Andrea
Dworkin Web Site
A web site devoted to Andrea Dworkin, a tireless
advocate of women's rights and a woman devoted to ending the subjugation
of women through pornography.
Atlanta
Reproductive Health Centre
A huge amount of information in the area
of women's health from a standard medical point of view
AWARE
- Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment
If you have questions about self-protection,
we have answers, a non-profit group dedicated to your safety.
Battered Women's
Support Services
Providing education, advocacy, and support
services to assist battered women, to work toward the elimination of abuse,
all from a feminist perspective
Bay
Area Model Mugging / Impact Self Defense Course
Teaching padded assailant self defense courses
in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1985
Blue
Stockings
An "unabashedly feminist" magazine
Bridges
for Women Society
Providing employability training for women
with a history of abuse, and to educate funders and others about the need
for such programs.
Body-Mind
QueenDom
Serious entertainment regarding women
and their bodies
CAM
- Computerized AIDS Ministries
There is more to living with AIDS than AIDS.
CARAL
- California Reproductive Rights Action League North
A non-profit political organization dedicated
to using the political process to guarantee the full range of reproductive
services to ALL women
Canadian
Women's Health Network
An informal network of organizations involved
in various information-sharing and advocacy efforts relating to women's
health. Includes a bi-monthly newsletter in English
and French,
and a large listing of Women's
Health Resources On-Line.
Canadian Women's
Internet Association
Founded to give all women both a voice and
a place of their own on the Internet.
Centre
for Women's Studies in Education
Located in Toronto, Ontario, the centre's
aims are to promote, conduct and disseminate research in women's studies
Center
for American Woman and Politics
The Rutgers home for reference information
on women in office, the gender gap, and much, much more.
Center
for Women's Global Leadership
International leadership on human rights
and women's issues
Circle
Against Sex Trafficing
An international conference on the dynamics
of sexual coercion, sponsored by the Global
Fund for Women
Committee
on the Status of Women in Research
Taking positive action to increase the number
of women participating in computer science and engineering (CS&E) research
and education at all levels.
The Electra
Pages
A Comprehensive guide to women's organizations.
Emily's
List
A Political network for pro-choice democratic
women
Every
Woman's Fantasy
A somewhat commercial online women's magazine
with lots of interesting articles and features
European
Decisionmaking - European Commission
Site on women in European politics and gender
gaps in the electorate
Feminist
Bookstores
As the name suggests, a comprehensive listing
of feminist bookstores world-wide.
Feminist
Majority Online
Founded in 1987, the Feminist Majority has
become one of America's leading women's rights organizations.
Feminist.Com
A wide variety of information, resources,
issues, and links for women and activists.
Feminist
Internet Gateway
A wide range of links
Feminists
for Animal Rights
A national educational organization dedicated
to ending all forms of abuse against women and animals.
Gendergap.Com
The status of women in many arenas.
GEM
Home Page
The Give Early Money (G.E.M.) List PAC was
founded in 1993 to develop a fundraising network to support pro-choice
Gender,
Science and Development Programme
An international policy research network
of scientists and technologists who work together on issues of importance
to women in international science and technology.
Global
Community of Women Homepage
Dedicated to the empowerment of women through
direct action on a global level.
Global
Fund for Women
This organization is a major source of funding
for a large number of women's organizations. Their page has information
on the organization itself, who it funds, and how to apply for funding.
Her
Own Words
A company which has been producing videos
and resource guides on women's history, literature, and art since 1986
Hot
Gos Magazine
A womyn's magazine published in Perth Western
Australia and it aims provides an alternative voice for women everywhere
Institute for
Women's Policy Research
An independent think tank working on issues
from equal pay to social security.
Institute
for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
IDEA's international site on women and politics
worldwide. Excellent reference source of data on women and parliament and
much more. Recommended.
International
Parliamentary Union
Another great site on women and parliaments
worldwide.
