Materials about general business and economics are in the HB-HF sections. Use topic keywords to pinpoint books in this discipline.

United States Politics

World Politics

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Directory of Open Access Journals, Political Science

An international collection of full text political science journals.

Electronic Journal Center, Politics, Political Science, and Law
Contains online searchable full text political science research journals.

International Political Science Abstracts
Indexing and abstracts of journals covering international politics.

Ohio Capital Connection
Ohio state government news and political information.

Peace Research Abstracts
Full text articles online. Search by topic or title of publication.

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American Civics
Khan Academy's educational videos on how government works in the United States.

American Government
Films on Demand collection of films on various American Government topics.

Global Politics
Educational videos on topics concerning global politics.

Political Philosophy
A lecture from Yale's Professor Smith on the fundamental concepts of politics.

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Below are a few recommended websites. Remember that information you find on the web needs to be evaluated carefully. For more information on evaluating websites, check out the Evaluating Sources Research Guide.

United States Political Science

American National Election Studies
http://www.electionstudies.org/
Collects data from the outcome of elections to provide researchers with a view of the political world through the eyes of ordinary citizens.

The American Presidency Project
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/index.php
Online resource compiled by John woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara containing over 76,000 documents relating to the presidency.

Center for American Women and Politics
http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/
Features facts sheets, research, and voting behavior of women in goverment also facts about both current and historical women office holders.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
https://www.cia.gov/index.html
"An independent US government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers."

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
Documentary records of the proceedings in the United States Congress from 1774 to 1875.

OpenSecrets.org
http://www.opensecrets.org/
Center for responsive politics that follows the money trail on Capitol Hill

Political Database of the Americas
http://pdba.georgetown.edu/
Provides documentary and statistical political information on North and South America including constutions, elections and governmental branches.

United States Politics and Elections
http://library.albany.edu/subject/USCAM.HTM
Collects and provides links to various websites with information about American politics, elections and public opinions.

Voting America: United States Politics, 1848-2008
http://dsl.richmond.edu/voting/
Explores the history of American voting in presidential elections from 1848-2008 at the county level.

International Political Science

Center for Global Development
http://www.cgdev.org/
Independent think tank that provides research in an attempt to reduce inequality and global poverty.

Change for Equality, Iranian Women's Campaign for Equal Rights
http://www.campaignforequality.info/english/
An international site that draws attention to the plight of iranian women and their struggle for equality.

Eurostat
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home
Provides high quality statistical information about the European Union.

Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide and War
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/
R.J. Rummel, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Hawaii created and compiled the materials for this site that provide a historic overview of governmental abuses of power.

GeoHive: Global Statistics
http://www.geohive.com/
Geopolitical data on population, wealth and infrastructure on a country by country basis.

International IDEA, Supporting Democracy Worldwide
http://www.idea.int/
Intergovernmental organization designed to provide knowledge for policy development and analysis to support democratic reform. Publications are free as downloadable pdfs.

The Keele Guide to Middle East Government and Politics on the Internet
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/mebase.htm
Valuable resource put together by the School of Politics, International Relations & the Environment at Keele University in the UK. The site is well maintained and updated regularly.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/index.htm
Provides free access to NATO publications from its origin treaty and protocols to the Partnership for Peace documents.

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/Home.aspx
Presents data on population, health and environment that will impact the world's future generations.

The Rand Corporation, International Affairs
http://www.rand.org/topics/international-affairs.html
Provides research and analysis to facilitate policy decision making in both the public and private sectors includes security and military policy as well as social and economic policy.

United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/
Comprehensive archival collection of UN documents and publications includes access to the UN pulse an alert service that announces the online release of UN documents, publications and reports.

U.S. Department of State Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Facts about the people, history, government and political conditions of independent states, some dependencies and areas of special special sovereignty.

World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org/
An organization that promotes the liberalization of trade policy that releases news and statistics regarding international trade.

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