Online Journals
Annual Review of Political Science
Full-text from 1998 – present
Online Resources
Academic Info: Political Science Resources
American Political Science Association
Brookings Institution
“The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: strengthen American democracy; foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans and; secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system”
Cato Institute
“The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization – a think tank – dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.”
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Audio Archive
From the University of California Santa Barbara, this project includes recordings of talks, conference proceedings, and more from Upton Sinclair, Milton Friedman, Mortimer Adler, Cesar Chavez, and Aldous Huxley.
CIA World Book Factbook
Constitution Finder
FactCheck.org: Annenberg Political Fact Check
A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Performs research in teh fields of political communication, information and society, media and the developing child, health communication and adolescent risk.
FedStats
A federal depository for statistics
INFOMINE click on the link for Visual & Performing Arts. Provided by the University of California Riverside.
National Political Index
Opensecrets.org: Center for Responsive Politics; money in politics data
Policy Studies Organization
“The international association for decision makers.”
Political Advocacy Groups
“All national ’cause lobbyist’ organizations will be considered for this list. As defined by Alan Rosenthal in his 1993 book The Third House: Lobbyists and Lobbying in the States a ’cause lobbyist’ advocates for or against a particular cause like environmentalism or feminism instead of on behalf of a corporation.”
Political Database of the Americas
From the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. “The Political Database of the Americas is a non-governmental internet-based project that provides reference materials, primary documents, comparative studies and statistical data for countries in the Western Hemisphere.”
PoliticalInformation.com
Public Agenda Online
Public Agenda Online: Federal Budget
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senators
StateNet
Supreme Court Decisions
From Cornell University Law School
The Center for Legislative Archives
From the National Archives
Thomas (Library of Congress): Legislative Information on the Internet
U.S. Congress Votes Database
From the Washington Post
United Nations World Digital Library
White House
In the Library
Congressional Quarterly’s Guide to Congress
Congressional Quarterly / Ref JK1021 .C559 2000 (2 volumes)
Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
CQ Press / Ref KF8742 .W567 2004 (2 volumes)
Congressional Quarterly’s guide to U.S. Elections
CQ Press / Ref JK1967 .C662 2001 (2 volumes)
Guide to the Presidency
Congressional Quarterly / Ref JK516 .C57 1996 (2 volumes)