• TomCat (online catalog) The Grace Hauenstein Library has a rich collection of books, journals, pamphlets and other materials. Use TomCat to search for items the library holds.

• WorldCat Catalog of books available in libraries throughout the world

• America: History and Life (One user at a time) Index to books and journal articles in American and Canadian history

• CQ Researcher Collection of reports on selected "hot" issues; full text

• GPO (Government Printing Office) (FirstSearch) U.S. government publications

• Historical Abstracts (One user at a time) Index to books and journal articles in world history

• Index to Legal Periodicals (FirstSearch) Index to international legal information covering all areas of the law

• Lexis Nexis Academic Extensive collection of online newspapers, magazines, legal and other types of resources; full text

• Social Science Abstracts (FirstSearch) Abstracts of articles in the social sciences

• ProQuest Index to articles on a variety of topics, including some full text

• American Political Science Association
• American Presidency Project is one of the most comprehensive sources on the US presidency; includes public papers, executive orders, proclamations and addresses as well as data from elections, approval ratings and congressional activity.
• FactCheck.org Sponsored by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, this site holds government accountable by analyzing political utterances, speeches, and campaign ads for misleading statements and misuse of facts.
• John F. Kennedy School of Government Research Guides
• Liberty Fund - Online Library of Liberty provides full text access to over 1200 classic books on democratic political theory, philosophy, history, war, liberalism, conservatism, and economics. Books are in HTML and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats.
• NNSP--National Network of State Polls is a confederation of organizations that conduct state-level surveys. The network promotes the collection and use of state survey data. The NNSP archive of state polls is the largest available collection of state-level data. The site is sponsored by the Survey Research Center at the University of Kentucky.
• Political Resources on the Net
• Political Science Resources on the Web
• Political Scientist's Virtual Library
• Political Think Tanks - List from the University of Michigan Library
• Project Vote Smart Political Resources
• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources (United Kingdom)

• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the leading organizations in the country working on fiscal policy issues and issues affecting low- and moderate-income families and individuals. The Center specializes in research and analysis oriented toward policy decisions that policymakers face at both federal and state levels. The Center examines data and research findings and produces analyses designed to be accessible to public officials, other non-profit organizations, and the media.
• Congressional Record - 1995-2001
• Constitution of the United States of America -- Analysis and Interpretation
• FedWorld Home Page was established by The National Technical Information Service(NTIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, to serve as the online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the Federal Government.
• GovSpot is a non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for the best and most relevant government information online. Additional information is available at FirstGov/USA.gov.
• National Security Archive was founded in 1985 by a group of journalists and scholars who had obtained documentation from the U.S. government under the Freedom of Information Act and sought a centralized repository for these materials. Over the past decade, the Archive has become the world's largest non governmental library of declassified documents.
• OpenCRS endeavors to centralize citizen access to governmental reports now in the public domain; reports from 1990 to the present are also available at the University of North Texas CRS Reports Service
• Oyez Project: A US Supreme Court Database comprises more than 900 hours of audio materials, summaries of 1,000-plus Supreme Court opinions, biographical materials on all 108 justices, and a QuickTime virtual-reality tour of the Supreme Court building.
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• United States Executive Branch (includes Cabinet Departments)
• U.S. Government Manual As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the U.S. Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
• White House
• Yearbook of Immigration Statistics aggregates data about immigrants, such as country of origin, gender, age and occupation.

• Atlas of Global Inequality examines globalization's impact on inequality.
• Eurasia Research Center The Eurasia Research Center Web Site features in depth research reports, news analysis, and links to newspaper articles and wire service reports with breaking news on the Balkans, Baltic States, Central Europe, the Caucasus, formerly Soviet Central Asia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
• EUR-Lex This site provides free access to documents of European law, including treaties, international agreements, legislation, and case law. The site also provides full-text access to the Official Journal of the European Union.
• Europa Public Opinion Analysis provides access to European public opinion surveys
• European Parliament This site provides extensive information about the European Parliament, its organization, powers and political role. In addition, provides access to parliamentary documents, including committee reports, press releases, session minutes, and research studies.
• International Documents Links to International Government Agencies, lists of foreign governments and guides for users of international information.
• International Studies Resources on the Internet presents over 2000 annotated links in a range of international affairs topics. Most of the sites are in English, and are carefully selected for long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, high-quality information and analysis online. Many are gateway sites or have internal search engines.
• openDemocracy aims to "encourage...the understanding of democracy, global processes and participation." It features debates on current topics, suc as gloablization and faith & ideas.
• Organization of American States Made up of 35 member states, the OAS is the region's premier political forum for multilateral dialogue and action.
• Political Database of the Americas The main objective of the Database project is the development of a comprehensive source of documentary and statistical political information concerning Latin America.
• United Nations Home Page

• Capital Eye Newsletter of the Center for Responsive Politics, a respected source for campaign finance information
• Federal Election Commission
• League of Women Voters
• Open Secrets is the web site of the Center for Responsive Politics

Encyclopedia of the Republican Party/Democratic Party Reference JF2011 .E5 1997

Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations : Ethnic and National Groups Around the World - Reference D860 .M56 2002

Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements - Reference KZ4968 .O84 2003

Routledge Dictionary Of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers -Reference JA83 .R725 1992