ISIS
A page which features the art and culture
of women of African descent
La
Republica de las Mujeres
Es una publicación semanal de doce
páginas tabloide, dedicada al análisis, difusión y
promoción de la condición de la mujer.
Lesbian.org
Dedicated to promoting lesbian visibility
on the internet. Lots of links of interest to lesbians, they offer free
Web space for lesbian organizations.
Mazer
Lesbian Collection
Dedicated exclusively to preserving lesbian
history and to guaranteeing that those who come after us will not have
to believe that they "walk alone".
METRAC
Home Page
The Metro Action Committee on Public Violence
Against Women and Children. Based in Toronto, Canada.
Military
Woman
a useful site for women in the military,
women contemplating military service, and women veterans.
MSnet
- MS. Magazine
The web site of the magazine by Gloria Steinem,
et als.
Mass
Choice
Trying to guarantee every woman the right
to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices
Mirror
Images
The gallery's focus is to promote womyn artists
and feminine culture
Moondance
A quarterly journal Celebrating Creative
Women: Our vision, Our wisdom, Our strength
Mothers'
Voices: United to End AIDS
Building a movement of mothers to create
a public climate responsive to the urgency of the HIV and AIDS epidemic
Ms.
Foundation Home Page
Supporting the efforts of women and girls
to govern their own lives and influence the world around them access to
and effective use of electronic communications.
NARAL Online
- National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
Since 1969, NARAL has led the way in promoting
reproductive freedom and dignity for women and their families. Contains
a huge amount of information about NARAL and the issues which concern them
National
Foundation for Women Business Owners
the premier source of information and statistics
on women business owners and their businesses. It is a non-profit research,
leadership development and entrepreneurial training foundation
National
Center for Curriculum Transformation Project
Teaching resources for changing the classroom.
NorthWest
Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce
NW/FACT is concerned with several areas dealing
with the free flow of information our rights with regard to sexuality and
free speech.
NOW Home Page
- National Organization for Women
The National Organization for Women is the
largest feminist organization in North America (the world?), and is active
in many, many areas.
On
the Issues Home Page - The Progressive Women's Quarterly
A feminist, humanist magazine of critical
thinking, dedicated to fostering collective responsibility for positive
social change
Planned
Parenthood - National Home Page
Home of the world's largest and oldest voluntary
family planning organization. Resources on all aspects of sex, sexuality,
birth conrol, STD's and more.
Planned Parenthood
Online - A Guide to Healthy Sexuality
Women's health resources on a wide variety
of topics, brought to you by the Chicago Chapter of PPA.
Polling
Report
Public opinion trends on many issues.
Rock
for Choice
A pro-choice organization founded by members
of the band L7.
STOP
Violence Against Women
The page is a part of the Body Shop's campaign
against violence against women.
SafetyNet
Domestic Violence Resources
Information, resources, and statistics on
domestic violence. An excellent collection.
Sister
Love
A non-profit organization providing education
and support for women by women who are at risk for or who are already infected
with HIV or have AIDS
Spinifex
Press
A Feminist book publisher with dozens of
books in their online catalogue.
Spinsters
Ink
Publishes novels and non-fiction works that
deal with significant issues in women's lives from a feminist perspective
The
Lesbian Avengers - London Chapter
A non-violent direct action group committed
to raising lesbian visibility and fighting for our survival and our rights.
The
National Women's March Against Poverty
The (Canadian) National Action Committee
on the Status of Women (NAC) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) have
come together to organize a March Against Poverty: For Bread and Roses!
For Jobs and Justice!
The
Original Women's Network
This page was set up in Manitoba as a part
of the Aboriginal Super Information
Hwy. group to disseminate information
The
United Nations and the Status of Women
The UN's home page for the Committee on the
Status of Women and all the UN's work in that area.
United
Nations Development Fund for Women
Provides direct support for women's projects
and promotes the inclusion of women in the decision making process of mainstream
development programmes.
