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American Politics

• Budget-Federal
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• Congressional Quarterly-Current Issues
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• C-Span
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• Date: Greenbook Federal Data Bank
• Data: Index to U.S. Government Statistics
• Data: Social (e.g. Crime, Population, Education, Health)
• Data: Social Science Data on the Web
• Education Policy Clearinghouse
• Education Policy Sites
• Ethical Issues-- Public Integrity
• Executive Branch
• Federal Agencies including Government Printing Office (GPO) Data Base
• Federal Agencies through First Gov Portal
• Federal Reserve Board (Economic Statistics)
• Government Information Exchange
• Index of Gov't & Politics
• Monetary Policy
• National Issues.Com
• 9-11 Commission
• Policy Advocacy Groups
• Policy Almanac
• Policy Issues by Electronic Policy Network
• Political Games and Simulations
• Political Science Resources Home Page--Links to information in all fields in Political Science
• Population Reference Bureau
• Poverty--Institute for Research on Poverty--UW-Madison
• Presidency--Miller Center at U of Va
• Public Integrity, The Center for
• Statistical Resources on the Web
• Think Tanks Online (e.g. Brookings, AEI, Urban Institute)
• U.S. Census
• U.S.Census-2007 Statistical Abstracts
• U.S. Census- Population and Economic Topics
• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
• U.S. Government Organization Manual
• Welfare Reform- Dept of HHS
• Welfare Reform Links
• Welfare Reform Network
• Welfare--State Policies

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Congress & State Legislatures

• Biographies of Members of Congress
• Congress (Thomas Web Access)
• Congressional Districts: Ranks Districts on a Number of Variables
• Congressional Hearings-Live Coverage
• Congressional Quarterly Index on Line
• Congressional Research Service Reports
• Congressional Voting Records, Campaign Material, Political Links
• Congress Link: Teaching Material on Congress and Civics
• Dirksen Congressional Center
• Lobbying: The Center for Public Integrity
• Lobbying: Wisconsin
• National Conference on State Legislatures
• Parliaments Around the World
• Roll Call-The Newspaper of Capitol Hill
• Wisconsin Legislators:--Web Pages, Fax, and Phone
• Wisconsin Legislature

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Elections and Politics

• Allpolitics (CNN/Time)
• British Elections-2001 and Past Elections
• British Election -2005
• Campaigns and Elections--CQ Magazine
• Campaigns and Elections in the States - Updates
• Campaign Finance Institute--Analyses of Issues
• Campaign Finance Institute's Portal (Key Disclosure Links)
• Campaign Finance Reform in U.S.
• CQ's Campaign Network--2006 Election
• CQ's 2006 Election Analysis and Politics
• Election Data: Congress and President 1920 to present
• Elections throughout the World
• Election Issues--'Rock the Vote'
• Election Reform
• Federal Election Commission
• Gallup Poll
• Inter-Univ. Consortium for Pol & Soc. Research
• Michigan, U. Election Study Tables-Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
• Money in Politics (Moneyline)
• National Election Studies
• Polling Report
• Polls--Political Polls & Analysis
• Presidential Election 2004 (Links)
• Public Agenda Online--Critical Issues
• Public Opinion Quarterly
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
• Voting and Democracy, Center for
• Voting and Registration Data Throughout the U.S.
• Wisconsin Advertising Project--Political Ads
• Wisconsin Democracy Campaign:  Elections and Campaign Finance
• Wisconsin Elections Board
• Wisconsin Votes
• Zogby Poll

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Health Policy

• Canadian Health Network
• Dartmouth Atlas
• Food and Drug Administration
• Global Health-International Health Statistics
• Health Administration/Policy Sources
• Health & Population Trends (American Lifeline)
• Health Economics
• Health Care Research and Quality, Agency for
• Health Information Database
• Health System Change, Center for the Study of
• Influenza--Bird Flu Pandemic Site
• Institute for Child Health Policy
• Insurance Coverage Statistics
• Kaiser  Family Health Policy
• Medicare
• Medicare and Medicaid Services, Center for
• National Center for Health Statistics--Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• PBS News Hour Health Spotlight
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Travel Information and Warnings-Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Wisconsin Population Health Data
• World Health Organization

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International and Comparative Politics

