Links to Sources on American Politics

> General Sources and Data Resources
> The Presidency
> The Congress
> The Courts
> News, Reference, and Opinion

General Sources and Data Resources:

• Dickinson College Library
• Dickinson School of Law (Penn State) Library
• Hollis (Harvard Library system)
• "Politics1" Links
• Core Documents of American Democracy
• American Political Science Association
• Links to Political Science Journals
• Government Printing Office portal
• The Political Reference Almanac on-line edition
• The Fed's website and economic info
• Kennedy School of Government's on-line resource links
• "Web, White, and Blue" Democracy Site
• The History Out Loud Project
• The Harvard-MIT Data Center , with links to ICPSR and other sources of on-line empirical information
• National Election Studies (NES) Data
• "Polidata" Demographic and Election Statistics
• Campaigns and Elections magazine
• "Open Secrets" Campaign Finance Information
• Voter Turnout Statistics
• Federal Election Project (2000 precinct-level data)
• The Federalist Papers
• Links regarding American Political Development, from U.Va.
  

Presidency Resources:

• The White House
• Presidential reference information
• Presidency Research Group
• Miller Center for the Study of the Presidency
• Miller Center's American Presidents links
• Miller Center's Scripps Library project of presidential multimedia materials (speeches, etc.)
  
• Primary sources/links on the Presidency (from americanpoliticaldevelopment.org)
  
• Center for Presidential Studies at Texas A&M
• Center for the Study of the Presidency
• Prof. Russ Renka's presidency reference links (very impressive)
• Office of Management and Budget
• NARA Presidential Libraries website addresses
• Public Papers of the Presidents (1993-)
  
• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• Federal Register
• Executive Orders
• U.S. Government Manual (issues from 1995-96 to the present)
• The 2001 Presidential Transition (The "White House 2001 Project"
• UC-Berkeley links to presidency resources
• State of the Union addresses
  

• Presidential election links
  
• Presidential Election Statistics
• Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections
• 2000 Election "Vanishing Voter" Project

Congressional Resources:

• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• "Thomas" Legislative Info
• Compendium of CRS Links to On-Line Legislative Resources
  
• Dirksen Center Congresslink
• Biographical Guide to Members of Congress, 1774-
• Congressional historical documents (Library of Congress), 1774-1875
• Essays on the history of the Senate
  
• APSA's Legislative Studies Section
• Roll Call
• The Hill
• U.S. Code and Internet Law Library
• Poole-Rosenthal NOMINATE database
• Adjusted ADA Scores, 1947-96
• GSA's links to USC, CFR, state laws etc.
• Congressional Quarterly
• Voter Information Services: scorecards, voting records, etc.
• Prof. Charles Stewart's Congress course homepage, including a useful set of links
  

Courts Resources:

• Supreme Court decisions
• U.S. Judiciary homepage
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Homepage
• "Findlaw" links to federal and state court decisions, as well as federal and state law
• 'Oyez, oyez, oyez' (excellent source for on-line oral arguments, links to written opinions, and court history)
• "H-Law" collection of judicial links
• Federal Judiciary Center's history of the U.S. courts
• Prof. Doug Linder's "Constitutional Controversies" links explore questions about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
  

News, Reference, and Opinion Links:

• the AP Newswire
• the New York Times
• the Washington Post
• the Boston Globe
• the Los Angeles Times
• the Philadelphia Inquirer
• the Atlantic Monthly
• the Brookings Institution
• the American Enterprise Institute
• C-SPAN news and broadcasts
• "Bartleby.com Reference Desk"