Virtual
Sisterhood
A global women's electronic support network
dedicated to increasing women's power
Voices
of Women Home Page
Power Tools for Visionary Women. Not just
to a magazine--but a totally unique women's empowerment package
WISCON
95 - Feminism and Science Fiction
The world's foremost feminist science fiction
convention
WITI -
International Network of Women in Technology
a growing, dynamic, proactive organization
committed to helping women in technology grow to higher levels of influence
and realize our fullest potential
Women
and Environments Magazine
a unique international magazine, based in
Toronto, Canada, which examines women's multiple relations to their many
environments -- natural, physical, built, and social -- from a feminist
perspective.
Woman's
Bean Project
Created to provide an environment in which
women who are homeless or living in poverty can choose to maximize their
personal economic and/ or social potential and improved quality of life.
Women Leaders Online
Links to women in leadership
Women's
Net
A network of women online.
Women
and Politics Journal
Covering a host of issues on women and politics.
Women's
Resource Center of MuseNet
A women's resource centre from a truely virtual
community. Has information about women's resources as well as the MUSE
(Multi User Simulated Environment) system.
Woman's
Way
Creating a space on the Internet for women.
A safe and comfortable place for women to speak their thoughts, perceptions,
feelings and experiences in their own authentic voices.
Women
and Sustainable Development: Canadian Perspectives
A Resource Guide to People, Ideas and Information.
From the Vancouver conference, Women and Sustainable Development: Canadian
perspectives in May, 1994.
Women
Defending Ourselves
A non-profit collective of women seeking
to end violence against women primarily by teaching self-defense courses
Women's
Health Clinic
a feminist, community-based health centre
offering a range of services to women from teens to elders. Based in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. They canalso be reached at whc@web.apc.org.
Women's
Leadership Network WWW Page
Mobilizing women to fight the Contract With
America and to use the Internet to do so
Women's Web
An online community for women and men who
want to learn more about women's business, issues, and lives. The home
of MSnet, MS. magazine.
Women's
Work
When women require services, they look to
Women's Work - A directory of women working in the professions, services,
sales and trades.
WomensNet
@ IGC
A global community of women, activists and
organizations using computer networks for information sharing, broadcast
and collaboration with the intent of increasing women's rights
Federal
Web Locator
Maintained by the Villanova Center for Information
Law and Policy, this site provides "one stop shopping" for federal government
information on the web. It includes links to the legislative, judicial
and executive branches; agencies and departments; federal independent establishments
and government corporations; federal government consortia and quasi-official
agencies; federal boards, commissions and committees; and select multilateral
organizations and international sites.
Government
Information Exchange
Maintained by the General Services Administration,
this site links to areas like the White House, federal jobs, tax information,
the branches of government, federal phone directories, state and local
governments, and foreign and international governments.
Government
Printing Office Pathway Services
Arranges government internet sites by topic.
Department
of Political Science
Complete listing to locate departments and
individual political scientists.
Government
Resources on the Web
Maintained by the University of Michigan's
Documents Center. Information at this site is categorized by federal
government (executive, legislative and judicial branches, law and regulations,
presidency), foreign governments, international organizations, state and
local government, congressional research, statistics, and foreign policy.
Voice
of the Shuttle
General political resources, political theory
and philosophy, international politics, U.S. politics (parties, governments,
documents). Sponsored by the University of California-Santa Barbara.
Yahoo!
Government: Politics: Political Issues
Links to all sorts of web sites on all sorts
of issues, abortion to welfare reform.
Census
Bureau
Search for census data by subject and geographic
area at this U.S. government site.
Central
Intelligence Agency
The CIA site links to CIA publications such
as the World Factbook,
Factbook on Intelligence, Handbook
of International Economic Statistics, and information on chiefs of
state and cabinet members of foreign governments. It also has links to
speeches, congressional testimony, press releases and statements from the
CIA and its employees, and provides links to other members of the intelligence
community.
