U.S. Politics

To Find Books & Articles | General Sources | Legislative | Executive | Jucidiary | Constitution | Elections & Representation | Political Opinion |

---

To Find Books and Articles

• URSUS - for books

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts - for journal articles

• LexisNexis Academic - for law reviews

---

 general sources

• CQ Researcher - topical reports on policy issues

• Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History - ebook

• FDSys  (GPO)  - links to federal government sources

• Information Sources of Political Science (Ref JA 71 .I543)

• OpenCRS: Congressional Research Reports

• Political Encyclopedia of U.S. States & Regions (Ref JK 2408 .P623)

• Safire's Political Dictionary (Ref JK 9 .S2)

• State & Local Government on the Net

• Stateline.org  (Pew Center on the States) - trends in state policy

• Vital Statistics on American Politics - ebook

---

legislative

• Almanac of American Politics (Ref JK 1012 .A44  - also searchable through LexisNexis Academic)

• Almanac of State Legislative Elections (Ref JK 1967 .A77)

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 

• Century of Lawmaking: U.S. Congressional Documents & Debates

• Congress & the Nation (Ref KF 49 .C65) - provides analysis of Congressional actions

• Congress.org (CQ-Roll Call Group) - news

• Congressional Universe - Access to legislative histories and full text Congressional information

• CQ Weekly - news about Congress

• CQ's Politics in America (Ref JK 1010 .P64) - profiles of Congressional districts

• Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System (Ref JF 501 .E53)

• Guide to Congress (Ref JK 1021 .C565)

• Legislative Research Guide  (LLRX)

• Maine Legislature

• National Conference of State Legislatures

• OpenCongress - nonprofit site with data and public commentary on Congress

• Thomas (Library of Congress)

• U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980

---

Executive

• American Presidency Project (UCSB)

• American State Governors (Ref JK 2447 .K35)

• Federal Agency Profiles for Students (Ref JK 421 .F42)

• Guide to the Presidency (Ref JK 516 .C57)

• Maine State Agencies

• USA.gov - federal government information for citizens

• Vital Statistics on the Presidency (Ref JK 518 .R34)

• White House

---

judiciary

• Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the U.S. (Ref KF 8742 .A35 E525)

• Federal Judicial Center

• Great American Court Cases (Ref KF 385 .A4 G68)

• Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court - ebook

• Landmark Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court (Ref KF 4550 .F54)

• LexisNexis Academic>Legal >Federal & State Cases

• Maine Judicial Branch

• Oyez Project - U.S. Supreme Court audio

• Supreme Court A to Z - ebook

• Supreme Court Database - includes information about cases decided between 1953 & 2008

• Supreme Court Nominations (Law Library of Congress)

• Supreme Court Yearbook - ebook

---

constitution

• Annotated Constitution (Congressional Research Service/Cornell)

• Constitution of the United States (GPO) - includes Analysis & Intrepretation

• Constitutional Amendments (Ref KF 4557 .C665)

• Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments (Ref KF 4557 .V555)

• Encyclopedia of the First Amendment (Ref KF 4770 .E53)

• Encyclopedia of the United States Constitution - ebook

---

elections & representation

• America Votes (Ref JK 1967 .A8)

• American National Election Studies

• Center for American Women and Politics

• Encyclopedia of American Political Parties & Elections (Ref JK 2261 .S218)

• Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, & Electoral Behavior - Ref JK 2281 .E53

• Federal Election Commission

• Follow the Money (National Institute on Money in State Politics)

• Gubernatiorial Elections (Ref JK 2447 .G76)

• Guide to U.S. Elections  - ebook

• MAPLight.org  - info about money and politics

• Opensecrets.org - money in U.S. elections

• Party Websites (Univ. of Michigan)

• Presidential Elections, 1789-2008 (Ref JK 524 .D47)

• Project Vote Smart - information about candidates

• State Legislative Elections (Ref JK 1967 .B37)

• Statistical History of the American Electorate (Ref JK 1967 .R87)

• Voter Turnout in the U.S. - ebook

• Voting & Registration (U.S. Census)

---

Political Opinion

• Measures of Political Attitudes (Ref JA 74.5 .M43)

• PollingReport.com - some access to polls

• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research - database with access to poll results

---

To contact a Reference Librarian with questions, click here: Ask-a-Librarian. 

---

Created by: Library Staff | Revised: 01/18/2013