Leon's Almanac of Political History
http://perspicuity.net/cgi/hypercal.cgi
A calendar of major events, day by day, with links to related resources, by Larry Felkins.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Librarian's Index to the Internet: Politics
http://lii.org/search/file/politics
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Lincoln On-Line
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html
Site devoted to Abraham Lincoln, president during the Civil War.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Moving Ideas : The Electronic Policy Network
http://www.movingideas.org/
Moving Ideas is dedicated to explaining and popularizing complex policy ideas to a broader audience. Our goal is to improve collaboration and dialogue between policy and grassroots organizations, and to promote their work to journalists and legislators. Contains an extensive set of web links on the following topics: Alternative News Sources, Building Democracy, Criminal Justice, The Economy, Education, Energy and the Environment, Families, Children, and Youth, Foreign Policy and Defense, Gay Issues, Gender, Globalization, Immigration, and Trade, Health Care Policy, International Policy Resources, Media Old & New, Poverty, Income, and Wealth, Public Policy Programs & Political Science Departments, Race, Rights and Liberties, Science and Culture, Social Security and Aging, Welfare & Families, Working America, Urban Issues/Livable Cities.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

On-Line Campaign Literature Archive
http://digital.library.ucla.edu/campaign/
Collection of campaign web sites and scanned images of printed campaign literature, emphasizing California and Los Angeles elections, 1924 to present. Courtesy of UCLA Library.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Photographing History: Fred J. Maroon and the Nixon Years, 1970-1974
http://americanhistory.si.edu/maroon/index.htm
Photographs by a White House photographer.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Policy.Ca
http://www.policy.ca/
A non-partisan resource for the public analysis of Canadian policy issues. It consists of a constantly growing database of online public policy resources in sixteen different issue areas. These resources are selected to provide users with a balanced review of both documents and organizations in the key Canadian public policy issue areas.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Policylibrary.com
http://www.policylibrary.com/index.html
Policy Library places public policy knowledge in the public domain. Its aim is to contribute to public understanding of social, economic and political questions through research, dissemination and publication. There are two main components of the Library. The first is the database of online policy and research papers - which aims to be progressively comprehensive in its coverage - from UK think tanks to think tanks in English speaking world, to policy papers from universities and government research, to foreign language research papers. The second is an attempt in some policy areas to place those papers in context - through subjective literature reviews. The aim of these reviews is to point people in the direction of the most important research and away from the insubstantial or self-serving government puff.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

PolicyPointers.com
http://www.policypointers.org/
(Last checked 05/23/06)

Political Advocacy Groups: A Directory of United States Lobbyists
http://www.csuchico.edu/~kcfount/index.html
Why should any of us be interested in advocacy groups? Simply because political advocacy groups -- also known as pressure groups, interest groups or lobbyists -- play a significant role in the political system of the United States. Such groups can shape elections by verbally endorsing candidates or contributing financially to campaigns with Political Action Committee (PAC) money. Once candidates are elected to office, members of these organizations commonly contact them to encourage support or opposition to legislation. Furthermore, a handful of prominent groups regularly rate the performance of politicians. Understanding the actions and endorsements by advocacy groups helps you to understand the performance and political ideology of your own representative.
Not only do these political advocacy groups play a role with the actions of politicians, they are also highly visible in the news media. Members of think tanks write editorials published by regional newspapers. Reporters contact representatives from interest groups to solicit quotes about news topics. To research the ideology of an editorialist or understand why a group was consulted, refer to their homepage through the alphabetic list found here. To find a source for a story or a perspective on an issue, browse the subject arrangement to choose an appropriate group.
Whether you want to understand the actions of an organization or a politician, find a journalistic source, lend your support to a cause, or find an internship or job, this project will provide a starting point to acquaint you with the variety of advocacy groups in the United States.
Kathi Carlisle Fountain, Reference/Political Science & Social Work Librarian, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Political Arithmetik - Where Numbers and Politics Meet
http://politicalarithmetik.blogspot.com/
Blog by Charles Franklin, a professor who teaches statistical analysis of polls, public opinion and election results. He helps people understand issues like political bias in poll samples and questions, and provides historical context for current data.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Political Base
http://www.politicalbase.com/
“A website launched October 9 plans to become a kind of Wikipedia-like destination specializing in elections, governments, and political candidates. The idea behind PoliticalBase.com is to provide a neutral, one-stop source of information about politics (and politicians) to which anyone can contribute. Changes must be approved by a staff editor before they take effect.” Separate databases include fundraising, people, issues, elections, and governments (state and county).
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Political Information.Com
http://www.politicalinformation.com
Looking for political information on the Web, but tired of getting hundreds of irrelevant hits when you run your search from one of those comprehensive search engines designed for searches by the general public? If so, politicalinformation.com is the site for you. From this site, you can not only search the entire Web for information on the political issue or candidate of interest to you, but you can also run a much more time-saving, profitable search of 5000 selected policy and political websites. You can also run a keyword search of the top political news of the day.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Political Research Online (PROL)
http://www.politicalscience.org
In cooperation with a consortium of political science and related associations, APSA is pleased to announce the launch of PROL: Political Science Research Online. The beta version of PROL is now available to users and provides an electronic archive of pre-published research in political science featuring over 10,000 conference papers. The site is also available for individual scholars to post early work as preprints for review and comment by colleagues. Users need only enter their email address to search the site. Partners include the Midwest, Southern, Western, Southwestern, Northeastern and New England Political Science Associations, along with the International Studies Association. Additional work is being added every week.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Political Review Net
http://www.politicalreviewnet.com/polrev/default.asp
Provides current politics and international relations book reviews from the following Blackwell Press journals :

