Political Management
This guide highlights some major print
and online resources useful in conducting research in political
management and selected subtopics.
It is arranged in
the following sections:
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Subject Librarian:
David Ettinger
Location: Gelman Library
E-mail: dettingr@gwu.edu
Phone: 202-994-6048
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For further information, see the guides for Election
Statistics (U.S.),
Legislative Histories of U.S. Laws, Political
Science, Public
Opinion Polls, and Public
Policy.
The URL for this page is http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/guides/social/poliman.html
If available, earlier editions can be found in the stacks
Almanac of American Politics
Location: Ready Reference JK 271 .B343
Also available online in National
Journal Policy Central
Almanac of the Unelected: Staff of the U.S. Congress
Location: Reference JK 1083 .A77 2006
Congressional Quarterly Almanac (Plus)
Location: Ready Reference JK 1 .C66 2006
CQ's Politics in America
Location: Ready Reference JK1012 .P64 2008
How to Research Elections
Location: Reference JK1976 .M42 2000
If available, earlier editions can be found in the stacks.
Congressional Directory
Location: Ready Reference JK1011 .A3 2005/2006
Congressional Staff Directory
Location: Ready Reference JK 1012 .C65
Congressional Yellow Book
Location: Ready Reference JK 1013 .C65
Consultants & Consulting Organizations Directory
Location: Reference HD 28 .W32
Federal Staff Directory
Location: Ready Reference JK 643 .F42
Federal Yellow Book
Location: Ready Reference JK 6. F45
National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States
Location: Reference HD 2425 .D53 2007
State Yellow Book
Location: Ready Reference JK 2403 .S77
United States Government Manual
Location: Ready Reference JK 421 .A32 2006/2007
Also available online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
Washington Directory
Location: Ready Reference JK 192.5 .W3 2006
Washington Representatives
Location: Ready Reference JK 1118 .D58
Who's Who in American Politics
Location: Reference E 176 .W6424 2005/2006
The following specialized databases are especially
useful for researching political management topics.
CQ
Library
Location: ALADIN
Includes CQ Voting and
Elections Collection
CQ.com
on Congress
Location: ALADIN
GPO
Access
Location: ALADIN
LEXIS-NEXIS
Congressional
Location: ALADIN
National
Journal Policy Central
Location: ALADIN
PAIS
International
Location: ALADIN
PolicyFile
Location: ALADIN
Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts
Location: ALADIN
The following web sites cover topics related to political management.
Political Information
Location: http://www.politicalinformation.com
Search engine for politics, policy, and political news
Politics 1
Location: http://www.politics1.com
This search engine describes itself as "the ultimate online guide to
U.S. politics and elections."
CNN.com Politics
Location: http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/
CNN's political news section
Congressional Roll Call
Location: JK 1 .C6635 and online at http://www.rollcall.com
(latest issue only) and from 1989 in LEXIS-NEXIS
Academic Universe.
Leading publication covering Congressional news and information
Political News Daily
Location: http://www.politicalnewsdaily.com
Current and archived political news culled from major news sources
Washington Post
Politics Section
Location: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics
Provides direct access to CNN's political news section. Coverage
includes current political news
Center for Responsive
Politics
URL: http://www.opensecrets.org
The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research
group that tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and
public policy. Opensecrets.org serves as the web site for the Center
and provides information on campaign finance issues and data.
CQ Money Line
ALADIN
Excellent source for campaign finance news and data
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
URL: http://www.fec.gov/
Campaign finance data and reports for federal elections including political
parties, presidential and congressional elections and political action
committees
National Institute
on Money in State Politics
URL: http://www.followthemoney.org/
The National Institute on Money in State Politics describes itself as "a nonpartisan, nonprofit program dedicated to accurate, comprehensive
and unbiased documentation and research on campaign finance at the state
level." Their web site, Followthemoney.org, provides a campaign finance
database that can be searched by specific businesses or individual contributors
and by state, region, or the nation as a whole.
Directory of Congressional
Voting Scores and Interest Group Ratings 3rd ed.
Location: REF JK1051 .S555 2000. Earlier editions in the stacks
Encyclopedia of Interest Groups and Lobbyists in the United
States
Location: Reference JK1118 .N47 2000
Lobbying Handbook
Location: Reference JK 1118 .L53 1990
Project Vote Smart
URL: http://www.vote-smart.org
Voting records and interest group ratings for current elected officials
in addition to a wealth of other useful political information
Public Interest Profiles
Location: Reference JK 1118 .P814 2001-2002. Earlier editions
in the stacks
Thomas
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/
Congressional roll call votes as reported in the Congressional Record
are available since the 101st Congress
C-SPAN
URL: http://www.c-span.org
Provides continuous coverage of government proceedings and other public
affairs programming
MINERVA
URL: http://www.loc.gov/minerva/
Political management researchers will be most interested in the election
2000 and election 2002 links' collection of archived web sites.
National
Journal Policy Central
Location: ALADIN
Contains sections on political campaigns and archives of political
ads
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