Political Science Web Sites

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

         Project Vote Smart

Institute for Policy Research: Greater Cincinnati Survey http://www.ipr.uc.edu/Services/GCS.cfm

Urban Appalachian Council of Greater Cincinnati

State of Ohio

State of Ohio Portal Ohio.gov http://ohio.gov/

     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

See: Government Documents Subject Page University of Cincinnati

See: University of Michigan Library Documents Center http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/

See: USA.gov Government information arranged by topic

Budget and Finance

Budget of the United States Government http://origin.www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/

Census of Population

 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

Constitution of the United States

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

Diplomacy and Foreign Relations

Avalon Project: Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy

Diplomatic Representation

     U.S. Embassies and Consulates

     Diplomatic List

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

Laws and Regulations

Century of Lawmaking for the New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Code of Federal Regulations

Federal Register

Statutes at Large http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsl.html

United States Code

 

Legal News and Research

 

The Jurist: Legal News and Research http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/

Government Branches

Executive

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

 Presidential Inaugurations

President (Presidential Libraries)

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

White House Web Site http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Legislative

Directories of Congressional Delegations

     Congressional Directory

     Congressional Pictorial Directory

House and Senate Documents/House and Senate Reports

     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

Proceedings and Debates in Congress

     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

     Congressional Record

Public and Private Laws

      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

              Public and Private Laws

     Codification of the General and Permanent Laws of the United States

               United States Code

     Official Source of Laws and Resolutions Passed by Congress

                United States Statutes at Large http://rs5.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsl.html

United States House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml

United States Senate http://www.senate.gov/

Judicial

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

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

     Includes:

                 Cornerstone Documents

Congressional

Presidential

Judicial

Regulatory

Demographic

Economic

Miscellaneous

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

 

3.  United Nations and Other International Organizations

United Nations

United Nations http://www.un.org/

Other International Organizations

Regional Associations

African Union http://www.africa-union.org/

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

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization http://www.nato.int/

OAS: Organization of American States http://www.oas.org/

Pacific Community http://www.spc.int/

Economic Associations and Monetary Institutions

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/

Economic Cooperation Organization http://www.ecosecretariat.org/

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/

European Governments Online

     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/

Project Vote Smart

Smart Voter: Nonpartisan Election Information from the League of Women Voters http://www.smartvoter.org/

6.  Research Institutions/Think Tanks/Information and Analysis Groups

American Enterprise Institute

Brookings Institution

Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carter Center

Cato Institute

CLASP: Center for Law and Social Policy http://www.clasp.org/

Council on Foreign Relations

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

Population Reference Bureau

RAND Corporation

Russell Sage Foundation

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Twentieth Century Fund http://www.uiowa.edu/policult/politick/smithson/tcf.htm

Urban Institute

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

Pew Global Attitudes Project

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

Political Risk Yearbook

South Asia Terrorism Portal

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

Migration Information Source

National Congress of American Indians

Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project

Teaching Human Rights Online

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/

Census of Governments

City of Cincinnati Official Web Site

Council of State Governments

Fiscal Survey of States

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 Schools of Public Affairs and Public National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Public Administration

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

United States Conference of Mayors

 

 

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