Political Science Books Online
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/subjectstart?J
A collection of electronic online books classified under the Library of Congress classification number J. You may also wish to review the entire Books Online Project Home Page by John Mark Ockerbloom of the University of Pennsylvania.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Politics 1
http://www.politics1.com/
One of the most complete resources available on the web, Politics1.com provides information on state and national elections, issues and debates, parties and even a historical perspective. The state-by-state sections direct the reader to numerous relevant links, state histories and candidate profiles. The presidential election page will give you a guide to all the candidates running and their sites if available. Unbiased and uncluttered, We highly recommend Politics1 as an excellent political resource.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

POLY-CY : Internet Resources for Political Science
http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/PolyCy
Good links to political science journals, syllabi for classes, links to political science departments, etc. Compiled by Bob Duval, Dept. of Political Science, West Virginia University; telephone: (304) 293-3811 x5299; e-mail: bduval@wvu.edu
(Last checked 06/21/07)

President Thomas Jefferson Papers
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/
Digitized version of the papers of President Thomas Jefferson from the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

The Presidential Campaign, 1896: Cartoons & Commentary
http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/1896home.html
Web site devoted to the pivotal election of 1896, based primary on newspaper accounts and cartoons.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Presidential Elections from 1860 to 1912
http://elections.harpweek.com/
This HarpWeek website features political cartoons from Harper's Weekly, Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Vanity Fair, Puck, Judge, and the Library of Congress Collection of American Political Prints, 1766-1866. It provides explanations of the historical context and images of each cartoon, campaign overviews, biographical sketches, a review of the era's major issues, and other valuable information.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/
The Presidential Timeline provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets you’ll find documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives. The goal of the project is to make these resources readily and freely available to students, educators, and adult learners throughout the world.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/
The Project Vote Smart database contains the most current and comprehensive information on candidates running for the presidency. This site features candidate speeches, biographies and contact information — everything you need to know before the 2004 presidential primary election. Starting in January 2003, Project Vote Smart began collecting Governors' Public Statements. Included in the database are Speeches, Statements, Letters and Governors' Columns. The Statements are word searchable and the database is updated on a daily basis. So come check out what your Governor has been saying.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html
Site assembles a wide array of Library of Congress source materials from the 1920s that document the widespread prosperity of the Coolidge years, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Public Agenda Issue Guides
http://www.publicagenda.org/
Check out the various issue guides.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Online
http://www.apsanet.org/~rep/
Created by the American Political Science Association for political science professors and graduate students interested in research related to African-American, Asian-American, Latino, and Native-American people.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Research Resources in Public Administration and Public Affairs
http://rutgers-newark.rutgers.edu/pubadmin/resource/index.htm
American Society for Public Administration and Rutgers University-Newark have teamed up to provide detailed research resources in public administration and public affairs. Contents: Textbooks, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries, Bibliographies, Handbooks, Cases and Case Studies, Government Documents, Database, Writing Aids, Funding Sources, Directories of Agencies and Officials, Career and Job Assistance, Journals of Public Administration and Public Affairs, Academic Programs of Public Administration and Public Affairs, Publishers. Dr. Marc Holzer and Hwang-Sun Kang, eds.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
One of the better guides to political science resources worldwide. Categories include: Area Studies, British Politics, Elections, Constitutions, Political Parties, Manifestos, Political Theory, Political Thought, International Relations, Data Archives, Journals and Newspapers.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Teaching Politics
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/
After many years of service, the Teaching Politics site has been reduced to just its most used component, Images of American Political History. Enjoy the images.
Compiled and maintained by William J. Ball, Dept. of Political Science, The College of New Jersey (ball@tcnj.edu).
(Last checked 06/21/07)

