The American Presidency
From Grolier Online. From the site: "...explores the history of the
presidency and provides coverage of the 2004 elections.
The historical section features hundreds of articles from Grolier
Online, Scholastic’s comprehensive collection of encyclopedias and
other reference resources, plus presidential speeches, photographs,
audio and video clips, and other items associated with the presidency
and its role within the framework of the federal government."
The Avalon Project
(Yale Law School)
Project to make available digital documents relevant to the fields of
Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy, and Government.
CIA World Factbook
Information about the geography, demographics, economics, politics and
military power of countries around the world. Includes helpful
appendices, such as international organizations and groups.
Constitution of the United States
Browsable version of the Consitution that includes analysis and
interpretation of the Constitution, annotations of cases decided by
the Supreme Court of the United States, and supplements to the 1992
Edition.
Miller Center-Scripps Library and Multimedia
Archive (University of Virginia)
Features audio files of Presidential speeches, secretly recorded White
House conversations, and oral histories regarding the American
presidency.
Core Documents of the U.S. Democracy
Core group of current and historical government publications. Includes
cornerstone documents like the Bill of Rights, presidential
inauguration speeches, Congressional bills, Supreme Court decisions,
regulations, and economic data.
Democracy in America
(University of Virginia)
Online edition of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America.
The site features a virtual tour following Tocqueville's route in 1831
that includes his itinerary, a map of his route, and a travel
narrative with quotations from Tocqueville's letters and writings.
Documents in the News
(University of Michigan)
Good source for current events research. From the site: "Documents in
the News identifies issues about government making news headlines and
Web sources with additional information."
Douglass: Archives of American Public Address
(Northwestern University)
An electronic archive of American oratory and related documents.
Speeches may be browsed by date, title, speaker, and by issue. The
Resource Desk and Featured sections of the site provide
links to Web resources on featured themes. Another section of the site
provides online access to An Outline of American History (USIO).
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
Comprehensive, peer-reviewed resource of collected links to scholarly
works, Web sites, and texts of philosophers that are online. Updates
to the guide ceased in February 2003, so be aware that some links may
be outdated.
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press,
Politics, and Public Policy (Harvard
University)
Site features research and discussion papers, online books on relevant
issues, and a link to the Harvard International Journal of
Press/Politics.
The Making of America Project (Cornell
University)
The Making of America Project (University of
Michigan)
Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the
Antebellum period through Reconstruction; a joint effort of the
University of Michigan and Cornell University. According to the site,
the Michigan collection focuses on education, psychology, American
history, sociology, religion, and science and technology, while
Cornell focuses mainly on digitizing general interest periodicals.
An Outline of American Government
An online textbook published by the U.S. Information Agency, with
chapters beginning with the Constitution and concluding with citizens'
groups and lobbies.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United
States
Published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) as the official
publication of United States Presidents' public writings, addresses,
and remarks.
The Record of American Democracy: 1984-1990
(Harvard University)
From the site: "...data on the site include election returns,
socioeconomic summaries, and demographic measures of the American
public at unusually low levels of geographic aggregation." The
project, funded by the National Science Foundation, covers every state
in the country from 1984 through 1990 (including some off-year
elections).
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Designed as a dynamic reference work with more than 500 entries in 35
subject areas, including philosophy of science, aesthetics, history of
ideas, feminism, ethics (theoretical and applied), social and
political philosophy, and logic.
ThisNation.com
From the site: "...a repository of basic information, resources and
historical documents related to American Government and Politics. This
site is the home of one of the first exclusively online American
government & politics textbooks." In addition, the site contains
learning tools designed separately for citizens, students, and
teachers.
