Political Science 065: Pressure and Power: Organized Interests in American Politics

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Academic journal articles 

Academic Search Premier, Full-text 1975-present. Popular and scholarly journals.

America's Newspapers, Full text of 827 local, regional, and national newspapers. 1990's to the present. Washington Post (1977-present), New York Times (1995-present).

Expanded Academic ASAP, 1,500 scholarly, trade & general publications; 1980-present. To see transcripts of TV interiews, in results, click on Magazines, at top.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 1951- Full text. Covers anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.

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JSTOR, Full text archives of scholarly journal articles in the humanities and social sciences,international and foreign area studies, and many of the sciences.

PolicyFile, Full text of papers and reports from public policy think tanks, university research programs,research organizations and publishers. 1990-present.

Public Affairs International Service (PAIS), indexes books, periodicals, government documents. Not full text. 1915-present.

RAND Publications Database, This national research organization publishes papers and reports on topics of current public policy interest. Full-text from 1963 to the present.

Roper Center iPoll, Full text of 500,000 questions asked in national public opinion surveys, 1935-present.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Indexing and abstracts of the international journal literature in political science and related fields. Not full text. 1960-present.

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Interest groups

American Citizen: Interest Groups in American Politics First page has links to mega-lists of interest groups.

OpenSecrets.org

Political Parties and Interest Groups, Los Angeles Times.

Government Information

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C-Span Health Care Hub, includes videos of Congressional floor debate, House/Senate hearings, speeches to various groups, and Town Hall Meetings.

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
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CQ Researcher
Information on public policy issues, background and chronological development, varying viewpoints, and bibliographies for current topics.

CQ Weekly
Provides non-partisan information on Congress. Its legislative news and analysis is consistently hailed for its accuracy and comprehensiveness. 1983-present. Print back issues, Davis Reference, JK1.C 15 (1956-present)

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Federal Agencies

Healthreform.gov, look at Reports and Forums sections.

Health Reform, the White House.

Medicare.gov

Congressional Black Caucus
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U.S. House of Representatives
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Congressional Budget Office-Health
Congressional Research Service Report, Health Care Reform: An Introduction.
Office of Management and Budget, Health Care, Executive Branch.

Statistics

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Health Workforce Personnel Factbook, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, on left, Data and Surveys.

Research Statistics, Data and Systems, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

American Factfinder
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Selected Resources for Research in Political Science
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