Introduction
There are many pertinent websites that can be used for information and research purposes. When deciding whether or not to use a website in your research ask yourself the following questions:
- Who is the publisher of the website? The World Bank for example is probably a more reliable source than myopinion.blogspot.com
- Who is the author? Is the article unsigned? If it is signed what credentials does the author have? Are they a student, professor, or work at a think tank? Do they have a partisan affiliation? Do the answers to these questions increase or decrease their credibility on the issue at hand?
- When was it published? A more recent article or, alternatively, an older article more contempory with the events, may influence the pertinance of the article's contents.
Political Science Institutes and Associations.
Weblinks
DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, & HANDBOOKS
- CIA World Factbook
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
- Country Studies - From the Library of Congress
- Glossary of Political Economy Terms
The following journals are Full-text:
Canadian Politics
The following list of websites gives information about Canadian politics and the political process.
- Government of CanadaOfficial website of the Government of Canada.
- Parliament of Canada WebsiteOfficial website of the Parliament of Canada.
- Parliamentary Business including Hansard.This is the gateway page for information about the latest session. Most information on the website is also available for earlier sessions from the 1990s or before (coverage varies). The Archer Library may be able to you obtain hardcopies of earlier information not available on this site.
- How Canadians Govern Themselves, by Eugene Forsey.This is a very concise summary of how the Parliament of Canada works written by Senator Eugene Forsey and produced by the Library of Parliament.
- List of Provincial and Territorial Legislative Assemblies.The following list on Wikipedia includes links to all of the official websites of the territorial and provincial Legislative assemblies.
Thinktanks and Policy Institutes
- List of Think Tanks in the United States from the Kennedy School of GovernmentA list of every important thinktank and social policy institute in the United States. This page is maintained by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Public policy institutes (or "think tanks") are scholarly institutes that investigate a variety of issues. Most of these have a particular political or epistemological perspective although the vast majority are non-partisan. The more well known ones provide research on most key (and often contentious) issues facing policy makers including social welfare, national defense, taxation, education, immigration, international trade, government regulation, and the environment.
- Brookings InstituteThe Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Their mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: (1) Strengthen American democracy; (2) Foster the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans and (3) Secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.
- Canadian Centre for Policy AlternativesThe Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, economic and environmental justice. Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices in public policy debates.
- Cato InstituteThe Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.
Founded in 1977, Cato owes its name to Cato's Letters, a series of essays published in 18th- century England that presented a vision of society free from excessive government power. Those essays inspired the archi - The Fraser InstituteThe most well known conservative policy institute in Canada. Their vision and mission statements are as follows:
"Our vision is a free and prosperous world where individuals benefit from greater choice, competitive markets, and personal responsibility.
Our mission is to measure, study, and communicate the impact of competitive markets and government interventions on the welfare of individuals." - Hudson InstituteHudson Institute is a nonpartisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity, and freedom.
Political Theory
This is a starting point for key political thinkers and their works that are available freely on the Internet.
- Social TheorySocial Theory offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. This final release features more than 150,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Theodor Adorno, Jean Baudrillard, Simone de Beauvoir, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Emile Durkheim, Michel Foucault, Jergen Habermas, Robert Merton, Dorothy E. Smith , and Talcott Parsons.
Data Resources
- Spatial and Numeric Data Services (University of Regina)Formerly called the Data Library this is the gateway page for data services at the Dr. John Archer Library.
- Stats CanadaStatistics Canada has the most extensive range of data on Canada and Canadians -- and if you are a student or faculty member of the University of Regina it is all free. For more information about this please contact me.
- US Bureau of the CensusThe American equivalent of StatsCan. Extensive information of the United States of America.
- World Bank DataA good place to start for data resources for countries outside of North America.
Subject Guide
Robert Thomas
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