Comprehensive Sites || International & United Nations Sites
Area Studies || U.S. Federal and State
Government
Political Sites || Special Topics
Search Aides and Bibliographic Tips
I. Comprehensive Sites
II. International and United Nations Sites
- The WWW Virtual Library: International
Affairs Resources
THE place to start for information on International Afairs.
- ABC of Diplomacy
This dictionary of diplomacy explains terms such as bilateralism, diplomatic protection, privileges
and immunities, protocol, and reciprocity. It also includes profiles of key agencies, such
as the Council of Europe, European Union, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World
Trade Organization.
- ABSEES
Access to the American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies at the University of
Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. See also EBSEES below for the European Bibliography.
Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
- Background Notes
Prepared by regional bureaus of the U.S. Department of State this site provides factual
publications about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy and
foreign relations of countries around the world.
- Calendar of Elections
- Constitution Finder
Maintained by the University of Richmond School of Law this site offers constitutions, charters,
amendments, and other related documents for countries around the world.
- EBSEES
Access to the European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies, compiled from numerous
foreign sites.
See also ABSEES above for the American Bibliography.
- Elections Around the
World 2006
This list is provided by the Australian Parliamentary Library.
- Electronic Embassy
The Electronic Embassy provides information on each of the embassies in Washington D.C., with
links to Web-based resources.
- International Monetary Fund
Information, reports, etc. from the International Monetary Fund
- National Parliament Sites
Information on the Parliaments of close to 40 nations. Also offers links to many nation's
electoral process and results of recent elections and links to some nation's Constitutions.
- Country Data
Library of Congress Country Studies -- Area Handbook Program
- NationMaster
NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World
Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources
Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD. Comparison statistics are presented in a graphical
format.
- UNESBIB
A bibliographic database to UNESCO documents.
- United Nations
Official Web Site for the United Nations and many of its agencies
- UN-I-QUE
The UN Library's superb ready reference Internet database.
- UN Research Guide
An overview of the various types of UN documents and guidance on where to find them and how to
work with them.
- The World Bank
III. Area Studies
- Middle East
- Middle Eastern Studies
Another excellent compilation from the University of Texas, this time dealing with Middle Eastern
countries.
- Russia and Eastern European Studies
IV. U.S. Government
- Federal Government
- 2008 State of the
Union Address to Congress
- 2008
State of the Union Address - Democratic response
- Biographical Directory of the United States
Congress: 1774-present
A Web version of a longstanding historical publication.
- Pictoral directory: 110th
Congress (PDF)
A color photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate is included
as well as information about a Member of Congress’ length of service, political party affiliations,
and Congressional district. Also contains pictures of the President, Vice President, and
House and Senate officers and officials.
- Congressional Universe
Find the full-text of bills before Congress, recently passed laws, government regulations,
hearings, and debates. Review "Hot Topics" before Congress. Find biographical and
financial information about particular lawmakers. Consult guides on how a bill becomes a law.
Read histories of particular bills. EXCELLENT SOURCE.
- Congresspedia
The "citizen's encyclopedia on Congress".
- OpenCongress
Brings together official government data with news and blog coverage to give the real story
behind each bill. Check out the latest votes, and search or browse Bills, Senators,
Representatives, Committees, Industries, Issues, or Blogs.
- Central Intelligence Agency
Easy access to the CIA's public documents, maps, press releases and official reports.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Newspaper Archive
Over 50,000 articles about the FBI.
- FedWorld Information Network
Access to hundreds of sources for information on the Federal Government and
its numerous agencies.
- FEC INFO
A GREAT source for campaign finance information on federal elections.
- Federal Election Commission
Financial statistics on House and Senate races.
- Federal Court Locator
An excellent archive of Supreme Court and Federal District Court decisions.
- Federal Web Locator
Powerful collection of Federal Web Sites. A GREAT SOURCE!!
- Google U.S. Government Search
Google U.S. Government Search offers a single location for searching across U.S. government
information, and for keeping up to date on government news.
- GPO Access
Access to information assembled by the Government Printing Office
- Iraq
Study Group Report (PDF)
- Members of the U.S. Supreme
Court
Listing of all members of the Supreme Court, years served, party affiliation, and more.
- MOCAT
Search in the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- Presidential
Libraries
Material from the Presidential Libraries from Hoover to Clinton sponsored by the Leadership
Information Archives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Secretaries of Defense
Biographies of U.S. secretaries of defense from 1947 to the present. Essays cover the
life events leading up to each person's time in office, and highlights of their careers in the
position.
- State of the
State Speeches
- State of the Union addresses
1790 to present
- Thomas
Called Thomas, this site is a good source for finding legislative information on the Internet. It
provides info on the latest activities from the floor, bill summary and status, House and Senate
roll call votes, public laws by law number, major legislation by topic, bill number/type, popular
or short title, etc.
- U.S. Congress Votes Database
This database features "every vote in the United States Congress since the 102nd Congress
(1991)." Browse votes by member, or by topics such as party, state, region, "boomer
status," gender, missed votes, and astrological sign; and for specific types of votes, such as
impeachments, nominations, and treaties.
- U.S. House
The United States House of Representatives Home Page including organizational information,
committee reports, House members Email addresses, and much more.
- U.S. Senate
The official Home Page of the United States Senate including Senator's Email addresses.
- The US Supreme Court Official site
Includes the full text of the 1999 Term Opinions, the Court Calendar and schedule, background
information about the court and more.
- Unofficial Telephone Directory: U.S.
House of Representatives (PDF)
- The White House
News from the White House
- State and Local Government
V. U.S. Politics
- Political Coverage/News Sites
- 2008 Presidential
Election
Financial coverage of the 2008 campaign for the White House.
- The Black World Today
A collective effort to build an online global Black community on the World Wide Web.
- Center for Responsive Politics
A non-partisan source for campaign finance and PAC information, personal financial disclosure
information and other issues of politics and money.
- CNN All Politics
Political coverage from CNN and Time Magazine with additional info from Congressional
Quarterly
- C-SPAN Online
Political coverage from C-SPAN.
- National Election Studies
Excellent analyses of American politics from the National Elections Studies at the University
of Michigan.
- Policy.com
In-depth analysis of issues including links to full-text documents. Provides opposing viewpoints
from a variety of sources. Fine new source.
- Pollingreport.com
Easy access to timely, high quality cross-section poll data on topics of national political,
economic, and sociocultural interest.
- Political Action Committees
Information on hundreds of PACS, all searchable by name or category.
- Project Vote Smart
Excellent source for assessment of the voting records of members of Congress.
- Public Agenda
Serious views on public-policy issues along with a polling primer.
- Public Disclosure Inc.
One of the best independent campaign finance sites
- Views from the LEFT
Information and links from the left of the political spectrum.
VI. Special Topics
- Civil Liberties & Human Rights
- American Civil Liberties Union
Coverage of many of the civil liberty issues the ACLU is active in defending.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
New organization especially active in preserving freedom in the online environment.
- INCORE Internet
Country Guides
INCORE (Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) focuses on providing scholarly
information on ethic conflicts in selected countries. Each country includes virtual libraries,
topical web sites, news sources, maps, research articles, and more.
- Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch site contains written reports on human rights violations.
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