Defense
Department
DefenseLINK is the WWW information service
of the Department of Defense. It provides links to the Secretary of Defense,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the National Guard, the Army, Navy, Air Force
and Marine Corps. It also has defense facts, information on base closures
and realignments, defense reforms, military directives, a dictionary of
military terms, and varied special publications, such as the Report of
the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training and Related
Issues.
Department
of State
The State Department's web site has information
on hot issues, including remarks, testimonies and briefings; Country
Background Notes (information on a country's leaders, politics,
economy, and relations with the U.S.); reports on human rights practices;
and information on/by regions.
Environmental
Protection Agency
The EPA's site has information on EPA projects
and programs; links to environmentally-related laws and EPA-promulgated
regulations; and links to many free electronic publications from the EPA.
Fedstats:
One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
This site is maintained by the Fedeal Interagency
Council on Statistical Policy to provide easy access to statistics and
information produced by over 70 agencies for public use. You can search
for statistics by agency, program, region or topic.
GPO
Access: Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
The CFR is a codification of the rules published
in the Federal Register by executive departments and agencies of the federal
government, divided into 50 titles representing broad areas of federal
legislation. You can search this site by keyword, citations, title and/or
volume; you can also search the Federal Register from this site.
Justice
Information Center
The Justice Information Center is a service
of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, which is a clearinghouse
of information from the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Institute
of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention, the
Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office
for Victims of Crime, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (WHEW!).
It provides the full text of selected documents on a variety of topics,
many in ASCII text or Adobe Acrobat, plus tons of statistics which may
be downloaded and links to related sites.
National
Security Council
The National Security Council (NSC) is the
President's forum for consideration of national security and foreign policy
issues with senior security advisors and cabinet members. The NSC's site
provides the text of NSC officials' speeches and information on national
security strategy.
Office
of Technology Assessment (OTA) Publications
The Office of Technology Assessment existed
from 1974-1995. This site provides the full text of OTA assessments, as
well as many background papers and other documents. Information is available
alphabetically by title, chronologically, and by topic.
General Accounting
Office (GAO)
The GAO is the investigative arm of Congress,
conducting audits and evaluations of government programs and activities.
This site provides links to the full text of many GAO reports and testimonies;
reports on federal agency rules; and GAO policies and guidance materials.
Legislative
Histories in the U.S. Congress
This is a handy-dandy "how to research legislative
history" guide from the University of Michigan's Documents Center. It includes
a guide on tracking lobby group influence and public opinion; links to
lobby group ratings of congressional members; and links to congressional
member opinions.
Roll
Call
Roll Call is the "newspaper of Capitol Hill
since 1955," focusing on people, politics and process. Its policy briefings
include pieces written by senators, representatives and executive department
secretaries on a variety of topics.
THOMAS:
U.S. Congress on the Internet
THOMAS is a Library of Congress system making
federal legislative information freely available on the Internet. It includes
activities on the floor of Congress; summaries, status, text and votes
on bills; public laws by law number; detailed information on selected pieces
of major legislation; the text of the Congressional Record; committee reports
and home pages; historical documents; information on the legislative process;
and direct email links to senators and representatives.
U.S. House
of Representatives
The official site of the U.S. House provides
House floor and committee schedules; records of roll call votes; email
links to members; information on committee jurisdiction, membership, rules,
hearings and publications; and links to House-appointed special commissions
and task forces.
U.S. Senate
The official site of the U.S. Senate provides
links to schedules, Senate rules, calendars, roll call votes and nominations;
links to committee home pages and member email and home pages; Senate historical
information, and terminology.
Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
The OMB assists the President in preparing
the budget and coordinates the Administration's procurement, financial
management, information and regulatory processes. This site offers links
to the current budget document; OMB testimony; statements of administration
policy; OMB Circulars, Bulletins, Memoranda and Press Releases; and regulations
and paperwork under OMB review.
Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents
This Government Printing Office site provides
the text of Presidential materials, including news conference transcripts,
messages to Congress, and public speeches and statements.
White
House Electronic Publications
White House site providing links to press
releases, topical briefings and presidential speeches; documents may be
searched by word, category and date.
International
Data Sources
Highly recommended sources to find comparative
data for projects from the ILP, World Bank, UN and more.
Country
Studies/Area Handbooks
The Country Studies and Area Handbooks
are continuing series prepared by the Federal Research Division of the
Library of Congress. These publications describe and analyze the political,
economic, social, and national security systems and institutions of over
80 countries, from Albania to Zaire.
Europa:
The European Union
Europa is the European Union's web site.
It provides press releases, links to the institutions and bodies of the
Union with an explanation of their roles, and summarizes information on
EU policies in a variety of areas (employment, communication, health, transportation,
etc.).
Parliaments
Around the World
This site offers links to international parliaments
like the United Nations General Assembly, provides the names of national
parliaments, and gives links to them where available.
Worldwide
Directory of Parties
Search a country at this site and get a listing
of its parties, as well as links to parties having web pages, or search
for parties by orientation (agrarian, communist, green, etc.).
Handbook
of Latin American Studies (HLAS)
HLAS is a bibliography on Latin America
compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress; it is updated
monthly.
NATO
NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
was established in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty; its 16 members comprise
a transatlantic partnership between Europe, Canada and the U.S. designed
to maintain peace and stability in Europe. Its objectives touch on areas
such as politics, defense, economics, science and the environment. The
NATO site provides information and links on members, organization structure,
fact sheets, press releases, the NATO Handbook, speeches, and the
NATO
Review.
Organization
of the American States (OAS)
The OAS is the world's oldest regional organization,
designed to strengthen the peace and security of the American continent,
promote democracy, provide for common action among its member states, seek
problem solution and promote economic, social and cultural development--for
starters! All 35 sovereign states of the Americas are OAS members. The
OAS site includes the text of OAS documents and speeches.
United Nations
The U.N. site provides basic information
on the United Nations and its programs and links to some full text documents.
It is also a good source for identifying useful print U.N. documents.
Freedom in the World: Freedom House
IDEA Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Transparency International - Index of Corruption
Political Parties of the World
Congressional
Record
The Congressional Record is the official
record of the proceedings and debates of the U.S. Congress; it is published
daily when Congress is in session.
Federal
Register
The Federal Register is the official
daily publication for rules, proposed rules, notices of federal agencies
and organizations, Executive orders and other presidential documents. This
site is searchable by date, subject, year or Federal Register section.
Historical
Documents
This Library of Congress site provides the
text of early Congressional documents from the Continental Congress and
the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789; the Declaration of Independence;
the Federalist Papers; the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and other
Amendments to the Constitution.
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract contains
select U.S. economic and social statistics, plus some international data.
It is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
United
States Code
The U.S. Code consists of the general
and permanent laws of the United States.
United
States Constitution Search
This is a searchable index of the U.S. Constitution.
Type in the concept in which you are interested to find out where it is
located in the Constitution.
U.S.
Government Budget
This Government Printing Office site provides
current and past years of federal budget publications, as well as the Economic
Report of the President.
United
States Government Manual
The U.S. Government Manual is the
official handbook of the federal government. It is a directory of agencies
and personnel in the three branches of government, plus it provides information
on quasi-official agencies, international organizations, boards, commissions
and committees.
American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The ACLU is the nation's foremost advocate
of individual rights and individual freedoms. Their site provides the full
text of ACLU briefing papers plus numerous other brief publications and
news releases of the ACLU.
