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Updated August 13, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Political Science<\/strong><\/h2>\n

American Political Science Assoc.
\n<\/a>APSA advocacy page<\/a>
\nMidwest Political Science Assoc.
\n<\/a>Southern Political Science Assoc.
\n<\/a>European Political Science Assoc.
\n<\/a>European Consortium for Political Research
\n<\/a>Political Networks Paper Archive
\n<\/a>INSNA<\/a> (Sunbelt)
\nLegislative Studies Section<\/a>
\nSSRN Political Science
\n<\/a>NetSci
\n<\/a>The Forum<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Political Blogs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mischiefs of Faction<\/a>
\nFive Thirty Eight (Nate Silver)
\n<\/a>Math of Politics (John Patty)
\n<\/a>A Plain Blog About Politics (Jonathan Bernstein)
\n<\/a>USAPP (American Politics and Policy, LSE)
\n<\/a>Duck of Minerva (IR)<\/a>
\nBrendan Nyhan
\n<\/a>Enik Rising (Seth Masket)<\/a>
\nWonkblog<\/a>
\nGeoSocial Analysis
\n<\/a>DailyKos
\n<\/a>Lawyers, Guns, & Money<\/a>
\nSocial Capital Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

News- General<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Washington Post<\/a>
\nNew York Times
\n<\/a>National Journal
\n<\/a>Politico
\n<\/a>The Hill
\n<\/a>C-Span
\n<\/a>Roll Call
\n<\/a>CQ Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n

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News\u2014Elections<\/strong><\/h2>\n

NJ: Hotline
\n<\/a>NJ: Race Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n

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Congress Research, Documents, Sources<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
\n<\/a>Congresslink
\n<\/a>CRS Reports I
\n<\/a>CRS Reports II<\/a>
\nCongressional Bills
\n<\/a>Congressional Hearings
\n<\/a>Legistorm (staff salaries and financial disclosures)
\n<\/a>Political Graveyard
\n<\/a>GovTrack
\n<\/a>Dirksen Center<\/a><\/p>\n

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Federal Government Sources<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Federal Digital System
\n<\/a>Annual Code of Federal Regulations
\n<\/a>Presidential Documents
\n<\/a>National Archives
\n<\/a>White House
\n<\/a>Supreme Court
\n<\/a>House
\n<\/a>Senate
\n<\/a>Federal Government Guide
\n<\/a>GMU Library Poli Sci Info Guide<\/a><\/p>\n

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DATA Sources<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Legislative Explorer<\/a> (interactive lawmaking)
\nThe Legislative Effectiveness Project
\n<\/a>Cong. Roll Calls: Voteview<\/a>, WaPo Congress Votes
\n<\/a>Advocacy and Public Policymaking
\n<\/a>Federal Lobbyist Online Registration
\n<\/a>Lobbying Disclosure<\/a>\u2014House
\nLobbying Disclosure<\/a>\u2014Senate
\nLittleSis
\n<\/a>Charles Stewart\u2019s Data Page
\n<\/a>Americans for Democratic Action<\/a>
\nAmerican National Election Studies<\/a>
\nPresidential Atlas
\n<\/a>ICPSR
\n<\/a>Polidata
\n<\/a>GDP Forecast
\n<\/a>Economagic
\n<\/a>District Shape Files
\n<\/a>Chapel Hill Expert Survey (EU)
\n<\/a>Harvard Dataverse
\n<\/a>UCI Network Data Repository
\n<\/a>Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection<\/a> (SNAP)
\nGlobal Media Freedom Data (1948-2012)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Campaigns, Elections, and Campaign Finance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Center for Responsive Politics: Opensecrets
\n<\/a>Follow the money
\n<\/a>Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections (DIME)
\n<\/a>Campaign Finance Institute
\n<\/a>Federal Election Commission
\n<\/a>Gallup
\n<\/a>Polling Report
\n<\/a>Pollster
\n<\/a>Election Passport
\n<\/a>Campaign Finance Limits<\/a> (by law)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Software, Statistics, Analysis, and Math<\/strong><\/h2>\n

R<\/a> (for everything)
\nStata<\/a> (for traditional statistical analysis)
\nStack Overflow<\/a> (for all kinds of software, coding help)
\nYoshikoder<\/a> (for content analysis)
\nJFreq<\/a> (for word counting)
\nWolfram MathWorld
\n<\/a>Khan Academy
\n<\/a>Social Observatory Coordinating Network
\n<\/a>Gary King\u2019s Software Page<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Network Analysis<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hanneman and Riddle<\/a> (textbook)
\nUCInet
\n<\/a>Statnet<\/a> (for network analysis)
\nSenate Social Graph
\n<\/a>Center for Complex Network Research (Northeastern U.)
\n<\/a>Complexity in Social Networks Blog
\n<\/a>Stanford Network Analysis Project
\n<\/a>Yale Institute for Network Science
\n<\/a>Duke Network Analysis Center
\n<\/a>Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems (CASOS)
\n<\/a>Tnet<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Writing<\/strong><\/h2>\n

George Mason Univ. Writing Center<\/a>
\n<\/a>Guide to APSA Style
\n<\/a>Purdue Online Writing Lab
\n<\/a>Grammar Girl<\/a><\/p>\n

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Inspirational and Informative TED Talks<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Can Government be Innovative?
\n<\/a>30 is not the new 20
\n<\/a>How great leaders inspire action?
\n<\/a>Do schools kill creativity?
\n<\/a>Why we have too few female leaders
\n<\/a>The happy secret to better work
\n<\/a>Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce
\n<\/a>The hidden influence of social networks
\n<\/a>Andrew Solomon: Love, no matter what
\n<\/a>Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion<\/a><\/p>\n

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Interactive and Instructive<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Election Simulator
\n<\/a>Implicit Associations Test
\n<\/a>Indebted
\n<\/a>Introduction to the Federal Budget Process
\n<\/a>Generate Sampling Distributions<\/a>
\nPolitical Compass
\n<\/a>Wordle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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