Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Political Reference Suite includes:

• Politics in America, includes congressional profiles of members, voting records, and district maps.
• Vital Statistics on American Politics, includes election results and political party information.
• and many more excellent resources on politics in America!

Once you type in your search terms, use the "Refine my results" list on the left-hand side to help narrow down your search by:

• library location
• genre
• topic
• and more!

• Academic Search Complete
  This database offers full text coverage of information in many areas including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.
• Congress and the Nation
  Essential resource for Congressional activities from 1945-2004.
• CQ Electronic Library
  An excellent source for public policy. Includes multiple databases that hold information on voting records, analysis of controversial issues, information on the Supreme Court, directory information, and biographies of politicians and court justices to name just a few.
• Factiva
  Factiva lets you quickly search nearly 8,000 publications in 22 languages, including the world's most prestigious publications, local sources and the Reuters and Dow Jones newswires. In addition, Factiva.com is the exclusive archive of The Wall Street Journal.
• LexisNexis Academic
  Full-text access to news, business, medical, educational and legal sources. The sources include international, national, and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters; wire service reports; and transcripts of television and radio news programs.
• LexisNexis Congressional
  Database of congressional information and publications, some full-text, including congressional hearings, reports, the Congressional Record, public laws, and Statutes at Large. Also provides bill-tracking and legislative histories.
• Newspaper Source
  Newspaper Source provides current information from daily feeds from the Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News and Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News.
• Research Library
  Covers publications from academic journals and popular magazines in the humanities, social sciences, general sciences, and business. Full-text available starting in 1991.
• World News Connection
  A Foreign News Service from the U.S. Government that offers translated and English-language news and information. Includes the local media sources in foreign countries and regions. Compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources, the information in WNC covers socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events.

Useful websites:

FactCheck.org a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Their goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.

OpenSecrets.org "Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the organization aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more responsive government. In short, CRP's mission is to: Inform citizens about how money in politics affects their lives Empower voters and activists by providing unbiased information Advocate for a transparent and responsive government. " Find out where and who contributions are coming from and how much money the each candidate has raised.

Republican National Committee
Republican Presidential Candidate: John McCain
Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate: Sarah Palin

Republican National Convention 2008

Democratic National Committee
Democratic Presidential Candidate: Barack Obama
Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate: Joe Biden

Democratic National Convention 2008

Commission on Presidential Debates Organization website that contains complete transcripts of presidential debates.

My Debates  Hosted by MySpace includes complete videos of the all the Presidential debates.

U. S. Electoral College  Information about voting and election process of the United States.