American Enterprise
Institute (AEI)
The AEI is a public policy research institute
dedicated to limited government, private enterprise, strong foreign policy
and national defense; its research covers economics, government spending
and regulation, and international affairs, among other areas. Its online
library includes op-ed pieces and columns by AEI scholars; commentary and
analysis by the same on public policy issues; AEI's Outlook series
on economics, Latin America and Russia; substantive excerpts from AEI conferences
and seminars; AEI congressional committee testimony; and AEI lectures and
speeches.
Brookings
Institution
The Brookings Institution is a private, nonprofit
research organization seeking to improve the performance of American institutions,
the effectiveness of government programs and the quality of U.S. public
policies. The site provides the text of Brookings policy briefs by Brookings
scholars, and the text of the Brookings Review, a quarterly publication
of the Institution.
Cato Institute
The Cato Institute is a public policy research
foundation seeking to broaden the parameters of the public policy debate
to consider options consistent with the principles of limited government
and individual liberty. This site provides links to the full text of many
Cato documents and publications, including policy analyses, foreign policy
briefings, information on social security and regulation, even the Cato
Handbook for Congress. There are also links to the text of speeches
and testimony from Cato staff and Cato's Online Policy Report.
Center
for International Security and Arms Control (CISAC)
CISAC is part of Stanford University's Institute
for International Studies; it is a multidisciplinary community for research
and training in international security issues. The Center's site provides
a number of the Center's publications in full text Adobe Acrobat files.
Center for
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
CSIS is a public policy research institution
dedicated to policy analysis and impact worldwide. Their web site presents
the full text of concise analyses from several CSIS publications in topic
areas such as the environment, international relations, health, and security.
Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
The CBPP focuses on public policy issues
affecting low-income families and individuals. Many CPBB documents are
available full text at this site.
The Century
Foundation (TCF)
TCF (formerly The Twentieth Century Fund)
sponsors and supervises research on economic, social and political issues
with an eye toward progressive public policy. The full text of numerous
TCF publications on topics in economics, governance and politics, the media,
and foreign policy are available here.
Council of
State Governments (CSG)
This site provides a smattering of articles
from CSG publications, in particular State Government News and the
Health
Policy Monitor; it also provides the text of suggested state legislation
(model bills).
Economic Policy
Institute (EPI)
The EPI is a nonprofit think tank seeking
to broaden public debate on strategies for achieving a fair, prosperous
economy. The EPI's site offers links to the full text of numerous Institute
publications, as well links to select journals and newspapers, including
Business
Week and the Economist.
Electronic Policy
Network (EPN)
The Electronic Policy Network is a project
of The American Prospect, a liberal publication which is available
full text at this site. EPN publishes a virtual magazine addressing economics,
politics, welfare families, education, civic life, health policy, and the
media. Its members include the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities,
the Center for Law and Social Policy, the Center for Media Education, and
the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. EPN provides lots
of full text articles, briefing books, and links to still more full text
items at the sites of its members, affiliate members, and others.
Heritage
Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is a think tank formulating
and promoting conservative public policies based on principles of free
enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, and national defense.
Its online publications library provides the full text of Foundation publications
on budgeting, education, crime, political theory, the environment, foreign
policy, health care, national security, regulation, and trade. The full
text of selected articles from the Foundation's magazine, Policy Review,
are also available at this site.
Institute
for Policy Innovation (IPI)
The IPI is a nonprofit public policy think
tank which researches, develops and promotes innovative solutions to public
policy programs. It focuses on governing approaches emphasizing individual
liberty, limited government and free markets, and concentrates on topics
such as taxation and government spending, economic growth initiatives,
and government regulation. The IPI web site includes links to longer (22-50
page) IPI Policy Reports and shorter (4-16 page) Issues Briefs.
National
Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
This site offers links to select NCSL information
on legislative policy issues; information on state legislatures, including
their partisan composition; links to state legislature and state government
sites; NCSL reports and overviews of select hot topics. Much information
here tends to be brief excerpts from longer publications sold by the NCSL.
