Political Science on the Internet

Reference Shelf

Political science resources on the net: 

Political Science Resources on the Internet(Yahoo) 
This is a comprehensive site for elections, political humor, political parties, lobby groups, and public opinion 

AllPolitics  Time and CNN join forces to cover issues, polls, election, Congress, interest groups and virtually everything else in national politics. This is an excellent source for a wide variety of information. 

Inside Politics.  This is another source, similar to AllPolitics.  It is a great general source for information on just about every aspect of government and politics. 

Politics 1 Another very good general source for politics on the Web. It includes information on candidates, parties, interest groups, issues and much more 

The New York Times, USA Today, and Congressional Quarterly are all good media sources for keeping up with information on the web about the latest developments in the politics of cyberspace. 

Official Federal Government Web Sites 
This site contains executive departments, independent agencies and links to judicial and legislative pages. If you can't find what your looking for here check the directory at the bottom of the page. 

Campaigns & Elections Online  This is the site for the magazine Campaigns & Elections, which reports on current campaigns and campaign strategy, and tactics including election campaigns on the Internet. 

My Virtual Reference Desk
Excellent source of information including newspapers, magazines and interesting features such as references and research guides on a wide variety of topics 

Cybertimes 
The New York Times link to everything they think journalists should know that is on the web.  It is a lot like Virtual Reference Desk listed above. 

The Politics of Cyberspace
This is an excellent beginners guide to politics and the internet.  The site answers basic questions such as, what available on the net, how to evaluate web sites and how the net is useful to political science. 

Judicial Branch Resource 
Excellent site for the courts at the federal level.  It contains U.S. Court 
Finder.  This will help find cases at the national level.  It also has a separate listing for each level of the federal courts:  Supreme Court, 
Appeals Courts, and District Courts. If you scroll down past the information on the courts you will also find Congressional and Presidential information at this site. 

Thomas--Legislative Information on the Internet
Tells you what Congress is dealing with:  bills, House and Senate roll call votes, Congressional Record, Annals of Congress, committee information.  The place to start if you are looking for laws, lawmakers or bills in the process. 

Federal Government Agencies Directory
This site has federal agencies that are on the internet.  This is the location for the executive branch, the cabinet, boards and commissions.  Just about any agency in the federal government can be found here. 
 
 

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