The Ohio State University

• Vernal Riffe, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives 1975-1994

Statistics Resources:

• Political Analysis
• Stata
• Cool Stata Resources and .ado files (Boston College)
• The Political Methodology Web Server
• The Social Science Citation Index
  (this link may not work if you are not at Ohio State)
• JSTOR(the coolest thing since sliced bread)
• The Polmeth Software Page--includes links for S+ and GAUSS
• SPSS
• SAS
• LIMDEP
• TDA
• MLwiN
• Data: Economic
• Data: Economic--Historical Economic Data Tables
• Education Policy
• Date:Greenbook Federal Data Bank
• Data: Index to U.S. Government Statistics
• Data: Social (e.g. Crime, Population, Education, Health)
• Data in Stata format from the Center for International Development
• Statistical Resources on the Web

Government Resources:

Congress Links:
CongressLink: A Service of the Dirksen Congressional Center

CongressLink is an excellent resource for students interested in doing research on various aspects of the U.S. Congress. At the site, you will find extensive links congressional sites of interest, opportunities to talk about Congress with outstanding scholars in the field, and vast amounts of information on the current Congress.

Campaign Finance Information:

• The Federal Election Commission
• IRE/NICAR Campaign Finance Page
• Center for Public Integrity
• U.S. Public Interest Research Group
• Center for Responsive Politics Capital Eye Archives
• Center for Responsive Politics Monday Morning Alerts
• IRE/NICAR Campaign Finance Archive
• New York Times Campaign Finance Coverage
• USA Today Campaign Finance Archives
• Washington Post Campaign Finance Archive
• Christian Science Monitor Presidential Race Money Page
• Yahoo Campaign Finance Coverage
• Excite Campaign Finance Page
• MSNBC Eye On Washington Congressional Databases
• CNN Special Report: The Money Trail
• CNN/Time Allpolitics Campaign Finance Special Report
• Mother Jones' The Coin-Operated Congress
• Mother Jones' the MoJo 400
• Center for Responsive Politics State Finance Databases
• National Institute on Money in State Politics
• IRE/NICAR State Finance Databases
• Ohio Secretary of State Finance Database

Election Information:

• Allpolitics (CNN/Time)
• Project Vote-Smart Elections Page
• Candidates 1998: Expenditures
• Congressional Quarterly Election's Campaign Online
• Election Data: Congress and President 1920 to present
• Election Issues--'Rock the Vote'
• Federal Election Commission
• Gallup Poll
• National Election Studies
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
• Voting and Registration Data Throughout the U.S.

News Sources:

• ABC News
• CBS News
• Chicago Tribune
• CNBC Business and Financial News
• CNN News Service
• CNN Financial News Service
• MSNBC News
• PBS Online
• Independent Business Magazine Of Government
• The New York Times (Registration Required)
• LA Times
• USA Today
• Washington Post
• The Columbus Dispatch
• Cleveland Online: The Cleveland Plain Dealer
• The Cincinnati Enquirer
• The Toledo Blade
• National Press Club
• News Index-Search for News Stories Worldwide
• Time Magazine News Service