National
League of Cities (NLC)
The NLC is the nation's largest organization
serving municipal governments. Their site has a listing of local
government links featuring, among others, the U.S. Conference of Mayors,
the National Association of Counties, the International City/County Management
Association, and American Public Works Association.
Nelson A.
Rockfeller Institute of Government
The Rockfeller Institute is the public policy
research arm of the State University of New York (SUNY); it conducts research
and special projects on the role of state governments in American federalism,
and the management and finances of state and local governments. The Institute's
site has links to recent Rockfeller Reports on varied topics.
Progressive
Policy Institute (PPI)
The PPI is the policy think tank of the Democratic
Leadership Council. Its mission is to define and promote a new progressive
politics for America. The PPI online library has links to PPI Policy
Briefs, Backgrounders, and testimony on topics such as commerce,
the environment, education, health care, and technology.
RAND
RAND is a nonprofit institution seeking to
improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis; its research
areas include defense, education, health care, justice, labor, science
and technology, community development, international relations, and regional
studies. The RAND site provides online bibliographies of RAND publications
and select documents
are available full text; many RAND Research Briefs and Issues
Papers are available full text at this site, as is the RAND Research
Review.
Urban Institute
(UI)
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit policy
organization investigating the social and economic problems of the nation
and the government policies and public and private programs designed to
alleviate them. The Institute's site provides the text of current and back
issues of the UI periodicals
Policy Bites, Policy and Research
Report, and Update, as well as the UI Policy Briefs.
Creating
the Federal Judicial System, 2nd Edition
This site links to a 34 page history of the
1789 First Judiciary Act, reviewing its provisions and its evolution which
lead to the three-tiered federal court structure of today.
Federal
Judiciary Home Page
The Federal Courts Home Page links to news
releases and special reports from the federal courts; articles from The
Third Branch, the newsletter of the federal courts; and provides information
on the federal court structure, a case pathway, and a glossary of court
terminology.
FindLaw:
Supreme Court Opinions
FindLaw searches U.S. Supreme Court decisions
by volume, year, or party name. It also provides links to the Court's calendar
and rules, offers biographies of the Justices, and presents links to LC's
annotated U.S. Constitution.
The
English Server: Government, Law and Society
The English Server is a cooperative publishing
humanities texts online. It provides texts and information on topics and
authors from civics and socialism, including Habermas, Paine, and more.
Elections
Around the World
This extremely comprehensive site presents
information about elections worldwide. It includes information on government
executives (name, party affiliation, % of vote received) and legislative
bodies.
The
Jefferson Project
The Jefferson Project is a comprehensive
directory to politics online. It has information on people and parties
across the political spectrum; links to political magazines and e-zines;
links to government resources, both national and international; political
news; state resources; issues and activists; elections; and political humor.
It also offers The Zipper, which allows you to find your elected officials
via your zip code, and Netgram, for communicating with them.
Project
Vote Smart
Project Vote Smart is a national, non-partisan,
nonprofit effort to research, track and provide independent facts on over
13,000 candidates and elected officials. Information on candidates and
elected officials includes biographies, campaign finance, issue positions,
and voting records.
Voter Information
Services (VIS)
VIS is a nonprofit organization devoted to
voter education. It provides voting records of the U.S. Congress and ratings
of congressional members by various advocacy groups, including the ACLU,
ADA, AFL-CIO, Christian Coalition, Concord Coalition, NAACP, NARRAL, NEA,
NRA, etc.
Worldwide
Directory of Parties
Search a country at this site and get a listing
of its parties, as well as links to parties having web pages, or search
for parties by orientation (agrarian, communist, green, etc.).
Center
for Public Integrity (CPI)
The CPI in a nonprofit educational organization
providing the public with the findings of its investigations and analyses
of public service, government accountability, and ethical issues. This
site provides excerpts from CPI books and articles from the CPI's newsletter;
it is useful for tracking money in politics.
