Political Science & Government

Background Information

World Politics

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Science	Ref JA 61.B56
Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy	Ref JA 71.C565
Dictionary of World Politics	Ref JA 61.E85
Encyclopedia of Democracy	Ref JC 42.3 E53
Encyclopedia of Government and Politics	Ref JA 61.C66
Oxford Companion to Politics of the World	Ref JA 61.O95

United States Politics:

Congressional Quarterly’s Politics in America	Ref JK 1012.C63
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution	Ref KF 4548.E53
Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System	Ref JF 501.E53
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency	Ref JK 511.E53
Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party/Encyclopedia of the Republican Party	Ref JK 2352. E56
Guide to the Presidency	Ref JK 516.C57

Print Statistics Sources

Datapedia of the United States	Ref HA 215.K8
Historical Statistics of the United States	Ref HA 202.B87
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Ref HA 202.A25

Journal Articles

Academic Search Premier
America: History and Life
CQ Researcher
Historical Abstracts
JSTOR
Lexis Nexis Academic
Military and Government Collection
SIRS Government Reporter

Online Reference Sources

American National Biography Online
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online

Web Resources for Political Science

LexisNexis Congressional (must login with UVSC Student Card barcode.)

This products allows you to: search an index of congressional publications from 1970 to the present; retrieve CIS Legislative Histories for public laws going back to 1970; find testimony from congressional hearings; track bills as they move through the House and Senate; search the Congressional Record and Federal Register; locate information about members and committees; and search the National Journal.

CongressLink

CongressLink provides information about the U.S. Congress –how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces.

Political Science Resources on the Web

Maintained by the University of Michigan Documents Center, this is an excellent pathway site to political resources.

Opensecrets.org

This site is sponsored by The Center for Responsive Politics, which is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy

POTUS: Presidents of the United States

In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included.

U.S. Electoral College

This site has all sorts of information about what the electoral college is, how it works, links to historical election results, electoral resources, and much more.

U.S. House of Representatives

Information and links to individual representatives, House committees, schedule of items under consideration by the House, and much more.

U.S. Senate

Links to Senators, committees, legislation and records, and more.

Welcome to the White House

The official website of the White House.

Government Resources on the Web

Government Documents

Maintained by the University of Michigan Documents Center, this is an excellent pathway site to government resources.

Library of Congress’s Government Resources

Extensive list of sites for broad government information, executive branch, U.S politics, and international laws and organizations.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications provides an index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies

THOMAS

Provides searchable interface for the full-text of bills and the Congressional Record.

Government Performance Project

This site provides comprehensive, independent information about state management performance in its latest report, "Grading the States 2005."