Political Parties & Elections [Sara Nixon]

World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties. 1999.
Arranged by country. For each country includes system of government, electoral system, party system, major political parties, other political forces, national prospects, and bibliography.

	Parties & Platforms: Background & History
Ref JK2261 P633	*Political Parties & Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia*. 1991. Summary information on elections through 1988, political parties, other organizations and movements, and individuals.
Ref JK2261 E474	*Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America*. 3v. 2000. Sections on third parties in history, third-party maps, biographies of significant individuals connected with third parties.
Ref JK2261 K78	*Encyclopedia of Third Parties in the United States*. 1991. Alphabetic listing. Includes references with each entry and a chronology with years and places of origin of minor parties.
	*Political Party Platforms* [American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara] Republican and Democratic party platforms and several historical third party platforms ranging from 1840 to the last election
Ref JK2261 N377	*National Party Conventions, 1831 - 2004*. 2005. Candidates, parties/platforms per election, key convention ballots, historical profiles of American political parties.
Ref JK2255 J64	*National Party Platforms*. 2v. 1978. Covers 1840 - 1976.
Ref JK2261 S83	*State Party Profiles*. 1997 . Brief profiles of the Republican, Democratic, and other critical third parties within each state. Includes party history, organizational development, current party organization, and a list of additional resources for each state.
	Parties & Platforms: Current
	*Politics1: Directory of U.S. Political Parties* Alphabetic arrangement of current political parties with links to party Web sites and key players.
	*Project Vote Smart: Political Parties* An alphabetic list of U.S. political parties, including links to their official Web sites
	For current party agenda/platforms visit the Web site of a party. Some examples: Republican Democratic Libertarian Green Constitution
	Elections: Background & History
Ref JK1976 M57	*Elections A to Z*. 1999. Guide to the current issues, history, and concepts behind attaining political office in the U.S. (the electoral process).
Ref JK1967 C66	*Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections.* 2001. Comprehensive data on elections for president, governor, senator, and representative.
	Presidential Elections Data [American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara] Presidential election statistics from 1789 to the last election, including totals for the U.S. and by state (1824 to the last election)
	*U.S. Electoral College* [NARA] Background information and statistics on the Electoral College. Links to additional resources.
Ref JK2403 B6	*The Book of the States*. [annual] Information on state elections, campaign finance and initiatives.
	Elections: Current
Election 2010	******************************************************************** Politico: Election 2010 RealClear Politics: Election 2010 Polls Gallup Rasmussen Reports CQ Politics Washington Post Politics New York Times: Politics CNN:Midterm Elections The Green Papers: Midterm Election 2010 The Hill: Campaign Election Projection ********************************************************************
	*Google: Campaigns & Elections* See Election 2008 for links to Web sites that deal with the election, subdivided by state, candidates, caucuses & primaries, debates, fact-checking, news sources, polls & surveys and Weblogs Includes links to sites covering U.S. federal and state elections, gubernatorial, congressional, and presidential Covers issues such as election reform, the Electorial College, voting systems, and voter education
	*D.C.'s Political Report* Summaries of all Congressional, Gubernatorial, and state-wide races. Includes links to candidates, elected offices, government agencies, political parties and political organizations.
	*RealClearPolitics* Provides links to a wide selection of election resources including current news, blogs, transcripts & speeches, and videos Estimates odds for the presidential election, the Electoral College votes, and "battle ground" states
	*CNN Election Center* News on the presidential candidates, party conventions, primaries, money and issues. Special sections on hot gubernatorial, senate, and house races. See also: *Election 2008* *America Votes 2006* *America Votes 2004*
	*University of Michigan Documents Center Web Directories on Elections* For each election year 2008, 2006, and 2004, check the section on Campaign for links to sites on campaign advertisements, lobby groups, lobby group ratings and media coverage Check the section on Policy Issues for existing policy on various issues such as gas prices, global warming, health, Iraq, and terrorism
	*Federal Election Commission* Post-election financial summaries of candidates, parties, and PAC's, and searchable databases on individual, committee, and candidate contributions.
	International Sources
Ref JF37 P6	*Political Handbook of the World*. [Latest on Reference.] Arranged by country. Sections on government and politics, political parties, legislature, and news media for each country.
Ref JF2011 W67	*World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties*. 1999. Arranged by country. For each country includes system of government, electoral system, party system, major political parties, other political forces, national prospects, and bibliography.
Ref JF1001 I57	*International Encyclopedia of Elections*. 2000. Includes articles on campaigning, exit polls, founding elections, gerrymandering, nomination procedures, parties:qualification for ballot, primary elections, proportional representation, referendums,term limits, turnout and others.
	*Elections and Electoral Systems Around the World* Links to resources arranged by countries, including the United States.
	Legal Sources
	LexisNexis Academic available through Cook Library home page http://cooklibrary.towson.edu Under Research Databases, access the alphabetical list of databases to which Cook Library subscribes . From off-campus, click on the Research Port link and once logged in, search By Database Name, typing in name of the database that you want to search. Once in *LexisNexis, click on tab labeled Legal* at the top of the screen . Primary resources include full text of federal codes (laws) and regulations and state codes (laws). Secondary resources include legal news and law reviews.
	*Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School* Searchable directory of topical index to the law. Covers constitutions and code, court opinions. Includes state, federal, and international law. U.S. election law U.S. state law
	Online Databases available through Cook Library home page http://cooklibrary.towson.edu
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	*Academic Search [EbscoHost]* Search for citations, abstracts and some full text articles from magazines and journals in various disciplines including Political Science, Law and History.
	*Social Science Abstracts* Search for citations and abstracts from journals in the social sciences.
	*Lexis Nexis Academic* For Major Newspapers: Under Search, click on Power Search. Next to Sources, select US Newspapers & Wires from the drop-down menu. Provides full text of major U. S. newspapers including New York Times (1980 - ) and Washington Post (1977 - ) and Baltimore Sun (last 6 months only). Click on show options to select specific document sections Type in appropriate topic next to the word Terms Select HLEAD to search for your words in the article title and lead paragraph Click on the blue button - Add to Search Specify date, as desired, by selecting from the drop-down menu below the search term box Once you get a list of results, Sort by Relevance to change the arrangement of results so that the "best" articles are listed first, instead of the "most current". *Note:* The truncation symbol in this database is !. For example, environment! = environment, environments, environmental For State/Local Newspapers & News Services: For full text of U.S. newspapers, click on Sources. Select United States. Select appropriate state. Select News folder. Select state news folder. Click on show options to select specific document sections Select HLEAD to search for your words in the article title and lead paragraph Type in appropriate topic NOTE: The truncation symbol in this database is !. For example, environment! = environment, environments, environmental, etc. For a video (audio included) on searching state newspapers in LexisNexis, see http://pages.towson.edu/sara/LN_state.htm
	*National Newspapers* Provides full text of the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Christian Science Monitor. Most papers are included from the mid-1980s to date; click on Publications to search for an individual paper Use Advanced Search screen to limit to date/s or to search for your words in the title or lead paragraph (abstract) of an article
	*America: History and Life* Search for abstracts of articles from scholarly journals in History and social sciences. Best source for historical topics.
	JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Provides full text of journals basic to each field from their inception, generally up to 5 years prior to the current date. Includes American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, American Historical Review.