Selected Internet Resources on Political Science

After Sept. 11: perspectives from the social sciences (http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/)
The Social Science's Research Council's website offers a variety of academic materials to help students understand world peace, modern warfare, globalization, and fundamentalism. It features lessons plans and a diverse array of mostly newspaper-based websites.
American attitudes: program on international policy attitudes (http://www.pipa.org/)
The study of American opinions and perceptions toward international issues is the focus of this site. A broad range of topics is surveyed, from biotechnology to human rights to terrorism. For each public survey the user can view the actual questionnaire, including sample size, dates, margin of error and list of the questions. It is organized primarily by topic or region.
CSIS: Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://www.csis.org)
The CSIS site focuses on three subject areas: (1) challenges to nation and international security; (2) global developments; and (3) developing new methods of governance with specialities in technology, public policy, international trade/finance, and energy. Of particular interest is the information contained in the Issues sections, which is orgazined by geographic area and topic, and CSIS on the Hill, which contains CSIS testimony to Congress on various programs and projects.
Institute for Policy Research (http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/)
Sponsored by Northwestern University's Institute for Polciy Research, this site's topics include poverty, race and inequality; child, adolescent and family studies; community development; law and crime; health care policy; environmental policy and government. Publication content includes working papers, book abstracts, newsletters, and policy briefs.
Internet Public (http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/law30.00.00/)
Features sites covering the field from historical, media, and other perspectives.
Political Science: A Net Station (http://www.library.ubc.ca/poli/welcome.html)
Maintained by the University of British Columbia Library, this site provides a collection of connections to Canadian websites, as well as foreign governments, international relations, mass media/communications, political sociology and political geography sites.
Poly-Cy (http://pslab11.polsci.wvu.edu/PolyCy/)
Directory covers search engines, general sites, publications, current events politics, and more.
Research Resources for the Social Sciences (http://www.socsciresearch.com)
RRSS is organized into 18 categories, including general resources, reference materials, data archives, and links to sites for the various social science disciplines, such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, education and women's studies.
The Supreme Court Historical Society (http://www.supremecourthistory.org)
The most impressive aspect of this site is the volume of information available under the section Researching the Court. Options for research include biographies, bibliographies, and papers of the justices, opinions and procedures of the Court, and a history of the Supreme Court building, accompanied by a virtual tour.
Terrorism Project (http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?programid=39)
This site provides links to ten categories of information including Operation Enduring Freedom, Terrorist Networks, and Responding to Terrorism. Each of these has links to papers primarily prepared by CDI (Center for Defense Information, an independent think tank in Washington, D.C.) staff which treats a variety of issues.
Voices of civil rights (http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/)
This is a collaborative effort of the AARP, Library of Congress and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights to collect the personal stories of participants of modern civil rights movements from 1945-1975. It includes profiles of activists from African-American Civil Rights Movement, the American Indian Movement, and the Chicano, gay rights, environmental and women's movements.
WWW Virtual Library : Political Science (http://www.lib.uconn.edu/online/)
Covers news groups, websites, journals, associations, etc.

Political Dictionary (http://www.fast-times.com/politicaldictionary.html)
Alphabetical, "non-partisan" dictionary.

Researching the European Union (http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euguide/euguide.htm)
This guide includes descriptions of the EU's publication policy, of the major EU institutions and their publications, of the major EU treaties and legislation, and the EU legislative and decision-making processes.
Also useful for info about the EU is the Europa Homepage (http://europa.eu/).

United Nations Scholars' Workstation (http://www.library.yale.edu/un/)
Compiled by the Library at Yale, this is an excellent collection of texts, finding aids, data sets, maps, and references to print and electronic information for students of the U.N. Complements the U.N.'s(http://www.un.org) own site.

Center for Voting and Democracy (http://www.igc.apc.org/cvd/)
This is a website maintained by the Center, a nonporfit organization which researches how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance.
Kennedy School Online Political Information Network (http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/search/search.shtml)
This website consists of multiple links to other sites that pertain to federal and local governments, parties and candidates, international affairs, think tanks, media, elections. Main focus on American domestic politics.
LII and Hermes (http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/)
Maintained by Cornell Law School, this site provides a wealth of reliable and accurate information on the U.S. Supreme Court. Contains all official Supreme Court decisions and summaries decided since May, 1990.
National Archives and Records Administration (http://www.archives.gov/index.html)
The National Archives preserves documents relevant to U.S. history/government and oversees the management of all federal records. This site is well-organized, visually appealing and updated on a regular basis and has something for everyone.
UNLV Government Publications (http://library.nevada.edu/govpub/index.html)
An extensive list of information on all levels of government, both U.S. and International. A good starting place for government research.

State and Local Government on the Net (http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm)
This site is arranged to provide links to all 50 states, many counties and some city governments. Also selective categories for multi-state sites, federal resources, national organizations, and other links.
UNLV Government Publications (http://library.nevada.edu/govpub/index.html)
An extensive list of information on all levels of government, both U.S. and International. A good starting place for government research.

ISN: International Relations and Security Network (http://www.isn.ethz.ch/)
A sophisticated and comprehensive tool for international relations, security and governmental websites.
Northwestern University Government Publications: International Information (http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/resource/internat/foreign.html)
IGMP is probably the most complete list of links to the websites of international organizations. The arrangement is alphabetical by organization name, with few annotations.
Stratnet (http://www.stratnet.ucalgary.ca/)
This site maintained by the University of Calgary gives students and researchers links to strategic studies, international relations, and political websites around the world.
Terrorism Research Center (http://www.terrorism.com)
The Terrorism Research Center is dedicated to informing the public about terrorism and information warfare. The site features essays and thought pieces on current issues, as well as links to other terrorism documents, research and resources.
UNLV Government Publications (http://library.nevada.edu/govpub/index.html)
An extensive list of information on all levels of government, both U.S. and International. A good starting place for government research.