Center
for Responsive Politics (CRP)
The CRP is a nonprofit research group specializing
in the study of Congress and the role money plays in its elections and
actions. This site includes information on individual politicians and special
interests (by name or category); information on money given to parties;
information on money from individual donors (by name, zip code, occupation/employer);
information on campaign finance law and its regulation; select international
and state-related information; a glossary of money in politics and pacronyms
(PAC acronyms); lots of special reports; and the full text of the CRP publication
Open
Secrets: The Encyclopedia of Congressional Money and Politics.
Common
Cause
Common Cause is a nonprofit citizen's lobbying
organization promoting open, honest and accountable government at all levels.
Their site provides email, addresses, phone and fax numbers for congressional
members; information on the largest soft money donors; voting records on
key reform issues and the finance activities of each congressional member;
full text campaign finance studies; and the Washington Watchdog,
which offers information on legislation Common Cause is following, as well
as investigatory information, FEC data, and material on ethics in government.
Federal Election
Commission (FEC)
The FEC administers and enforces the Federal
Election Campaign Act, which governs federal election financing. This site
provides financial information about candidates, parties and PACs and lets
one view financial reports filed by Presidential and congressional campaigns,
parties, and PACs.
Money and
Politics
Money and Politics is the home page of the
Political
Finance and Lobby Reporter (PFLR), a newsletter focusing on campaign
finance and lobbying, and the Almanac of Federal PACs, a reference
work providing information about PAC-sponsoring organizations. Past issues
of PFLR are available here, as is information about the nation's
100 largest PACs.
Europinion
Europinion provides results from the European
Continuous Tracking Survey, which is conducted by the European Union.
Gallup
Poll
Get information from select Gallup polls,
recent and archival, at this site.
Princeton
Survey Research Center: Poll Survey Data and Findings
This Princeton sponsored site provides links
to several sites with actual polling and survey data.
CNN/TIME
AllPolitics
The latest political headlines, news and
analysis from CNN and TIME Magazine.
Congressional
Quarterly (CQ)
Congressional Quarterly is one of the nation's
premier publishers in the area of political science. Their "free CQ sites"
offers information on congressional members, from biographies to voting
records to bills introduced; the full text of select articles from Governing,
a magazine for state and local government officials; and the Political
Oddsmaker, which gives the changing odds on races across the nation.
Finding
Information in Newspapers
Links to state, national and international
newspapers to keep you up-to-date with current events and developments.
Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
The ICPSR is located within the Institute
for Social Research at the University of Michigan, a nonprofit organization
providing access to the world's largest archive of computerized social
science data. The University of Oklahoma is a member of the ICPSR; contact
Dr.
David Morgan for more information.
Policy.Com
This site is a public policy community resource
showcasing leading research, opinions and events. The site's "Issue of
the Week" feature provides comprehensive overviews of hot issues such as
tobacco, child care, the UN, drug policy, the IMF, information technology,
food safety...
ABC Pol Sci
ABC Pol Sci indexes 300+ journals in political
science and government, as well as related fields such as law, sociology
and economics, 1984-
Expanded Academic ASAP: indexes titles covering a range of topics from core journals in the humanities, social sciences and general sciences, 1980-
National Newspaper Index: indexes the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, 1995-
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digitized archive of the backfiles
of several scholarly journals. It is a completely browsable, searchable
and retrievable system for gaining access to the full text of journals.
Titles of interest include the political science journals listed below,
as well as titles in Asian Studies, Economics, History and Sociology.
PAIS: Public Affairs Information
Service
Available on the public workstations located
in the main library's reference area, PAIS indexes journals, government
documents, books and other materials, foreign and domestic, on political
and policy issues, 1972-
UnCover
UnCover indexes nearly 17,000 English language
periodicals covering a wide variety of topics, 1988-. To access UnCover
through a commercial internet provider you must have an authorization and
password.
