POLITICAL SCIENCE
Overview
The political science collection supports the reseach interests and curriculum of the University of Notre Dame's Political Science Department. The emphasis of the Department, which includes an undergraduate and Ph.D. program, is on political theory, comparative politics, international relations and American government with additional interests in public policy and peace studies. Materials are collected in a broad range of formats including books, serials, CD-ROMs, and videos.
Political Science Collections Policy
Institutes affiliated with the Government Department are the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
Department of Government and International Studies
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
574-631-7312
Internet Links of Interest for Government
State, National and International Government Homepages:
Indiana Government related homepages
European Union
Organization of American States
United Nations
U.S. Government
Selected Links:
Congressional Quarterly Resources
This well-known publisher of guides to U.S. government has published selected articles on their website. While these articles change, all three branches of government are usually represented.
FirstGov is the world wide web information portal for the United States Federal Government. FirstGov is intended to be your first resource to find any government information on the Internet, with topics ranging from business and economy to money and benefits to science and technology - and everything in between!
This site brings links to numerous websites where full-text documents can be found. These include historical sources such as U.S. Diplomatic History Sources Index, Great speeches, State of the Union Speeches to current political documents. Most of the documents are related to U.S. politics and history.
Nationalissues.com (http://www.nationalissues.com). Nationalissues.com. Reviewed Apr. 9, 2001.
"No spin, just the facts" is the statement that adorns the header of this non-partisan web site that presents both sides of major national issues making the rounds in the media. Currently, the site includes these issues: Education, Social Security, Gun Control, Taxes, Foreign Policy, and Defense. After clicking on the chosen issue, there are links to articles, both pro and con, as well as a "Presidential Policy" link, "Facts & Figures" link, and links to think tanks under "Additional Sources." A subject-specific glossary is available on each issue web page. http://www.ala.org/rusa/mars/best2001.html (9/21/01)
PollingReport.com: Public Opinion Online (http://www.pollingreport.com). The Polling Report, Inc. Reviewed Mar. 29, 2001.
PollingReport.com, the digital offspring of the print publication "The Polling Report," calls itself "an independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion." Of interest to students, journalists and everybody interested in American politics, this site features national poll highlights. It is updated whenever new polls are released. Additional data, including state-by-state, presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial polls, plus analyses by leading pollsters, are available to subscribers. PollingReport.com is a handy resource that rounds up these elusive data from a variety of sources and keeps them all in one place. http://www.ala.org/rusa/mars/best2001.html (9/21/01)
State and Local Government on the Net: A guide to government sponsored Internet sites (http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm). Piper Resources. Reviewed Apr. 12, 2001.
This helpful site contains over 6000 links to U.S. state and local government web pages, as well as to those for American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Tribal Governments, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Also included are links to multi-state resources, selected U.S. federal resources, and national organizations. The date of last update is included for each. Information for each state is presented in a standardized format and includes links as available to the home page and other related sites. To navigate the site, the user can either link from an alphabetic list of states and organizations or do a simple Boolean search on the search form. Criteria for inclusion are clearly listed and include those whose servers are controlled by government agencies and those with obvious state, city, or county governmental domain names. Searchers can rely on this site for official resources. http://www.ala.org/rusa/mars/best2001.html (9/21/01)
Latin American Studies Resources
Please send questions or comments concerning this page to :Michael.A.Lutes.1@nd.edu
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