Research Resources

This page is designed to allow you to conduct general political science research in the area of American Politics and International Relations.  If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me.

American Government:

• The Judicial Branch. Information on Supreme Court decisions, virtual law libraries, and the US legal code.
• The Legislative Branch. Useful links and information on the United States Congress.
• The Executive Branch. Links to websites for the presidency, the cabinet, and the federal executive bureaucracy.
• State and Local Governments. Information from all 50 states and many metropolitan entities.

International Relations:

• International Organizations. Links to international organizations, NGO's, and alliances from the United Nations to Amnesty International. The majority of the links focus on Western European institutions.
• International Law Resources. Information from the International Court of Justice and the Court of Justice of the European Community, as well as international legal resources and virtual law libraries. (Note: There is some overlap with the Judiciary link in American Politics.)
• Area Studies. Information on various countries and regions from around the world.

General Research Resources:

• Newspapers and other media sources for current information on state, national, and international events.
• Political Science Research resources. Links to other general resource sites, the Library of Congress, public opinion polling data, and general information on every country on the globe via the CIA's Worldfactbook.

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