Political Parties

The following are potential resources that will assist you in your exploration the political parties and their positions on issues facing our nation.

 Online Databases

SIRS Researcher
An excellent resource for articles, images, news, maps and pro/con issues and much more.  Hint: Use Advanced Search to type in multiple keywords i.e.: democrats AND republicans AND position

 

 Internet Directories

General

ALA - The Electoral College, Political Parties, and Elections: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2004/july04/elections.htm

Directory of U. S. Political Parties: http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm

Project Vote Smart - Political Parties: http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_political_resources.php?category=Political%20Parties
 

Political Parties

Democratic National Committee: http://www.democrats.org/index.html.

Republican National Committee: http://www.gop.com/.

Constitution Party (formerly the U. S. Taxpayer Party): http://www.constitutionparty.org/.

The Green Party: http://www.greenparty.org/.

The Libertarian Party: http://www.lp.org/.

The Reform Party: http://www.reformparty.org/.

Young Democrats of America: http://www.yda.org/

Young Republican National Federation: http://www.yrnf.com/

 

Issues

ElectionLine.org: http://www.electionline.org/

Fact Check.org: http://www.factcheck.org/default.html

Office of the Clerk - U. S. House of Representatives - Role Call Votes: http://clerk.house.gov/legisAct/votes.html


If you don't find what you're looking for in any of the sites above, try your 
own keyword search using the following tips...

Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "political parties", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites about political parties as opposed to all of the sites containing the word political  plus all of the sites containing the word parties.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about political parties, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about political parties and their position on issues facing our nation, I would enter the following:
     

    "political parties", position, issues
     

  5. Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     
  6. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:
    • Authority: Can you tell if the author is credible (believable)?
    • Objectivity: Is the information objective (honest and free of bias)?
    • Currency: Is the information recent and up-to-date?
    • Design: Is the site designed in a clear and user friendly way?
    • Navigation: Is the site easy to navigate through, and are all links current and usable?

     

  7. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.

Created by Liza Zandonella, Library Media Specialist.