• American Foreign Policy Council
• Area Studies
• Asian Studies
• British Commonwealth
• British Information Service
• British Government-The Prime Minister
• Canadian Data
• Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)-Policy Briefs, Journals, Country Data
• Comparative National Statistics
• Country Studies:  Library of Congress
• Defense Intelligence Agency
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• European Union
• France
• G8 Information Centre
• Homeland Security, Department of
• Human Rights Watch World Report 2000
• Intelligence Project Online
• International Monetary Fund
• International Organizations
• International Affairs-Links to many international topics & organizations
• Iraq Reports
• Middle East North Africa Resource Guide
• Military and Weapons Expenditures Worldwide (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development-Comparative National Data & Policies
• Organization of the American States
• Quadrennial Defense Review
• Rulers of the World: Heads of Governments
• Russia and Eastern European Studies
• Terrorism Project
• Treaties
• United Nations
• United Nations Environmental Program
• U.S. Department of State (Includes discussions of international policies)
• U.S. Department of State: Background Notes on Areas of the World
• U.S. Department of State: Human Rights Reports
• U.S. Department of State--Travel Warnings and Information
• U.S. Information Agency
• U.S. Intelligence Community
• Western European Studies
• Women in Politics Worldwide
• World Bank
• World Factbook-Information on all Nations including Maps
• World Trade Organization

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Law and the Courts

• American Bar Association
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Universe: Lexis-Nexis
• Constitutions and Laws of the States
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Courts--Federal
• Court TV Law Center
• Crime Statistics in US
• Criminal Justice Links
• Criminal Justice Policy Issues
• Dictionary-Legal
• Directory of Lawyers
• Internet Legal Resource Guide
• Judicial Statistics
• Jurist-Legal News
• Law Dictionary and other Law References
• Law Library: Index of Legal topics
• Law Library of Congress (Guides to types of law are useful)
• Law Reviews-Some full text, others abstracts
• Law School News from Lawschool.com
• Laws of Other Nations
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• State Courts, National Center For
• State Courts Decisions
• State Statutes
• Statistics--Judicial
• USA Today Court Report
• U.S. Constitution
• U.S. Crime Statistics
• U.S. Code
• U.S. Legal Research Sources: An Index
• U.S. Sentencing Commission
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Supreme Court Decisions 1937-Present
• U.S. Supreme Court Case Review from W.W.Norton Pubishers
• US Supreme Court Decisions-2002-2003
• Wisconsin Bar Association
• Wisconsin Court System
• Wisconsin Court Briefs
• Wisconsin Statutes

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News Sources

• ABC News
• Arts and Letters Daily-News and Links to Columnists
• BBC from Britain
• CBS News
• Chicago Tribune
• CNBC Business and Financial News
• CNN News Service
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• Central Europe Online
• Economist
• Independent Business Magazine Of Government
• Inside China
• LA Times
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• MSNBC News
• National Press Club
• News Index-Search for News Stories Worldwide
• Newspapers.  Links to Online Newspapers
• PBS Online
• Russia Today
• Salon.com
• Time Magazine News Service
• The Times (London)
• U.N. Wire
• USA Today
• USID Daily Digest of Foreign Commentary
• Washington Post
• Wisconsin Public Radio
• Wisconsin Public Television
• World Headlines
• World Press Review
• WSAW Ch.7 Wausau- CBS
• WAOW Ch.9 Wausau- ABC

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Political Science Organizations

• American Political Science Association
• American Political Science Association Proceedings from Annual Meeting
• American Society for Public Administration
• Canadian Political Science Association
• Forum: Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics
• International Political Science Association
• International Studies Association
• Midwest Political Science Association
• Pi Sigma Alpha--National Political Science Honor Society
• Political Methodology Society
• Teaching Political Science: Techniques and Technologies

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Political Theory Links (Coming Soon!)

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State and Local Governments

• Cities with WEB Sites
• Comparative State Statistics
• Council of State Governments
• Federalism (AEI)
• Governing Magazine
• Information on Cities
• League of Wisconsin Municipalities
• Local Government Organizations and Information (e.g. League of Municipalities, Counties Association, and others)
• Management Training
• Municipal Research & Service Center
• National Association  of Counties
• National City Government Resource Center
• National Conference on State Legislatures
• National Governors Association (NGA)
• National League of Cities
• Portage County Smart Growth Website
• St. Norbert College Poll--WI Politics
• States
• State and County Census Facts
• State of Wisconsin and Federal Expenditures
• State and Local Government Gateway
• Urban Politics
• U.S. Conference of Mayors
• Wisconsin: Commission on State-Local Partnerships
• Wisconsin Democracy Campaign: Elections & Campaign Finance
• Wisconsin Elections Board
• Wisconsin Government: Blue Book 2003-2004
• Wisconsin Government: Governor, Legislature, and Agencies
• Wisconsin Governments: Cities, Towns and Villages
• Wisconsin Governments: Counties
• Wisconsin Politics:  Website Devoted to Wisconsin Gov't and Politics
• WisPolitics.com--News about WI Politics
• Wisconsin Strategy, Center on - Data and Briefing Papers-State & Counties
• Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance

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