Politics and Government Resources on the Internet

Politics and Government Resources on the Internet

General Sources for Political Science

AllPolitics -- Includes recent political news, features, documents, and cartoons. Provides information on current political issues, election campaigns, and candidates. Links to a virtual primary election, online discussion forums, the CNN home page, Time's Pathfinder home page, and other political resources.
Federal Web Locator -- Comprehensive collection of links to Federal government sites, with search engine. Also provides access to selected foreign governments and international agencies, as well as relevant non-governmental sites.
The President of the United States -- Features the White House. Highlights the Executive Office of the President, which includes senior policy advisors and offices responsible for the President's correspondence and communications, the Office of the Vice President, and the Office of the First Lady. Posts contact information via mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and email. Contains the Interactive Citizens' Handbook with informtion on health, travel and tourism, education and training, and housing. Provides a tour and the history of the White House. Links to White House for Kids.
U.S. Election Data, 1824-1990 -- Data for presidential, gubernatorial, and congressional elections. Variables include election descriptors, candidate names, party affiliations, and candidate vote totals and percentages.

For additional information on General Sources for Political Science, search the library's online catalog.

National Political Parties

Communist Party USA -- General source of CPUSA information, including regional contacts, press releases, and official publications. Also maintains a collection of links to other sites promoting the labor movement and Communist organizations worldwide.
Democratic Party Online -- Contains news releases, frequently asked questions, and information about getting involved in party affairs.
Green Parties of North America -- Principles, platforms, lists of candidates, and links to local organizations and online forums.
Libertarian Party -- Includes membership information, current activities, philosophy and positions, official documents, and a directory of contacts.
Natural Law Party -- News, announcements, candidates, membership, and other information.
Reform Party -- Contains information about party principles, activities, and organization. Also includes an "interactive gallery" with chat rooms, images, and other services.
Republican National Committee -- Includes news, organizational and membership information, and links to related sites. Services include chat rooms and a gift catalog.
Socialist Party USA Cybercenter -- Historical, philosophical, organizational, and membership information about the party.
National Politics & Personalities -- Links to U.S. political sites, classified by party or political tendency.
Third Party Central -- Information about the full spectrum of alternative political partries in the U.S., and links to party sites.

For additional information on National Political Parties, search the library's online catalog.

Elections and Voting

League of Women Voters -- Information about the League and its various projects, recent issues of The National Voter, publications catalog and order form, and links to related sites.
The Jefferson Project: The Comprehensive Guide to On-Line Politics -- Organized collection of links to sites pertinent to contemporary American politics.

For additional information on Elections and Voting, search the library's online catalog.

Electronic Journals

Central America Update -- Articles summarizing security-related news from Central America. Articles have hypertext links to related news stories; newsletter's home page has links to other sources of news about Central America, for the region as a whole and for individual countires.
CTHEORY: theory, technology, culture -- Articles, interviews, and book reviews on social and cultural aspects of media and information technology. Sponsored by the Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory.
First Amendment News -- A newsletter dealing with First Amendment issues.
House of Commons Weekly Information Bulletin Online
ICPSR Bulletin -- A publication describing newly released and updated data collections from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.

For additional information on Electronic Journals, search the library's online catalog.

Public Administration

Policy.com: The Policy Community Online -- News, reports, and discussion forums on public policy issues, as well as links to reference sources and other related sites.
U.S. Cities -- Collection of links to U.S. city web sites providing mainly tourist information. Also presents special tourism and holiday features.

For additional information on Public Administration, search the library's online catalog.

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