Bridge to the Internet

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Current events	Congress	Executive	Judicial
Government agencies	State governments	Federal budget	Campaigns elections
Economic and social data	Interest groups	Libraries	Television radio
Newspapers	Magazines	Parties	General and policy

• National Political Index
• CNN/Time All Politics
• Electronic Policy Network
  • This gateway leads to numerous public policy research organizations and journals.
  • Most have a "liberal" or "progressive" slant.
  • On the other hand, lots of published and unpublished articles and papers are available. I would think this site would be an excellent place to look for research materials.

• Politics and Government
• Institute for the Study of Civic Values
  • A super site for information about current events, information made available by groups and individuals of all political persuasions.
  • Look here for among other things, information about welfare reform.
• Center for Responsive Politics
  • A very good site for campaign finance information.
• CIVIX
• Right Side of the Web
• Turn Left
• Gallup Poll Inc.(May not always be running)
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
• "Left Wing Lingo, Ideologies, and History"
• The Patriot Party
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• Senate Home Page
• House of Representatives
• Congressional Research Service (Gopher site)
• Contract With America
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
• House Democratic Leadership
• Senate Leadership (FTP site)
• House Democratic Caucus
• House Whip's Page
  • Includes audio if "realaudio" software is available
• Congressional Budget Office
• The Green Book1996 Edition
  • This is the famous Green Book.
    It contains a wealth of information (data, laws, analyses) pertinent to programs that fall
    within the jurisdiction of the House Ways and Means Committee.
• Congressional Votes
  • Search here for senators and representatives votes on key issues
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• The White House
• Office of Management and Budget
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• Audio transcripts of Supreme Court Cases
  • You must have Real Audio software in order to listen.
• Cornell University site for many "searchable" Supreme Court decisions.
• Cornell University Legal Information Institute
• Supreme Court Decision Home Page
  Contains a "searchable" data base of Supreme Court decisions, 1937 to present.
• Findlaw This is a very useful source for court cases.
• Washburn Univrsity School of LawA great place to search law reviews and find information about law schools.
• Supreme Court Simulation
• Court TV Law Center
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State Governments

• Council of State Governments
• State Legislature Site Index
• Alphabetical list of state government and politics sources
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• National Technical Information Service
  • A great place to start looking for government documents and data
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Department of Justice
• Federal Election Commission
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Agriculture
• Environmental Protection Agency WWW Server.
• Housing and Urban Development Publications
• Social Security Administration
• Federal Communications Commission
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
• FBI
• United States Intelligence Community
• National Park Service
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• Citizen's Guide to the 1997 Fiscal Year Budget
  • Prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, President Clinton's budget team.
• National Budget Simulation
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Some political party sites

• Democratic National Committee
• State Republican parties
• Republican National Committee
• Republican Homepage
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
• Communist Party USA
• Libertarian Party
• Republican Web Central
• Grand Old Page Directory of Political Sites

British Political Parties

• The Conservative Party
• The Labour Party
• The Liberal Democratic Party

Other election, party, and campaign sources

• National Election Studies
• Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
  • You should be able to find anything you are looking for here.
• Democratic National Committee
• Grand Old Page (GOP)
• Project Vote Smart
• Links to Political Parties and Elections
• League of Women Voters Election '96
• 1996 Elections - Many, many resources
  • Sponsored by ABC News, The Wahington Post, and Newsweek
• Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research
• CBS News Site
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Public Opinion in General

• NES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
• General Social Survey Public opinion over time
• CSA: Survey Documentation and Analysis
  • A great place to find public opinion poll data that can be analyzed quite simply.
  • Example: cross-classify opinions by race or gender.

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Go to Political Science 105 page

Go to H. T. Reynolds page

H. T. Reynolds
Let me know if you need other suggestions.

Last updated May 4, 1997.
The URL for this document is http://www.udel/edu/htr/information.html.