Political Science Resources on the WEB

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

Federal Government:  If you are researching the Federal government, you might as well start with The White House.  The White House main page links you to many other government sources.  For a list of the President's Cabinet and the Executive Office of the President  follow the link http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/.  

You might also want to check out http://www.firstgov.gov.  FirstGov.gov is the official U.S. gateway to all government information.  It is the catalyst for a growing electronic government, which transcends the traditional boundaries of government. "Our vision is global - connecting the world to all U.S. government information and services."

To reach the U.S. House of Representatives, click on http://www.house.gov/

To reach the U.S. Senate, click on http://www.senate.gov/

This links to the home page of the Library of Congress.  The Library of Congress maintains an important, interactive site on Congress called THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet

The U.S. Bureau of the Census maintains a huge WEB site at http://www.census.gov.  The 2000 Census of the United States can be found there.

Federal Election Commission  has a huge WEB site, which includes  a page entitled About Elections and Voting http://www.fec.gov/elections.html

Hoaxbusters is a government site that exposes hoax and viruses on the Internet.  The site is maintained by the  Computer Incident Advisory Capability, sponsored at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory by the U.S. Department of Energy.

http://www.ucc.edu/library/government-donna.htm is the Union County College Library's site listing government resources including an extensive section on New Jersey govermnent.

Major Political Parties in the United States

GOP Republican National Committee http://www.gop.org/

DNC Democratic National Committee http://www.democrats.org/

Green Party USA http://www.greenpartyus.org/
Green Parties Worldwide http://www.greens.org/
Green Party of New Jersey http://www.gpnj.org/

Public Opinion Polling

Columbia University Butler Library Reference Department
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/butlref/polls.htm

University of Miami Libraries, Public Opinion Polls on the Internet
http://www.library.miami.edu/netguides/socopin.html

The Gallop Organization
http://www.gallup.com/

The Harris Poll, Harris Interactive
http://www.louisharris.com/

The Pew Research Center for People and the Press
http://people-press.org/

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/

Other U.S. Sites of Interest

Fortune Magazine's 2001 Power 25 lists the top interests groups in the United States. 

Global Information