You should evaluate websites very carefully before using them for academic research.  Although there is a lot of high quality information available on the internet, it is buried among the mire!  Use these websites to help you sort out the good from the bad!

• Duke U.'s Evaluating Websites Guide
• Evaluating Web Site Content (PDF) (SU's guide that you can print out)
• UC Berkeley's Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask

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General

• Political Information.com

Government Agencies

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Census Bureau
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Energy Information Administration
• Food and Drug Administration
• Government Printing Office

Statistics

• FedStats
• OFFSTATS
• Uniform Crime Reports
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

Law

• United States Code
• Federal Register
• Thomas - Legislative Information

International

• OECD International Economics Statistics
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: International Affairs Sources
• Datasources for International Environmental Politics

The librarian liaison to Political Science is Krista Knapp,
kmknapp@salisbury.edu | 410-677-0118