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Internet Resources for Political Science
The
following is a select list of resources available on the Internet
Australian Politics | World
Politics | Political
Organisations | Public Policy
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Australian
Politics Resources
- Armidale
Politics Page - Provides links to the Australian government,
constitution, current affairs, political studies at Australian
universities and links to other useful sites.
- Australian
Government Entry Point - Gateway to all Commonwealth information,
services and departments.
- Australian
Government Information - Covers all aspects of Australian
Government information. Includes state and territory governments,
local governments, political parties, legislation and more.
- Australian
Politics - Information on elections, government, parliament,
political parties and other resources.
- Hansard
- Provides access to the Senate Hansard, the House of Representatives
Hansard and Senate, House of Representatives and Joint Committee
transcripts.
- JCU
Political Science Page (H.Lesbirel) - Provides general information,
internet links and course information for political science.
- Parliament
of Australia - Information about Australia's parliamentary
system. Covers legislation, Senate, House of Representatives
and Committees, Hansard and a who's who listing of parliamentary
figures and services.
- Political
Leaders (Australia) - Provides a comprehensive listing of
Australian prime ministers and other important political figures.
- Public Record - An ABC website which
aims to provide an easy-to-use, fast-find guide to the latest
on elections, parliaments, current issues, events and debates
in Australia, with contemporary material relating to Australia's
federal system of government and democracy.
World
Politics Resources
- Constitutions
of the World - Most national and international constitutions of
the world are listed here.
- Elections
around the World - A database of elections and results, political
parties and parliaments from around the world.
- History
and Politics Out Loud - A searchable multimedia database of politically
significant audio materials relevant to American history and politics.
- Global
Site: critical gateway to world politics, society and culture -
This site publishes authoritative work addressing civil society and
democracy, globalisation, international relations, sociology and more.
- Political
Resources on the Net - Lists political sites available on the Internet
sorted by country. Covers political parties, organisations, governments
and media from around the world.
- Richard
Kimber's Political Science Resources - Covers official parliament
websites, government information, election information, constitutions,
political parties and political theory and thought.
- Social
Science Information Gateway: Politics - Provides links to political
organisations, research agencies, journals, mailing lists, reports and
other documents.
- Worldwide
Government Information - This site provides links to information
for most governments of the world.
- Worldwide
Governments on the WWW - Provides a comprehensive listing to worldwide
government resources including general resources, federal and state
situations, links to embassies, political parties and other general
information.
- WWW
Virtual Library : International Affairs Resources - Resources made
available through the international affairs network, covering topics
such as political economy, foreign policy, peace and conflict resolution.
Political
Organisations Resources
- American
Political Science Association - The major professional society for
people who study politics, government and public policies in the US
and around the world.
- Australasian Political Studies Association
- Lists departments and political science courses that are available,
as well as some useful links.
- International
Political Science Association - Information about IPSA and their
current activities, organisational links and political science.
- Political
Parties and Organisations - Provides links to Australian registered
parties and organisations, other Australian political entities and parties
from all over the world including Canada, Japan, New Zealand, United
Kingdom, Ireland, United States of America and other countries.
- United
Nations Homepage - Comprehensive site on all aspects and issues
of the United Nations. Covers topical areas including peace and security,
economics and social development, human rights and other important issues
and general UN information.
Public
Policy Resources
- Centre
for the Study of Public Policy - This organisation researches
areas of public policy. Their projects and publications are linked
to this site and are available for purchase.
- JCU
Political Science guides and web resources - Provides general information,
links and course information for public policy.
- OnTheIssues
- This resource covers leading research, opinions and events that are
shaping public policy on issues including education, technology, healthcare.
Also covers news events, reports and issues, community information and
more. U.S.A. site.
- Public
Agenda Online - A public opinion research and citizen education
organisation. It covers topical issues such as abortion, crime,
gambling, drugs and more.
- Social
Science Information Gateway: Social Policy - Provides Internet
links to social policy resources, articles, databases, government
and public journals and organisations.
- Yahoo:
Public Policy - Provides a comprehensive Internet resource listing
for public policy.
Electronic
Journals
- The
Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History - An initiative
of the School of History & Politics, James Cook University and the
Department of History, Melbourne University.
- Australian Review of Public Affairs - "To reflect upon and evaluate the
design and redesign of Australia's public policies and institutions,
as well as Australia's relations and responsibilities in the broader
world community." Provided by the School of Economics and Political
Science, University of Sydney
- Crikey.com
- Focuses on news, facts and commentry mainstream media is
not prepared to publish. Crikey focuses on politics, the media and
business and is self-described as "bringing down governments
since September '99, bringing down chairmen since March 2000."
Databases
- AltPressIndex - Indexes
journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
Via FirstSearch and requires a password from Infohelp.
- AHB (Informit Online)
- Australian Heritage Information, provides access to information on
Australia's natural and cultural environment.
- AHRR (Informit Online)
- A list of paper-based records held in private collections within Australia.
- APAIS (Informit Online)
- Australian Public Affairs Information Service indexes current journals
and newspapers in Australia and overseas for material on Australia's
political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs.
- APAFT (Informit Online) - Australian Public Affairs Full Text, a subset of APAIS.
- Auschron (Informit Online)
- A chronology of events in Australian history.
- Blackwells Publishing Journals online - Database with coverage in Humanities, Social Sciences and Science with full text access to subscribed journals.
- Current
Contents Connect - Covers most disciplines including arts
and humanities and provides access to tables of contents and bibliographic
data from many journals.
- Expanded
Academic (InfoTrac) - Indexes periodical articles from a broad range
of subject areas and includes the full-text forsubscribed journals.
- JSTOR
- Archived social sciences, humanities and science journals, some dating from the late 1800s
to the late 1990s and is full text.
- MIHILIST (Informit Online)
- The Australasian Military History database, indexes material on the
pre-1980 military history of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
- Oxford Journals Online
- Tables of contents, abstracts and the full text articles for most
of the journals published by the Oxford University Press. Coverage of
about 150 titles in all areas of science, the arts and humanities, will
gradually increase as more OUP titles are published online.
- Project
Muse - Access 40+ scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences
and mathematics (full-text).
For
remote users please use the remote access gateway - please contact
InfoHelp for further information.
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contact Bronwen Forster
if you have any comments, suggestions or corrections.
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