CQ
Researcher The Congressional Quarterly (CQ)
Researcher offers complete reporting on the most current
and controversial issues of the day with summaries,
pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
To use CQ Researcher PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass homework folders for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.
WEB SITES
FirstGov Portal to all U.S. Government information
and services.
Government
101: Introduction Provided by Project Vote Smart,
a nonpartisan organization that seeks to provide information
on elected officials and candidates.
Congress
Votes Database This site from the Washington Post
lets you browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since
1991. You can also learn a great deal about legislators,
including which ones missed the most votes!
Legislative
Bills Search THOMAS, the official Web
site for legislative information.
The Supreme Court A page of links to information
about the Supreme Court.
Core
Documents of U.S. Democracy To provide American citizens direct
online access to the basic Federal Government documents
that define our democratic society, a core group of
current and historical government publications is
available for free, permanent, public access.
Statistical
Abstract of the U.S. All in information contained in
the book (REF 317.3 STA in the Fay Library) of the
same name. This is the standard summary of social,
political and economic statistics of the nation.
The
Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Avalon Project mounts digital
documents relevent to the fields of Law, History,
Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. There
is a wealth of primary source material at Avalon -
click here
To use CQ Researcher PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass homework folders for user name and password.