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Directories & Search Engines

• Political Information.com A targeted search engine for politics and policy. Includes newsletter and link directory
   
• Politics Navigator  [New York Times directory to major political sites]
  
  
• Political Science Internet Resources (WCSU)
  
  
• Politics Resources on the Net
  
  
• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources
  
  
• SOSIG: Political Science
  
  
• Ultimate Political Science Links Page

Associations & Institutions

• American Political Science Association (APSAT)
  
  
  
• CATO Institute
  
  
• Center for Public Integrity
  
  
• National Institute on Money in State Politics
  
  
• Thomas: U.S. Congress on the Internet
  
  
• U.S. Senate Website
  
  
• Washington State Legislature Page
  
  
  

Databases

• Follow the Money (National Institute on Money in State Politics)  "By searching the Follow the Money database, you can find out what specific businesses or contributors — or all contributors in any of 115 interest groups — invested in elections in your state. Or, find out what they gave regionally, or nationally, or in any group of states you want."
  
  
• GPO Multi-Database Search (Government Printing Office) 

Dictionaries, Handbooks, Encyclopedias

• Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government
  
  
• Glossary of Political Economy Terms

Electronic Journals & Newsletters

• Slate (MSN)

News

• C-Span
  
  
• CNN All Politics
  
  
• Political News & Resources
  
  
• PollingReport.com: Public Opinion Online
  

General Resources

• Moving Ideas Network (American Prospect Magazine) (formerly the Electronic Policy Network) dedicated to explaining and popularizing complex policy ideas to a broader audience" 
  
  
• NationalIssues.com
  
  
• OpenSecrets. Com - Online Source for Money in Politics Data
  
  
• Politics1  "published as a non-partisan public service to promote fully informed decision-making by the American electorate. 
  
  
• Spin of the Day daily reporting on public relations, propaganda and media spin
  
  
• SpinSanity   "the nation's leading watchdog of manipulative political rhetoric. We work to counter the increasing dominance of techniques of deception and irrationality in American politics by identifying and dissecting outrageous and important examples of this rhetoric in daily posts and weekly columns. "
  
  
• This Nation.com "the most comprehensive guide to American Government and politics on the net"