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Department of Political Science-University at Albany.
Department of Public Administration and Policy-University at Albany.
Produced by Education Directories Unlimited, Inc. Provides basic descriptive information on graduate programs both in the United States and abroad. Includes Political Science masters degree programs.
Text and history of the Declaration of Independence. Part of The National Archives American Historical Documents collection.
Foundations of Political Theory is a section of the American Political Science Association. Click on "Online Texts" at the bottom of their page for links to classic texts.
Includes links to eacj state's constitution and legislative bodies.
Provides the full text of historical documents relating to U.S. law, politics, government and economics.
The Federal Juduciary Center is the research and education arm of the federal judiciary system.
Site maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Information on the functions, structures, and personnel of United States federal courts. Requires Adobe Acrobat.
Biographical information regarding each governor and links to their web sites, maintained by the National Governors Association.
Includes the text of NGA policy positions, reports, stance on proposed legislation, and much more about the association and its activities.
Tne NCSC is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1971. Among other activities, it conducts research and makes policy recommendations regarding all aspects of state courts functions.
Includes links to state and local courts.
News and research pertaining to the activities of state legislatures.
Constructed by the National Conference of State Legislatures, this site provides not only links to the legislative bodies of each state but also supplementary information , such as program evaluations, which may be found at their respective web sites.
2004 Brennan Center for Justice report. For updates to their reform efforts see NY Reform.
Online version of major reference service providing profiles on members of Congress and their districts. The 1998 thru 2006 editions are available online. Ask for the password and user id at the Dewey reference desk, 442-3691.
The Annals of Congress, formally known as The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, cover the 1st Congress through the first session of the 18th Congress, from 1789 to 1824.
Searchable by name, legislative position, state, or combinations of thereof. Provides biographical information and in some cases bibliographic references and/or archives references.
C-Span has several websites providing coverage of US government and politics, including congressional proceedings which appeared on its cable network. Archives of the tevelised congressional proceedings are available from METAVID maintained at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Joint enterprise of C-span and Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Provides information on the members of Congress, current issues, a vote library, and more.
Information about CBO's organization, responsibilities, and staffing as well as the full-text of its publications.
Full text of selected congressional publications, including hearings, from the 1970s-1998. Maintained by the Rutgers School of law, the site includes a basic search engine.
The Globe, as it is usually called, contains the congressional debates of the 23rd through 42nd Congresses (1833-73).
This site, maintained by the Center for Democracy and Technology, provides searchable links to over 3,3000 CRS reports.
Only includes CRS reports which deal with House operations and relationships with the Senate and executive branch.
Search or browse by subject selected CRS reports at this site maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries.
U.S. Census Bureau site providing census data for each congressional district.
Provides access to current, and some retrospective, information about Congress and its members including ratings by interest groups. Full-text access to Almanac of American Politics, Government Executive, and current issue of National Journal. Some resources are not accessible under our password. Ask for the password and user id at the Dewey reference desk, 442-3691.
Access to the text of bills, House documents, votes, and historical information from the House of Representatives.
Provides information on current congressional activities and members. Member information includes committee membership, sponsored bills, recent votes, etc. There is a subject index to policy issues, and some lobbyist contribution information. Jointly sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation.
The Register of Debates is a record of the congressional debates of the 18th Congress, 2nd Session through the 25th Congress, 1st Session (1824-37).
Information about Congress, its members, and its actions.
Official site of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Official site of the U.S. Senate.
Site provides access to more than 76,000 presidential documents, including public papers,State of the Union addresses, other major addresses, election results. Includes a search engine. Established and maintained by John Woodley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Links to the Presidentail Libraries, from Hoover thru Clinton, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Official White House site providing current information on the President, Vice-President, First Lady, positions papers on major policy issues, news briefings, etc.
The African Union is a successor to the Organization of African Unity. It promotes integration of social and economic programs in the continent.
Information on Canadian government and politics.
This site of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations provides links to the official sites of each member country as well as information about the association and its activities.
Includes links to other parts of the Indian government and the India Code.
