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Websites by Subject - Political Science, Government, & Law
- Abortion Law Homepage
- AllLaw -- an attorney locator with legal forms and more
- The American Presidency Project -- University of California-Santa Barbara
- ANES: American National Election Studies -- statistical data on American elections since 1948. A joint project of Stanford University and the University of Michigan.
- Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland -- University of Maryland
- Basic Legal Citation / Introduction -- from Cornell / based on the "Bluebook"
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774 - Present
- Canadian Government Information -- National Library of Canada
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace -- dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations
- Center for American Women and Politics -- A unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers
- Center for Political Studies -- University of Michigan
- Center for Strategic & International Studies
- Chemical and Biological Disarmament -- U. Mich. Documents Center
- Chief George Manuel Memorial Library and the Fourth World Documentation Archive -- Center for World Indigenous Studies
- CIA FOIA: Electronic Reading Room -- access to CIA information released under the Freedom of Information Act
- Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) and Contract Weekly
- Constitution Finder -- offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents for 211 governmental entities worldwide
- Council on Foreign Relations -- "A Center for the Study and Practice of International Affairs and U.S. Foreign Policy"
- Country Reports on Terrorism -- U.S. Department of State
- CQ Researcher / (Congressional Quarterly) -- full text SMCM only
- CQ Researcher Index - an online .pdf of the print index
- CQ Weekly / (Congressional Quarterly) -- full text SMCM only
- CRS Annotated Constitution -- online, searchable version of the US Constitution from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University
- Documents Center -- guide to government documents on the web, from the University of Michigan
- EISIL: Electronic Information System for International Law -- American Society of International Law
- ElectionGuide -- International Foundation for Election Systems
- Election Resources on the Internet (ERI) -- links to external Web sites containing publicly available election data and other electoral information for 120 countries, by Manuel Avarez-Rivera
- Erik Herron's Guide to Politics in East Central Europe and Eurasia -- Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
- Eurasia Research Center
- EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe -- Brigham Young University
- Europa Public Opinion Analysis -- quantitative and qualitative surveys
- EUROPARL: the European Parliament online
- European Governments on-line
- European Union Internet Resources -- UC Berkeley Library
- Federal Judicial Center -- publications, videos, judicial history, and educational materials
- Fedweb - Internet links to government web sites
- FindLaw
- FIRST, Facts on Internatonal Relations and Security Trends -- from SIPRI and ISN
- First Amendment Center -- program of the nonpartisan Freedom Forum affiliated with Vanderbilt University
- FirstGov -- now USA.gov
- Forced Migration Online -- Oxford University
- Foreign Affairs Online -- Robert J. Beck
- Global Policy Forum
- Governing.com -- current information by and about state and local government
- Government Performance Project -- nonpartisan national study on state management
- GPO Access -- Federal Register, Congressional Record, Economic Report of the President, and other government publications
- The History of the Supreme Court -- authored by professors and sponsored by New York Life Insurance in conjunction with their sponsorship of PBS series The Supreme Court
- IDEA: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance -- an intergovernmental organization that supports "sustainable democracy worlwide"
- INCORE Regional Internet Guides -- Internet resources on conflict and ethnicity in specific countries
- International Crisis Group -- Multinational organization working "to prevent and resolve deadly conflict".
- JURIST -- "The Law School Source for Legal News, Information, and Ideas"
- Legal Threats Database -- legal threats directed at those who engage in online speech at the Citizen Media Law Project
- LexisONE -- The resource for small law firms, free registration required
- LII -- The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School
- Maryland Electronic Capital
- Maryland General Assembly
- Maryland Manual Online -- "A Guide to Maryland Government"
- Maryland State Archives -- Not just archives! Links to a number of other Maryland State Government sites
- MERIP: Middle East Research and Information Project -- non-partisan think tank reviews all aspects of the Middle East.
- Michie's Legal Resources -- Maryland
- Migration Immigration Source -- Migration Policy Institute
- Miller Center of Public Affairs Digital Library -- Presidential recordings, speeches, and oral histories
- The National Archives: Records of the UK government from Domesday to the present
- National Conference on State Legislatures -- provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues.
- National Priorities Project -- federal budgetary policy and state and community issues
- Native American Legal Resources -- University of Oklahoma Law Center
- A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787 - 1825 -- funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society
- newnations.com and Worldaudit.org - "monitoring emerging economies" & "democracy check"
- Office of Minority Health -- part of the US Department of Health and Human Services
- Open Society Justice Initiative -- promotes "rights-based law reform worldwide" in the context of globalization.
- OYEZ -- U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database at Northwestern Univ. School of Law
- Patterns of Global Terrorism -- U.S. Department of State
- Plogress -- current information on what representatives are doing in Congress, includes RSS feeds
- Political Resources on the Net -- politically related Web sites by country
- Political Science Resources on the Web -- from the University of Michigan
- President -- Presidential libraries materials (Leadership Information Archives)
- Public Agenda Online -- Public opinion and policy analysis from the Public Agenda research organization
- REESWeb: Russian and Eastern European Studies -- U. Pittsburgh
- Refugee Studies Centre -- Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
- Richard Kimber's Political Sciences Resources
- September 11 Resources -- hosted by U. of Arizona
- Smart Growth Online -- sponsored by the Smart Growth Network
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics -- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- State Agency Databases -- a wiki of state databases by the American Library Associations Government Documents Roundtable
- State and Local Government on the Net -- A Piper Resources guide
- State PIRGS Working Together -- Public Interest Research Groups, the States
- Stateline.Org -- The Pew Center on the States
- students.gov -- "student gateway to the U.S. government"
- Supreme Court Decisions
- Terrorism: Questions & Answers -- Council on Foreign Relations
- ThisNation -- American government & politics
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet -- full text of bills, Congressional Record, other legislative information
- Ultimate Political Science Links Page -- metasite covering Political Science
- United Nations
- United Nations Documentation Research Guide
- United Nations Scholar's Workstation at Yale University for students of the United Nations
- United Nations Statistics Division -- statistical data compiled by the UN and other international agencies
- United States Code -- Government Publications Office of the United States
- U.S. Code Collection -- from Cornell University Law School
- United States Government Manual
- United States Institute of Peace -- "Promoting the peaceful resolution of international conflicts"
- USA.gov -- formally FirstGov, an interagency initiative administered by the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Communications
- Vinnie's Home Page: Vincent Ferraro, Resources for the Study of International Relations and Foreign Policy -- Mount Holyoke College
- WashLaw -- guide to legal information on the Internet by Washington University School of Law
- The wars for Vietnam, 1945 to 1975 -- Vassar College
- The White House
- WhiteHousetapes.org -- The Miller Center for Public Affairs at the Univ. of Virginia
- Working-Paper Sites of Political Science Scholars
- WWW Virtual Library -- International Affairs Resources
- Zárate's Political Collections -- dates and figures of worldwide leadership since 1945
