1. Cincinnati, Hamilton County and State of Ohio Sites
City of Cincinnati/Hamilton County
City of Cincinnati Official Web Site
Office of the Mayor http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/mayor/pages/-3048-/
City Council http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/council/pages/-3242-/
City Manager http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cmgr/pages/-3046-/
City of Cincinnati Income Tax Division
City of Cincinnati Municipal Code Online Version http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/council/pages/-3667-/
Hamilton County, Ohio Web Site http://www.hamilton-co.org/hc/default.asp
Hamilton County Commissioners http://www.hamilton-co.org/commissioners/
Hamilton County Board of Elections Home Page
League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area
League of Women' Voters Election Information
Institute for Policy Research: Greater Cincinnati Survey http://www.ipr.uc.edu/Services/GCS.cfm
Urban Appalachian Council of Greater Cincinnati
Ohio Government http://ohio.gov/GovState.stm#ohexec
Ohio State Agencies and Departments http://ohio.gov/contacts.stm
Ohio Revised Code http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/oh/lpExt.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=PORC
Institute for Policy Research: The Ohio Poll http://www.ipr.uc.edu/Services/OhioPoll.cfm
Ohio Government Finance Officers Association
Statistical Data Sources for Ohio
2. United States Federal Government Sites
U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
Includes: American Factfinder http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html
Historical Census Browser from the University of Virginia Library http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Citizenship and Immigration
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Naturalization http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/services/natz/index.htm
Includes Sample Naturalization Examination Questions
Passports http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
The Constitution of the United States of America
The Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation
Bill of Rights http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights.html
Other Amendments to the Constitution (11-27) http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html
Proposed Constitutional Amendments not Ratified by the States http://www.house.gov/house/Amendnotrat.shtml
Avalon Project: Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States
Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
Diplomacy Monitor: St Thomas School of Law
Foreign Affairs Online http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/rjb.html
Foreign Relations of the United States: Electronic Facsimile (University of Wisconsin)
United States Department of State Office of the Historian Foreign Relations Series
U.S. Diplomatic History Resources Index
Century of Lawmaking for the New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates
Statutes at Large http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsl.html
Budget of the United States Government
Codification of Presidential Proclamations Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders, April 13, 1945 through January 20,1989
Economic Report of the President http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html
President (Presidential Libraries)
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
White House Web Site http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Congressional Pictorial Directory
American State Papers http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html
U.S. Serial Set http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwss.html
Journals of Congress
House Journal
http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhj.html
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/hjournal/index.html
Senate Journal http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsj.html
Senate Executive Journal http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwej.html
Annals of Congress http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwac.html
Register of Debates http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwrd.html
Congressional Globe http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcg.html
American State Papers http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html
Bills and Resolutions http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhbsb.html
Public and Private Laws Passed in the Current Congressional Session
Codification of the General and Permanent Laws of the United States
Official Source of Laws and Resolutions Passed by Congress
United States Statutes at Large http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsl.html
United States Senate http://www.senate.gov/
Supreme Court of the United States
Oyez Multimedia Project http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 - 1975
Supreme Court Decisions, 1992/93 - present
Federal Court System http://www.uscourts.gov/
Federal Judicial Center Website with Links to other Court-related Servers
Passports
U.S. Department of State Passport Services Office http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
Primary Documents of American Democracy
Includes:
Primary Documents from the Library of Congress American Memory Project http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/help/constRedir.html
Includes:
Declaration of Independence http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DeclarInd.html
U.S. Constitution
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html
Federalist Papers
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
Documents from the Continental Congress
and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/help/constRedir.html
Primary Documents from the National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
Includes:
Declaration of Independence http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html
U.S. Constitution http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
Bill of Rights http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights.html
