Political Science on the Internet
On-Line
Research
There are many excellent sites for studying political science on the internet. On-line
research is fun, but can be time consuming and frustrating. There are two good
strategies for pursuing a research topic in political science. First, learn to use
various search engines. Search engines identify sites with relevant words or
phrases. These sites can provide starting points for pursuing various topics.
Note the limitations to search engine research: you are limited by your choice of key
words and different search engines will yield different results. Alta Vista is my favorite search engine, although
I often check my searches on Excite, Infoseek, Lycos and Metacrawler.
Another strategy for on-line research is to go to one of the search sites that maintains extensive lists of sites categorized by topic. Good list sites are maintained by Yahoo, Mining Company, and Alta Vista. Good bibliographic searches for books by subject, author, and title can be conducted at the on-line sites for Amazon Books and Barnes and Noble. For additional sites integrated into specific courses, visit the syllabi for the various courses listed above on this website.
General
Political Science Sites
American Political Science
Association is the central site for the political science
profession. It includes information about various regional, national, and
international organizations as well as upcoming conferences.
Regional Political Science Associations lists the websites of all the state and regional political science associations. Here one can find information on local and regional political science meetings and their respective journals.
Political Science Virtual Library contains an extensive listing of political science departments, graduate and undergraduate programs, research institutions, and academic journals. A good starting point for investigating graduate programs in political science.
Pi Sigma Alpha is the site for the national political science honor society.
Teaching Politics and Teaching and the Internet are two websites dedicated to promoting the teaching of political science.
News
Media Sites
There are many excellent sites that present news
from a variety of perspectives. Jack's On-Line Newspaper Directory
provides a listing of the major daily on-line newspapers categorized by state.
The following are among the most
useful to people interested in following politics and government in the United States.
All Politics
CNN
C-Span
NBC News
ABC News
Christian Science Monitor
US News and World Reports
New York Times
Washington Post
Dallas Morning News
Reuters
Economist
General
Information Sites
The following sites are excellent vehicles for entering political
science sites available on the internet.
American Politics from W.W. Norton is a site
which integrates the major government texts from Norton with recent Washington Post
articles.
Political Science and Public
Policies Resources is an extensive on-line resource for websites in political science
and public policy.
Federal Government Sites lists federal government websites by category.
St. Martin's Press Political Science Sites is an excellent listing of web resources available in political science broken down by major fields including American government, public policy methods, comparative politics, international relations, and political theory.
History of the United States and American History provide entries into web resources in American history.
Ultimate Political Science
Page brings together many different websites from across the profession related to the
study of political science.
Historical Documents: Carrie
Electronic Library takes one to a large collection of American historical documents.
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