Located at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, CASI produces many reports on contemporary Indian issues.
Official title is Infopak.gov.pk the site provides information on the structure and activities of the Pakistan government.
News, activities and documents of the Council of Europe.
Maintained by Professor Herron at the University of Kansas. Provides a list of links to each country in the region
The Internet portal for news, LinksDossiers, Forums on European Union policies (includes Country Dossiers for all EU Member States and candidate countries from eastern Europe).
News and other information about the region.
Official homepage of the European Union.
Site developed by the European Union specifically for US audience. Includes information on member states, news, EU legislation and policies information.
Provides information on members, parties, functions, and ongoing activities.
Includes a list of sites arranged alphabetically by country.
Information and analysis of elections.
Links to foreign government web sites, embassies, constitutions, treaties, politics and elections, and much more.
"Provides English translations of and other textual material related to constitutional documents. It cross-references those documents for quick comparison of constitutional provisions."
The IPU is the world organization of parliaments of sovereign states. It provides links to Web Sites of National Parliaments as well as access to its publications and information about its other activities.
Basic information about each parliament with links to web sites if available.
Award wining site providing comprehensive coverage of political science.
Another compilation of political science sites with special emphasis on Great Britain.
Source for information regarding the state of human rights in countries throughout the world.
The Endowment is self described as "a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States." It working papers and reports are available from its web site.
CSIS provides background and research informationon international affairs from both geographical and functional perspectives. Among its publications is the journal The Washington Quarterly.
Provides information on political violence (both internal and between states) in the world. Has a separate section devoted to African political violence. Maintained by Monty G. Marshall, Center for Global Policy , George Mason University.
Information about the C.I.A. and its activities including the text of reports such as the World Factbook. The FOIA Electronic Reading Room provides full text access to selected CIA documents.
Formerly known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, this UK think tank provides independent analysis of international issues. Many of its reports and briefing papers are available for free from its web site.
A nonpartisan organization promoting discussion on important international issues. Includes the fulltext of articles written by its members, some UN documents, US government briefing.
There are more than 350 volumes in the official Foreign Relations of the United States series. More than 20 are now available in their entirety online. The site also maintains a complete list of all 350 plus volumes.
Provides information on press freedom in countries throughout the world.
"The Guide to Law Online, prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information."
"ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security. Its efforts focus on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, bringing about greater transparency of nuclear activities worldwide". Includes the full-text of some of their reports.
Founded in in 1958, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) conducts and publishes researh on international conflicts.
Government and academic information organized by subject, region, current events, etc. Together with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) provides access to FIRST: facts on international relations and security trends
Maintained at George Washington University provides access to U.S. declassified documents dealing with international affairs. Some documents require a subscription but many are available thru its Electronic Briefing Books.
This site (maintained at Syracuse University) provides information on U.S. federal immigration enforcement, staffing, and spending.
Provides access to the text of policy statements, reports, treaties, and other information.
This United States Information Agency (U.S.I.A.) site provides the text of documents pertaining to international affairs.
Thw Wilson Center sponsors scholarship dealing with international affairs including the Cold War International History Project. Much of the scholarship is available full text.
An index to over 2000 sites. Access by type of organization, region or country, topics, etc. This section of the WWW Virtual Library is maintained at Elizabethtown College by Professor Wayne A. Selcher.
Searchable text of the Federalist Papers provided by the Avalon Project at Yale University
Internet site for the Foundation of Political Theory section of the American Political Science Association. Provides links to the text of classic works by Plato, Aristotle, Machiaveli, etc. Click "Online Texts" at the bottom of the page.
Maintained by the Constitution Society, provides the full text of many documents going back to ancient times.
Provides information regarding the activities of the American Political Science Association and its various sections. Includes information about its publications and provides access to PSonline the online version of PS: Political Science and Politics. Law and Politics Book Review is sponsored by the Law and Courts Section and includes reviews of books of interest to that section.
Information on the association and its activities.
Founded in 1959, ISA promotes research and education about international affairs.
Site of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom; includes a collection of over 12,000 political links, Politics WWW Gateway.