Political Science

Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources
A thorough compilation of political resources on the Web. A great starting point!
Political Resources on the Net
Another site that lists many useful websites on important political science topics, with an international scope.
International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
Covers international relations through subject and region indexing.
International Relations Research Resources
More basic sites on the study of international relations.
FindLaw
Thorough locator of all kinds of legal resources.
Public Policy Issues and Groups
Comprehensive offering of links to a wide variety of public policy issues, from gun control to animal rights.
Institute for Policy Research (IPR)
An interdisciplinary public policy research institute at Northwestern University. Their mission is to stimulate and support excellent social science research on significant public policy issues and to disseminate the findings widely.

American Policy Directory   Links to various public policy organizations created and maintainted by the University of Oregon Libraries' Document Center.

American President: An Online Reference Resource  From the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia .In-depth informatioin reviewed by prominent scholars on each president and administration.

Policy Agendas Project: Center for American Politics and Public Policy  Collects and organizes data from various archived sources to trace changes in the national policy agenda and public policy outcomes since the Second World War.

Some of the most reliable and in-depth research into topics relevant to current events is produced by the Congressional Research Service. CRS is a non-partisan public policy research group that works exclusively for the United States Congress, and although taxpayer-funded, does not make its reports available to the public. There has been a movement for many years to change this, and Congress is considering a law to mandate public access.

For now, several organizations (with the approval of Congress) have been collecting CRS Reports and making them available online. Some places you can look for these reports include:

• Open CRS http://opencrs.com/ - a project of the Center for Democracy & Technology
• CRS Reports at University of North Texas Libraries  http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/
• CRS Reports from the National Council for Science and the Environment http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRs/ - primarily environmental and related topics

LLRX.com, a website offering access to law and technology resources for legal professionals, has a Guide to CRS Reports on the Web by Catholic University of America law librarian Stephen Young, with more information and links to further resources for finding CRS Reports.