Political Science: American Politics

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General American Politics Resources

National Journal
Includes Daily--"your source for everything happening on the Hill" (published every day that Congress is in session); Hotline--news on campaigns and predictive intelligence on elections; Daybook--important events and hearings in Washington; Race Tracker; and The Almanac of American Politics--profiles of every member of Congress, and demographic and historical election data by state and congressional district and directories for all federal staff.
CQ Press Electronic Library
Find reporting, analysis on Congressional issues in the news and coverage of the status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. Includes:
CQ Almanac
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
CQ Weekly
Political Handbook of the World
Politics in America
Supreme Court Yearbook
Voting and Elections Collection

The Almanac of American Politics
Call Number: Research Assistance Desk, Geisel Floor2 West JK1012 .A44; prior years back to 1972 in Geisel upper floors
ISBN: 1938518306
Politics in America

ProQuest Congressional
Indexes Congressional materials from 1789-present. Includes full text access to U.S. legislative information, including bills and pending legislation, legislative history, hearings, testimony, Congressional Record, CRS Reports, public laws, etc.(For full text of most historic reports and documents, try the U.S. Congressional Serial Set via Readex.) Now also includes Serial Set Maps 1789-2007; Executive Branch Documents 1789-1952; and Presidential Materials 1789-Present
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. (1817-1980)
VoxGov
Includes a broad range of official and ephemeral information resources issued by federal agencies, individual officials and candidates, and other organizations from all branches of the U.S. Federal Government, and links that content to publicly accessible government documentation. Includes social media, official media releases, legislation, regulations, and a variety of government documents from Congress and the Executive branches. Textual data can be visualized in word clouds, tree maps, bubble graphs, and terms view graphs. Users who sign up for an account and agree to additional terms of service can download a small number of full documents; researchers and students with non-commercial, academic projects can apply with VoxGov for additional bulk data download credentials.