law codes, law review articles, legal news, lawyers, law schools, law consultants, legal organizations, and substantial information on more than 30 major areas of the law

Free Speech Movement Archives 

Berkeley

Freedom Forum 

a nonprofit, nonpartisan international foundation;First Amendement; free speech; freedom of religion emphasized

Governing.com: The Resource for States and Localities 

well-designed Internet portal for finding current information on state and local governments.

Government Performance Project 

funded by the Pew Charitable Trust; provides comprehensive, independent information about state management performance.

The History of Televised Debates 

contains links to excerpts of film footage, still photos, newespaper and magazine reactions for each televised presidential debate from 1960 to 2000

KM.gov 

KM stands for Knowledge Management; a site supported by the Federal Chief Information Officer's Coucnil; covers the activities of the U.S. Governments KM Working Group. Includes information on its various Special Interest Groups (SIGs), e.g. Content Management, KM Education, and Public Policy.

LII: Supreme Court Collection 

part of Cornell Law Schools excellent site

Landmark Supreme Court Cases 

The site is a joint effort by Street Law and The US Supreme Court Historical Society.

National Conference of State Legislatures 

A bipartisan organization that provides information to the legislators of the 50 states and lobbies Congress on behalf of the states.

National City Government Resource Center 

provides links to nearly 100 nonprofit professional associations, research institutes, and advocacy groups of interest to city governments

National Conference of State Legislatures 

a bipartisan organization that provides information to the legislators of the 50 states and lobbies Congress on behalf of the states

National Priorities Project 

a non-profit which focuses on the impact of federal budgetary policies and decisions on states and communities

National Security Archive 

an interesting and useful Web site; NSA is an indepenent, nongovernmental, non-profit research institute

Odum Institute for Research in Social Science Data Archive

Opensecrets.org

Oyez Oyez Oyez 

a multimedia archive; the aim is to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955

Penn Center for Bioethics 

the Center's mission is to "promote scholarly and public understanding of the ethical, legal, social and public policy implications of advances in the life sciences and medicine."

Politicalinformation.com: A Search Engine for Politics, Policy, & Political News 

strives to be a targeted free service guiding users to more than 4,000 carefully chosen political and public policy Web sites

PollingReport.com 

This Internet vehicle for the magazine The Polling Report gives undergraduates, teachers, and researchers alike easy access to a timely, high quality cross-section of poll data on topics of national political, economic, and sociocultural interest.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States 

basic but very reliable information aimed at general users or K-12 information seekers

Presidential Libraries 

Offers a brief history of the library system and its operation; in addition to research information, the libraries also are continuously adding photo collections, videos, audio speeches, and scanned documents; comprehensive an up-to-date.

Project Vote Smart 

a non-profit, scrupulously non-partisan organization with the mission of providing citizens with information about the political system, issues, elected officials, and candidates from the state legislative level up to the presidency

Public Agenda Online.org 

Founded in 1975 by social scientist Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, the organization aims to "help leaders better understand the public's point of view on major policy issues," and to "help citizens better understand critical policy issues"; nonpartisan.

State and County Quick Facts 

U.S. Census Bureau

State and Local Government on the Net 

nicely packaged site; arranged coherently to provide links to all 50 states, many counties, and a number of city governments.

Stateline.org 

Students of public policy need a source of current and continuously updated information about what is going on at the state level; this tremenduously useful site accomplishes that task.

Subject Indexes to Government Information on the Internet

sparse interface, but frequently updated

United States Senate

U.S. Conference of Mayors

US House of Representatives

Web Guide to US Supreme Court Research  

The site's objective is to "facilitate the convenience and speed" of Internet research. It provides 13 pages of annotated lists to the best web sites concerned with the Court.

WhiteHousetapes.org 

The Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia is making available some 5,000 hours of audio tapes of US Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt (8 hours) to Richard Nixon (3,700 hours).

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