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BNA's Web Watch Reading Room
 
"Here you will find links to government, industry, and academic resources on selected topics" in politics, law, health and science, and social issues. Sample focuses include the alternative minimum tax, aviation security, data mining, fuel cells, global warming, nanotechnology, pipeline safety, and Social Security. From librarian Laura Gordon-Murnane of the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), a "publisher of information and analysis products for professionals in law, tax, business, and government."
http://www.bna.com/webwatch/
Topics: Politics, Social Issues
Last updated Dec 18, 2006
League of Women Voters
Learn about "voter information, civic participation, or current public policy issues such as election reform, campaign finance reform and health care. ... This web site not only gives you the most up-to-date information, it provides you with the tools to get involved in the democratic process at the federal, state and local levels."
http://www.lwv.org/
Topics: Politics, Women
Last updated Oct 17, 2005
Political Resources on the Net
Annotated directory of political sites available on the Internet, searchable and sorted by country, with links to the political parties, information about the political system, constitution, organizations, and the national media.
http://www.politicalresources.net/
Topics: Politics, Politics by Place
Last updated May 19, 2005
Political Science Resources: United States Politics
Collection of links to materials about U.S. government and politics. Topics include campaign finance, cartoons, elections, lobbying groups, political parties, news sources, statistics, think tanks, and more. From the University of Michigan Library Documents Center.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psusp.html
Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Politics
Last updated Apr 24, 2006
Politics Navigator
A selective guide (lightly annotated) to websites about politics, government, political issues, and other political information. Includes links to parties, political media and commentary, public opinion, private and academic organizations, and state polls. From The New York Times. Registration (free) required.
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/politics/POLI_NAVI.html
Topics: Politics, Politics by Place
Last updated Jun 8, 2007
Politics1
"Links to all the Presidential, Gubernatorial, U.S. Senate & Congressional candidates and political parties," including third parties and third party candidates. Links reflect contrasting positions on taxes, guns, abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, the environment, free speech, immigration, and more. Includes some political obituaries and images of vintage campaign buttons. The author expresses his opinions in his blog, but works "hard to keep this site as non-partisan, unbiased and fair to all as possible."
http://www.politics1.com/
Topics: Politics, Politics by Place, The United States Presidency
Last updated Nov 16, 2008
Project Vote Smart
Tracks the performance of more than 40,000 office holders and candidates for public office. Resources include voting records, issues information, background information, campaign finances and performance evaluations made by over 100 liberal to conservative special interest groups, and other directories of political information. A great feature is the ability to type in your ZIP code and get back information on all your representatives, state and federal, including biographical, address, committee assignments, etc.
http://www.votesmart.org/
Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Government, Notable People: Government, Politics, Politics by Place
Last updated Dec 6, 2008
RealClearPolitics
This blog provides daily links to national political articles, editorials, poll results, and more. Offers commentary and includes links to political talk show transcripts and primary documents. Also includes an extensive list of links to selected political columnists, editorials, newspaper front pages, magazines, blogs, and news and wire sites.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/
Topics: Blogs & Podcasts by Subject, Nonfiction by Genre, Politics, Politics by Place
Last updated May 24, 2006
The Redistricting Game
"'The Redistricting Game' is designed to educate, engage, and empower citizens around the issue of political redistricting." When playing the game, you will learn about redistricting fundamentals, gerrymandering, the Voting Rights Act, and potential reforms. Includes links to related information. From the University of Southern California (USC) Game Innovation Lab, part of the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Interactive Media Division. It was developed for the USC Annenberg Center for Communications.
http://www.redistrictinggame.org/
Topics: Politics
Last updated Jun 24, 2009
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