General Resources

• Carroll's Govsearch Search (AU Community Only)
• CQ Political Reference Suite (AU Community Only) Contains Politics in America (2000 to present); Washington Information Directory; Congress and the Nation (1945 to present); Political Handbook of the World (2005 to present); Supreme Court Yearbook (1989 to present); Vital Statistics on American Politics; and Historic Documents (1972 to present).
• GPO Access
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications 1994-present
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• FedWorld Information Network
• University of Michigan Documents Center
• The Gallup Organization
• CIA: Electronic Reading Room
• Opensecrets.org - hosted by the Center for Responsive Politics - examines the influence of money on contemporary congressional politics
• Project Vote Smart

Statistics

• Statistical Universe (AU Community only)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• United States Census Bureau
• Census Tract Resources
• County and City Databooks
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• County Business Patterns
• Economic Indicators
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Annual Demographic Survey
• Current Population Survey

Federal Legislative Information

• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
  Constitution of the United States
  Bill of Rights
  Declaration of Independence
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional (AU Community Only)
• Congressional Directory
• United States Code
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Federal Register
• The United States Government Manual
• Congressional Record
• LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection (AU Community Only)
• Senate, House and Executive Reports
• The Tax History Project

President and Vice President

• The White House
• The Great Debate and Beyond: History of Televised Presidential Debates
• POTUS: Presidents of the United States
• Presidential Libraries

Congress

• Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress: 1774-present

Supreme Court

• Judicial Branch Resources
• FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions Homepage 1937-1975
• Web guide to U.S. Supreme Court Research

Economics

• Office of Management and Budget
• Commerce Business Daily
• Federal Reserve Economic Data
• The Department of Commerce

Federal Departments and Commissions

• Infosurf: United States Federal Government
• Federal Election Commission
• CIA Publications and Public Information - includes testimony transcripts and declassified reports
• General Accounting Office
• United States Internal Revenue Service Homepage
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Justice Information Center - a service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Environmental Protection Agency

State and Local Governments

• State Profiles
• InfoSurf: U.S. State Governments -hosted by UCSB

News Sources

• CNN
• The Internet Public Library: Online Newspapers
• Reuters
• The Washington Post
• American Journalism Review
• Newslink
• Roll Call

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