Other Amendments to the Constitution (11-27) http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html
United States Government Publications
U.S. Government Printing Office
Regional Associations
Andean Community http://www.comunidadandina.org/endex.htm
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations http://www.aseansec.org/
The Commonwealth Secretariat http://www.thecommonwealth.org/
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States http://www.cisstat.com/eng/cis.htm
Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/
European Union http://europa.eu/
League of Arab States http://www.arableagueonline.org/las/index.jsp
OAS: Organization of American States http://www.oas.org/
Pacific Community http://www.spc.int/
African Development Bank http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=473,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development http://www.arabfund.org/
Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/
Bank for International Settlements http://www.bis.org/
Caribbean Community http://www.caricom.org/
Council of Arab Economic Unity http://www.caeu.org.eg/English/Intro/
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development http://www.ebrd.com/
Franc Zone http://www.banque-france.fr/fr/eurosys/zonefr/zonefr.htm
Inter-American Development Bank http://www.iadb.org/
Islamic Development Bank http://www.isdb.org/
Latin American Integration Association http://www.aladi.org/
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development http://www.oecd.org/home/0,2987,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries http://www.opec.org/home/
World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/
WTO: World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org/
For additional international organizations use “Europa World Plus” Connect
4. Selected Foreign Governments and Related Sites
Canada http://www.canada.gc.ca/
Library and Archives of Canada http://www.collectionscanada.ca/
This site lists the main web pages for each country in the European Union as well as the web pages for candidate countries and additional European countries.
Governments on the WWW http://www.gksoft.com/govt/
This site lists the web addresses of more than 220 countries.
Mexico http://www.gob.mx/wb2/egobierno/egob_General_Information
United Kingdom http://www.direct.gov.uk/
BOPCRIS:British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service
Office of Public Sector Information http://www.opsi.gov.uk/
Official Documents http://www.official-documents.co.uk/
United Kingdom Parliament http://www.parliament.uk/
Sources of English Constitutional History
For additional information about countries throughout the world use:
Background Notes from the U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Europa World Plus Connect
Statesman’s Yearbook Online Connect
5. Elections/United States
American National Election Studies
Center for Responsive Politics
IRI : Initiative & Referendum Institute
League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area http://www.lwvcincinnati.org/
Smart Voter: Nonpartisan Election Information from the League of Women Voters http://www.smartvoter.org/
6. Research Institutions/Think Tanks/Information and Analysis Groups
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
CLASP: Center for Law and Social Policy http://www.clasp.org/
Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/
Hoover Institution http://www.hoover.org/
Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
ICPSR: Inter-university Consortiumn for Political and Social Science Research
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Twentieth Century Fund http://www.uiowa.edu/policult/politick/smithson/tcf.htm
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
For the names and descriptions of additional think tanks use The University of Michigan Documents Center :Political Science Resources: Think Tanks http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psthink.html
7. Polls and Public Opinion Surveys
Gallup Brain Connect
Institute for Policy Research http://www.ipr.uc.edu/Home/Home.cfm
National Journal Group’s Policy Central Connect
Polling the Nations Connect
POP: Public Opinion Pros Connect
Public Opinion—European Commission Public Opinion Analysis http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
For the names and descriptions of additional polls and public opinion surveys use Polls and Public Opinion Surveys, Duke University Libraries http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/polls.html
8. Political Risk/National Security
FIRST - Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (SIPRI)
Homeland Security Digital Library Connect
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
National Security Archive George Washington University
Stratfor.com Global Intelligence Update
For additional resources related to political risk and national security consult the WWW Virtual Library :International Affairs Resources site: International Affairs Resources
9. Human Rights/Minority Populations
Human Rights and Documentation Systems, International
Human Rights Sites Meta Search Engine
National Congress of American Indians
Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
10. Public Administration/State and Local Government
American Society of Public Administration
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management http://www.appam.org/
City of Cincinnati Official Web Site
Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
International City/County Management Association
National Academy of Public Administration
National Association of Counties
International City/County Management Association
National Academy of Public Administration
National Association of Counties
National Association of State Budget Officers
National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/
National Governor's Association
National League of Cities http://www.nlc.org/home/
Ohio Government Finance Officers Association
Procurement Sites from the U.S. Government
State of Ohio Government Information and Services