ThisNation.com
http://www.thisnation.com/
Includes an extensive library of major documents in American political history; an excellent primer on the American political process; learning tools designed separately for citizens, students, and teachers; a daily political briefing with hypertext links to major media outlets; contact information for congress people and senators; and a search engine for 5,000 political Websites. From Dr. Jonathan Mott, Brigham Young University.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Ulysses S. Grant Association
http://twister.lib.siu.edu/projects/usgrant/
Scholarly association assembling a comprehensive edition of works to this Civil War hero and U.S. president. Also provides information on the web site.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

University Channel
http://uc.princeton.edu/main/
A collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world -- for you to view, listen to, stream or download. Focuses on public affairs and international relations.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

University of Michigan Documents Center
Political Science Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.html
(Last checked 06/21/07)

University of Michigan Documents Center
Political Science Resources
U.S. Politics
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psusp.html
(Last checked 06/21/07)

University of Southern California
USC Center for Public Diplomacy
http://uscpublicdiplomacy.com/index.php
(Last checked 06/21/07)

University of Virginia
Miller Center of Public Affairs
Primary Sources Collection
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/index.php/academic/gage/resources/primaryresources/index
A collection of primary resources on political science / American history organized by topic. Topics include: The Progressive Era; World War I; The 1920s; The Great Depression, New Deal, and the Welfare State; World War II; the Cold War; Suburbia; Civil Rights; The Great Society; Vietnam; The Presidency; Congress; The Judiciary; Political Parties; Political Activism; Liberalism, Labor, and the Left; Toward the 21st Century; Watergate; The New Right; and Miscellaneous.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

University of Virginia
Miller Center of Public Affairs
Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/
In the digital library section of our site you will find hundreds of hours of secret White House recordings from Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson (with Truman, Eisenhower and Nixon recordings on the way); a growing collection of some of the most important presidential speeches of the past 70 years (in full audio); audio recordings and transcripts of the Jimmy Carter Oral History project conducted at the Miller Center; and recordings of public forums from numerous officials ranging from John Ehrlichman to William Fulbright. We currently have over 100 gigabytes of material available on our website. Our online collection will grow as we continue to transfer over 2 terabytes of material we have stored on our internal servers to the website. On our site you will also find a growing online reference section with extensive bibliographies on individual presidents and specific subjects closely associated with the presidency (e.g. the Vietnam Conflict).
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Virtual Library International Affairs Resources
http://www.etown.edu/vl/
This section of the WWW Virtual Library system is an Internet directory of over 2600 annotated links in a wide range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics. Most of the sites are in English and are carefully selected for their long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, high-quality information and analysis online.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Voices of the American Presidents
http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents/index.htm
Digital recordings of American Presidents of the 20th Century via the MSU Vincent Voice Library.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

White House Tapes
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/presidentialrecordings/
From 1940 to 1973, 6 presidents- Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon- privately recorded conversations in the oval office. This webpage makes these tapes available in a digital format, for free, accompanied with relevant research topics.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Working Paper Sites of Political Science
http://workingpapers.org/
Many professors are publishing their working papers on their own homepages. Many political science departments are placing on their websites a section for the working papers of their professors. However, finding these working papers is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. I believe that having one central place on the Web that is maintaining links to all these sites will facilitate future research and be of interest to many scholars. Short descriptions, referred to as link annotations, of the professors' sites have been written. There is also a search bot on the homepage that can be used to find a particular author. Names of authors, departments, and institutions are in alphabetical order. Page editor: Patrick Fagan, University of Southern Mississippi.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Yahoo's Government and Politics Links
http://www.yahoo.com/government/politics/
Categories include: indices, citizenship, elections, forums, humor, interest groups, magazines, news, newsletters, organizations, parties, political consulting, political issues, political opinion, political science, U.S. foreign policy, and usenet.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Yahoo's Political Science Links
http://www.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Political_Science/
Categories include: indices, books, church-state relations, conferences, education, electronic texts, institutes, international relations, journals, organizations, political theory, public policy, and socialism.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

Yahoo's Public Policy Links
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Political_Science/Public_Policy/
(Last checked 06/21/07)

YaleGlobal Online
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu
The YaleGlobal online magazine is designed to encourage exploration and debate on issues surrounding globalization. Devoted to reports and analysis of globalization-related topics, the magazine is the Center's flagship publication. In addition to publishing original articles on various aspects of globalization as well as republishing similar articles from other sites, YaleGlobal provides streaming audio and video of major speeches and presentations made at the Center and other venues. To facilitate the study of this vast and complex phenomenon it houses a searchable database of articles and reports relating to globalization issues. The site also offers Internet links to other relevant websites and a calendar detailing upcoming globalization-related events.
(Last checked 06/21/07)

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