Current Issues Resources

Internet resources for research on current issues in communication and society.

Index:

	Political Parties and Campaign Information
	Advocacy Groups
	Diverse Cultural Perspectives
	Government & Policy Research
	News & Current Affairs
	Discussion Forums
	Miscellaneous Resources on Current Issues
	Critical Thinking Resources
	Internet Searches
	Library Catalogs
	Comm 3100 Course Page
	Bob Craig's Home Page
	E-mail to Bob Craig

Political Parties and Campaigns

	Ballotmaker.com: Your guide to voting
	Buchanan-Foster campaign
	Center for Responsive Politics (money in politics data)
	The Center for Voting and Democracy (a non-partisan, non-profit organization that studies how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance)
	Democratic Party
	Bush-Cheney campaign
	Gore-Lieberman campaign
	Nader 2000
	Politics.com
	Republican Party
	Ralph Nader for President 2000
	Reform Party
	Vote Smart Web (a gold mine of information on candidates and ballot issues nationwide)
	Voter.com

Advocacy Groups:

	ACLU Freedom Network
	ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)
	Alternative Guide through the WWW-Galaxy
	Accuracy in Media
	Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters
	Amnesty International On-line
	CORPORATE WATCH
	Empower America
	EnviroLink Pre Home Page
	Greenpeace USA
	Institute for Global Communications
	National Organization for Women ( NOW )
	Progressive Challenge
	Public Citizen
	Southern Poverty Law Center
	Turn Left: The Home of Liberalism on the Web
	United for a Fair Economy

Diverse Cultural Perspectives:

	Black Cultural Studies Site Index
	Usenet - soc.culture.african.american
	Yahoo! - Society and Culture - Cultures and Groups
	Yahoo! - Society and Culture - Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual

Government & Policy Research:

	American Enterprise Institute
	Aspen Institute
	Boulder Community Network
	Brookings Institution
	Cato Institute
	Century Foundation
	COPIRG (Colorado Public Interest Research Group)
	Electronic Policy Network
	Government Information (GPO)
	Government Information Xchange
	Heritage Foundation
	Institute for Policy Research
	International Affairs WWW Virtual Library
	Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
	PIRGs - Public Interest Research Groups
	Polling Report (public opinion online)
	Public Agenda Online: The Inside Source for Public Opinion and Policy Analysis
	Resources for the Future
	Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (polls archive)
	State and Local Government on the Net
	United Nations System

News & Current Affairs:

	9News.com
	Boulder Daily Camera
	CNN/Time AllPolitics
	Congressional Quarterly
	ClariNet Home Page
	Colorado Daily, on-line
	Denver Post
	Directory of Online Newspapers
	d i s i n f o r m a t i o n
	National Journal
	New York Times on the Web
	Politically Incorrect (includes transcripts of recent shows)
	Rocky Mountain News
	TomPaine.com (an online journal of opinion)
	Washington Post

Discussion Forums:

	Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall
	Votelink Home Page

Miscellaneous Resources on Current Issues:

	DeathNET's MAIN MENU
	DrugSense
	FCC V-Chip Homepage
	High School Debate Topics Online
	National Commission on Civic Renewal
	Poisoning the Web: Hatred Online - An ADL Report on Bigotry, Extremism, and Violence
	Politically Correct (language use guidelines)
	Not Dead Yet!
	Pro and Con! (Every argument has two sides, and Pro and Con brings you both.)
	Right to Know Network (data on environment, housing, and sustainable development)
	Sexual Harassment
	SpeakOut.com
	Tobacco Resolution.com (tobacco industry sponsored)

Critical Thinking Resources

	Critical Thinking Community
	Internet Detective - Interactive Tutorial on Evaluating the Quality of Internet Resources
	Rocky Mountain Skeptics
	Web Evaluation - Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
	Zeno's Coffeehouse

Internet Searches

	AltaVista
	Excite
	Google
	Infoseek
	Internet Public Library Reference Center
	Magellan
	Net Search
	qbSearch
	SavvySearch
	Search.com
	WebCrawler
	Yahoo

Top ten expert advice web sites on the Internet (from Spectra, Feb. 2001):

Ask Jeeves: www.askjeeves.com

Ask a Question: www.abuzz.com

Keen: www.keen.com

AskMe.com: www.askme.com (defunct)

Expert.com: www.exp.com

AskAnything.com: www.askanything.com

InfoRocket: www.inforocket.com

ExpertCentra l.com: www.expertcentral.com

Webhelp: www.webhelp.com

SoYouWanna.com: www.soyouwanna.com

Top eight research sites on the Internet (from Spectra, Feb. 2001):

Electric Library: www.elibrary.com

Bigchalk.com: www.bigchalk.com

The Argus Clearinghouse: www.clearinghouse.net

infoplease.com: www.infoplease.com

Refdesk.com: www.refdesk.com

Research-It!: www.itools.com

Learn2.com: www.learn2.com

Ehow: www.ehow.com

Library Catalogs

	CU Libraries
	Library of Congress
	National Archives
	National Library Catalogues Worldwide
	webCATS: Library Catalogues