This page provides links to important and useful resources on the Internet dealing with political science, government, and policy.

If you have suggestions for sites that should be added to this list, please send an e-mail to us at mckenzie@uic.edu. You may also suggest sites using the and filling out the form on the right of the page.

This list is always changing, so the last date of change will always be clearly marked at the top for your convenience.

• Federal Agency Sources
• U.S. Congress Sources
• Sources for Law Related Material
• International Affairs
• State and Local Government
• Political Science Links and Data Collections
• Citizen Participation
• Other Sources

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  Federal Agency Sources:
  • The White House
  • The Pathway to Government Information, from the Superintendent of Documents
  • Index of U.S. Federal Government World Wide Web Servers
  • Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
  • Fedworld
  • The National Archives
  • Presidential Libraries--Hoover to Clinton

   

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  United States Congress Sources:
  • THOMAS: The U.S. Congress World Wide Web Server created January 5, 1995
  • House of Representatives Web Server
  • The Library of Congress

   

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  Sources for law-related material:
  • New, and loaded with pointers to many sites: FINDLAW
  • For information about law school admissions, including the LSAT, contact The Law School Admission Council
  • Links to 145 law schools and other law sources, from the University of Southern California Law Center
  • Legal Internet Resources Page from Indiana University School of Law
  • Legal Information Institute at Cornell University School of Law, including recent Supreme Court Decisions, searchable U.S. Code, and other materials.
  • Huge index of links to law servers from Yahoo
  • The Electronic Freedom Foundation's Computers and Academic Freedom Archive

   

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  Sources in and about other nations and international affairs:
  • A vast collection of archival resources on international and comparative social development, from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Work, called PRAXIS.
  • For a long list of WWW servers in other nations, click here.
  • The United Nations
  • The United Nations Development Programme
  • Rules and Regulations in Russia: The Russian Business Law Journal
  • And, to go to Russia with love, click here.
  • To mingle with the diplomatic crowd in Washington, D.C., crash the party at The Electronic Embassy.
  • For a unique perspective on India and the life of Indian-Americans, don't miss Little India magazine.

   

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  State and Local Government Information:
  • The Cook County Clerk's Office, with guide to local elected officials, government agency information, and more!
  • CityLink

   

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  Political Science Links and Data Collections:
  • The Ultimate Political Science Links Page This page links you to all major Political Science organizations and many other resources.
  • Links That No Political Scientist Could Live Without Another great source for links to organizations and resources.
  • Political Science Internet Resources
  • The American Political Science Association
  • PolyCy
  • The National Election Studies
  • The U.S. Census Bureau
  • SSDC: the Social Sciences Data Collection of the University of California at San Diego
  • CIESIN: The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network.
  • Northwestern University Political Science Department Research Links
  • For data, programs, and other material, try the American Political Science Association's Political Methodology Section
  • To locate or disseminate research papers on-line, contact Political Science Manuscripts
  • New: The Political Science Teaching and Research List Web Site, or PSRT-L
  • Law and Politics Internet Guide

   

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  Efforts, partisan and non-partisan, to increase citizen participation in politics:
  • The Center for Civic Networking
  • The Institute for Global Communication's Progressive Directory.
  • Project Vote Smart
  • The Democratic National Committee
  • The Republican National Committee
  • Green Party National Committee
  • Green Party Global Site
  • The Town Hall for Conservatives, brought to you by the Heritage Foundation and National Review magazine
  • The Libertarian Party
  • American Prospect Magazine

   

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  Other sources of information:
  • Illinois newspapers on-line, with links to newspapers in just about every state, brought to you by the San Diego Daily Transcript.
  • An excellent list of government sources from Yahoo
  • Links to WWW pages at over 1000 Colleges and Universities
  • The C-SPAN Gopher
  • A summary of the Chronicle of Higher Education

   

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