Political Science: Web Sites

The leading professional organization for the study of political science has over 15,000 members in over 80 countries. (Discounted student membership rates are available.)

From the Yale Law School. Digital documents in the areas of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

The U.S. Department of State's Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of countries around the world including independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. They are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus.

Find legal cases, supreme court cases, and many other law resources.

International scholarly association that promotes the advancement of political science through the collaboration of scholars in different parts of the world. It has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and with UNESCO. (Discounted student membership rates are available.)

Provides authoritative views on economic issues with access to books and articles in the areas of history, political theory and philosophy.

Digital documents related to the "development of the U.S. infrastructure."

The New York Public Library's digitized collections online including Historical and Public Figures: A General Portrait File to the 1920s, Ellis Island Photographs, Picture Collection of the NYPL, political cartoons, and much more.

Offers centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region. With more than 1,500 pages of information, the PDBA is one of the most preferred sources of political information on the Internet.