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PS 327: Black Political Participation in the American Political Process

General Sources

First, we suggest you look at some sites already created within the Government Documents Library site. These include:
Government Documents Library homepage
Legislation and Regulation
Legislative Action (again, originally for PS315)
Members of Congress and their Districts (PS315) note: this page is great for statistical information, specifically, demographic and economic data.
Tools for Accessing 19th and 20th Century Primary Sources
US Bureaucracies, Laws and Regulations (originally for PS315)
US Federal Information
Next are links to several sites available to the public. Many of these sites contain search engines specifically created for finding government documents. Others have extensive indices of government information sources.

Indexes/Ready Reference
GPO Access
GPO Monthly Catalog The primary tool for federal documents.
Index of US Government Information Sources
Member Directory, Black Caucus
University of Michigan Documents Center Political Science Resource Periodicals
US Government Manual Agency overviews and directories.
Regulatory Information/Legislative Histories
Code of Federal Regulations Cumulated version of current regulations. After appearing in the Federal Register, they are compiled in the Code of Federal Regulations
Congressional Research Service Legislative process reports.
LexisNexis Congressional Comprehensive access to legislative information.
Federal Register Includes proposed and new regulations and executive orders.
Library of Congress THOMAS site Legislative information on the Internet.
University of Michigan Documents Center Guide to online legislative history information
Statistics sources
Census Bureau
Federal Statistics
Federal Reserve Economic Data
Government Information Sharing Project
Census Bureau Minority Links
International Statistics
Population and Housing Data
State Data Centers
Statistical Resources at UIUC
LexisNexis Statistical
Directories of Agency Websites/Agency Websites
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Meta-site Library of Congress list of websites dealing with Congress and politics.
Federal Web Locator Directory of government websites.
Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Identifies public information resources within the federal government.
US Commission on Civil Rights
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Search Engines
FirstGov Search This search engine searches only government sites.
Government Information XChange Search Another search engine of government sites.

African American Studies

African American Culture
African American History, Mississippi State University
African-American Mosaic, Library of Congress
African American News
African American Politics, hosted by Providence College and the American Political Science Association
African American Web Sites
African Americans, California Council for the Social Studies
Black History
Black History Museum
Black History WWW Sites, Baltimore County Public Library
Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
Chicago Council on Black Studies
Civil Rights
Diversity in Politics
Guide to Black History, Encyclopedia Britannica
Minority Studies Page University of California at Santa Barbara
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
The Black World Today

Think Tanks/Associations

Directory of Political Debates and Issues List of Think Tanks, Associations and Issues
Brookings Institution
Center for Equal Opportunity
Center for New Black Leadership
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Leadership Council on Civil Rights
NAACP
National Conference of Black Mayors
National Council of Negro Women
National Urban League
Urban Institute

Activism