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Political Science Research Resources

The following are Internet Resources of interest to Political Science students. Clicking on each highlighted term will get you to that site. When you click on a site, you will also be leaving the UWRF Political Science Department and the University ofWisconsin-River Falls.

The resources have been organized according to the standard fields and sub-fields of Political Science. Additional resources will be added on a regular basis.

Please e-mail Professor Gladstone-Sovell if you come accross other sites that you feel ought to be added to this page.


General Information and Current Events

The American Political Science Association
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Political Science
Library of Congress
The Rand Corporation (Public Policy Research)
The National Political Index

Media Resources

PBS
All Politics (CNN & Time)
Washington Post
National Journal

American Politics -- General

League of Women Voters This site provides useful information about current issues and how to participate in the political process.
Center for Responsive Politics This site provides access to information about elected officials including campaign finance data.

American Politics -- Executive Branch

The White House Provides links to the entire executive branch.
The Internet Public Library President's of the United States Page

American Politics -- Legislative Branch

Thomas: The United States Congress Web Page
The House of Representatives
The U.S. Senate
C-Span C-Span provides televised coverage of both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

American Politics -- Judicial Branch

Federal Court's Home Page
Legal Information Institute
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law

American Politics -- Elections & Political Behavior

National Election Studies This site provides access to NES survey data regarding public opinion and voting behavior since 1952.
The Roper Center Polling Data
Project Vote Smart
Rock the Vote
Emily's List Emily stands for "Early Money is Like Yeast" (because it makes the dough rise.) This organization is dedicated to raising money to elect pro-choice Democratic Women to Congress. The site provides candidate profiles.

American Politics -- Parties

The Republican National Committee
The Democratic National Committee
The Libertarian Party
The Reform Party [Jesse Ventura's and Ross Perot's Party]

American Politics -- State and Local

The State of Wisconsin
The State of Minnesota

Political Communications

The Political Communications Center The Center archives Political Commercials. This site offers researchers access to information on the PCC and its archival collections.
The Vanderbilt Television News Archives This site provides access to archival information regarding network news broadcasts.

International Relations

CIA Publications

Comparative Politics

China News Digest

Political Philosophy