Abbreviations & Acronyms

• GovSpeak: A Guide to Government Acronyms & Abbreviations
• PACronyms:  Acronyms, Abbreviations, Initials, and Common Names of Federal Political Action Committees (PACs)

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Associations & Organizations

• American Foreign Policy Council
• American Political Science Association
• The Brookings Institute
• Center for American Women and Politics
• Center for Global Security & Democracy
• Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Center for the Study of the Presidency
• Centre of International Relations
• Council on Foreign Relations
• European Consortium for Political Research
• Foreign Policy Association
• Hoover Institution
• Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
• Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
• Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
• International Society of Political Psychology
• International Studies Association
• League of Women Voters
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• War Resisters League
• The World Bank Group
• World Policy Institute

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Biographies

• Biographical Directory of the U. S. Congress, 1774 to Present
• Biographies: Political Theorists and Activists
• First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics  
• The First Ladies of the United States
• Mad Monarchs Series
• Political Leaders 1945-date
• Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-present
• Presidents' Hall
• Royal Families of World History
• World Rulers: Heads of State and Prime Ministers

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Campaigns & Elections

• The Color of Money: Campaign Contributions and Race
• Opensecrets.org: Your Guide to the Money in American Elections
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Federal Register: U.S. Electoral College
• Presidential Elections and the Electoral College
• Campaigns & Elections Magazine
• ElectionGuide.Org
• Election Law Blog: the law of politics and the politics of law
• Public Campaign
• America Votes: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from the Duke University Special Collections Library
• Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
• The Great Debate & Beyond: The History of Televised Presidential Debates
• American National Election Studies
• Web White & Blue 2000
• Office of the Clerk: Election Information
• Pennsylvania Department of State: Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation
• University of Michigan, Documents Center
  •  House Candidates: 2004
  • Senate Candidates: 2004
• The Democratic Party
• Republican National Committee
• Constitution Party
• The Greens / Green Party USA
• Libertarian Party
• Natural Law Party
• Political Resources on the Net
• Presidential Inaugurations
• Federal Election Commission
• Federal Voting Assistance Program
• League of Women Voters
• Smart Voter
• Voting and Registration Data

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Career Information

• Career Opportunities in Political Science
• Lycoming College Career Development Center

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Cartoons

• America in Caricature, 1765-1865
• American Political Prints, 1766-1876
• Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library
• Dr. Seuss Went to War
• Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium
• Napoleonic Caricatures
• Oliphant's Anthem
• Professional Cartoonists Index
• Scartoons: Racial Satire and the Civil War
• Uniting Mugwumps and the Masses: Puck’s Role in Gilded Age Politics

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Civil Rights & Liberties

• American Anti-Slavery Group
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Amnesty International
• Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties, Equal  Opportunity, and Discrimination
• Free Speech Movement Digital Archive
• Historic Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
• Human Rights Library
• Silenced: Censorship and Control of the Internet

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Debates

• Debate Central
• The Great Debate & Beyond:  The History of Televised Presidential Debates

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Dictionaries

• Glossary of Political Economy Terms
• Legal Lexicon's Lyceum - Legal Terms and Definitions

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Economic Policy

• An Outline of the U.S. Economy
• Congressional Budget Office

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Election 2008

• List of Candidates
• Hot Topics: Election 2008
• 2008 Elections - U.S. Department of State
• NPR: Election 2008
• 2008 Election Guide - MSN
• Election 2008 News from Chicago Tribune
• Election 2008 News from LA Times
• Election 2008 News from New York Times
• Election 2008 News from the Washington Post
• Election 2008 News from the Wall Street Journal
• PolitiFact
• Schedule of State Primaries

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Encyclopedias

• A-Z of Europe:  A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein
• Encyclopedia of Law & Economics
• Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
• World Statesmen

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General Sites

• The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
• Government Information
• A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825
• Nobel Prize
• Online Library of Liberty
• Policy & Research at the National Academies
• Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
• Speakout.com

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International Government & Politics

• Constitution Finder
• Constitutions, Treaties and Official Declarations Around the World
• Countries in Latin America & the Caribbean
• Country Studies
• Erik Herron's Guide to Politics in East Central Europe and Eurasia
• FIRST (Facts on International Relations and Security Trends)
• Foreign Affairs Online
• Foreign Government Resources on the Web
• Foreign Policy Association
• Global Policy Forum
• Government Gazettes Online
• Governments on the WWW
• International Crisis Group
• NATO Handbook
• Nuclear Weapon Database
• United Nations

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Law

• Bitlaw: A Resource on Technology Law
• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
• Guide to Law Online
• Hieros Gamos  
• History of the Federal Judiciary
• JURIST: Legal Intelligence for an Educated Democracy
• Law Library of Congress
• Legal Information Institute
• OYEZ: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
• Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Opinions
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• State Legal Sources on the Web
• Supreme Court of the United States
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
• United Kingdom Legislation
• United States Code 
• U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Archive
• WashLaw: Your Guide to Legal Information on the Internet

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News

• CNN.com:  AllPolitics
• Los Angeles Times:  Politics
• The New York Times:  Politics
• washingtonpost.com: On Politics

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Political Parties

• Communist Party USA
• Democratic Party Online
• Democratic Socialists of America
• Green Party of the United States
• Leftist Parties of the World
• Libertarian Party
• Marxists Internet Archive
• Republican National Committee
• U.S. Pacifist Party

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Presidential Libraries, Museums, & Centers

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
• William J. Clinton Presidential Library
• The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
• George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
• Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
• Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
• Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library and Museum
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
• National First Ladies' Library
• Nixon Presidential Library and Museuem
• Presidential Libraries of the National Archives and Records Administration
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
• Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
• Harry S. Truman Librry and Museum

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Public Opinion & Polling

• Gallup Organization
• National Opinion Research Center
• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
• PollingReport.com
• Public Agenda Online
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
• See also our Polling Resources Research Guide

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Public Policy

• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• American Foreign Policy Council
• Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
• Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, Ashland University
• The Brookings Institute
• The Cato Institute
• Center for American Progress
• Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
• The Center for Public Integrity
• Centrists.org
• The Century Foundation
• Commonweal Institute
• The Democratic Party
• Economic Policy Institute
• The Finance Project
• Freedom Forum
• The Heartland Institute
• The Heritage Foundation
• Hoover Institution
• Hudson Institute
• Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
• Institute for Policy Studies
• Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University
• Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, Michigan State University
• John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
• National Bureau of Economic Research
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• National Center for Public Policy Research
• Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
• Policy Experts
• Progressive Policy Institute
• Public Agenda
• RAND Corporation
• Reason Foundation
• Republican National Committee
• Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York
• Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
• State Policy Network
• Texas State University MPA Program - Applied Research Projects
• The Urban Institute
• Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
• World Policy Institute

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Speeches

• American Leaders Speak:  Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
• History and Politics Out Loud
• "I Do Solemnly Swear..." : Presidential Inaugurations

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State & Local

• National Conference of State Legislatures
• State and Local Government on the Net
• Stateline.org

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U.S. Government

• American President: Resource on the U.S. Presidents
• Capital Eye Blog
• A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
• Congressional Directory
• Congressional Picture Directory
• Congressional Votes Database
• Defense Almanac
• USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
• GPO Access
• GPO Access to Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Political Science Resources: US Politics
• POTUS: Presidents of the United States
• Senate: Connect with your Senators 
• Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
• The White House

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