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"American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections."
The Center for Defense Information is a private, nongovernmental, research organization. This site provides statistics, an "Arms Trade Database," online access to the Weekly Defense Monitor and The Defense Monitor, and other defense-related resources.
"The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy."
"The Factbook is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities." A good source for demographic, political, and economic information from the Central Intelligence Agency.
Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations for countries and areas of the world. From the U.S. Dept. of State.
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The CQ Almanac offers original analysis and data on major legislation and political dates during each Congressional session back to 1945.
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This collection covers: legislative information and analysis of Public Policy Legislation, biographical and electoral data on past and current Members of Congress, detailed Floor Votes data, and an encyclopedia of information on the Legislative Branch of government.
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Search over 20 key public affairs topic areas for in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations. Useful for research in: public policy, social work, political science, journalism, and communications.
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Get in-depth, non-biased reports on today's important issues (or use the archives for past issues, back to 1923!). Each lengthy report covers a single topic, and includes a bibliography.
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Find historical analysis, timely updates, and expert commentary on Supreme Court decisions, biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution. You can access information by topic, justice, and case name.
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Expert analysis, demographics and data covering these areas: Presidential Elections, Congressional Elections, Gubernatorial Elections, Campaigns and Elections, Political Parties, and Voters and Demographics.
This digital map collection focuses primarily on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps, but there are also maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Includes atlases, globes, school geographies, books, maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps.
"Research coverage of key First Amendment issues and topics [speech, press, religious liberty, assembly], daily First Amendment news, a unique First Amendment Library and guest analyses by respected legal specialists."
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Find weekly reports covering the legislative activity of the U.S. Congress. Get a complete wrap up of the previous week's news, including the status of bills, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and roll-call votes.
A digital collection covering the history of Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania area. Includes materials from the University of Pittsburgh, the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, and the Carnegie Museum of Art.
Still a work in progress, the IEU is hosted by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta. It hopes to become the most comprehensive source of information in English on Ukraine.
Alternate Access: Enhanced ISCTRC Interface
Covers issues involving security & counter-terrorism. Content includes full-text articles, news feeds, reports, summaries, books, blogs, FAQs, and Background Information Summaries. (EBSCO)
This free site from the Liberty Fund provides online, full-text access to authoritative editions of the classic (i.e., older!) books in economics, along with related works in history, political theory and philosophy. It also includes many other resources useful for researching economic theory and practice.
Books Online: Economics, Reference, and General Interest is an LEL page providing links to other online text collections.
An independent, non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Access to digitized PA newspaper obituaries from 1891 to 1904, covering people (mostly men) involved in or related to the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and the Boxer Rebellion. Use the search feature to find particular names.
Alternate Access: Political Resources – Think Tanks
A nonpartisan, non-profit, independent, and objective source committed to providing impartial information regarding candidates, the electoral process, government, etc. Use the alternate link to "Think Tanks" to find a list of political and public policy organizations.
Looking for public policy information? Many "think tanks" produce valuable resources. This tool searches the Web sites of more than 100 centers for research and policy development. From the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
TRAC provides comprehensive information about federal staffing, spending, and the enforcement activities of the federal government, especially: the FBI, IRS, DEA, ATF, and Homeland Security. Maintained by Syracuse University.
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