INFOMINE offers many resources on the current presidential election as well as past elections. We'll link to a couple of the newly added resources in this post, and add in a few other interesting election resources from INFOMINE's database.
Vote 2008 : NewsHour Online
PBS's NewsHour feature page on U.S. presidential election of 2008. Includes news reports, candidate profiles, interviews, and more.
The Campaign Legal Center
"The Campaign Legal Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which works in the areas of campaign finance and elections, political communication and government ethics. The Legal Center offers nonpartisan analyses of issues and represents the public interest in administrative, legislative and legal proceedings."
Pew Social and Demographic Trends
Public opinion research on a variety of topics. Of note is coverage on race, ethnicity and campaign 2008.
See also Pew Research Center Reports on Election '08
Some other interesting elections resources
The Living Room Candidate : Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2004
A very well-designed site. View videos by election year, candidate, issue and type of commercial.
Printable Maps : Presidential Elections 1789 - 2000
From the National Atlas. Maps of "electoral votes won, by political party, for the fifty-four Presidential elections from George Washington in 1789 to George W. Bush in 2000."
CNN Political Ticker
Political and campaign news blog from CNN.com.
The Great Debate and Beyond : The History of Televised Presidential Debates
Explore the history of presidential debates, and then check out one of the new paradigms at YouTube.
Many media outlets report that late-night TV is where some people are getting their news. It's not in the INFOMINE database, but Comedy Central's Indecision 2008 is a well known example.
February 13, 2008
More on election 2008
January 15, 2008
Election 2008, libraries, interviews, Africa, and reference
These highlights from the first two weeks of January include a very nice video resource for the 2008 presidential election, a library locator, interviews, and some reference resources. The INFOMINE What's New RSS feed will let you see all new or newly discovered resources as they are added.
C-SPAN's Campaign Network
Videos related to the 2008 presidential campaign and candidates: campaign ads, speeches, events, news coverage and a library of more than 1,000 videos searchable and organized by candidate and date.
Libraries411 : Public Library Directory, Locator, and Maps
Search by name, location, or zip code to find locations (and directions to) 20,000 public libraries in Canada and the United States.
AccessInterviews
Directory of interviews with celebrities, politicians, writers, scientists and more published by media sources online. Organized by topic and searchable.
Bloomsbury Research Centre
Searchable reference collection with 17,000 entries, from Bloomsbury Publishing. Includes quotations, dictionaries, guide to English literature, and other humanities reference materials.
Aluka : Digital Library of Scholarly Resources from and about Africa
Digital library offering more than 75 collections on Africa, containing more than 300,000 materials; books, images, documents and more.
A Student's Guide to the Medical Literature
Tutorial and resource guide to the medical literature, including search strategies, guide to critical evaluation, resource links and glossary.
And another resource on Africa, added today:
African Timelines
Created for a college course, this site has detailed timelines with copious external links on Africa from prehistory to the present.
December 10, 2007
What's New in government info
Today, some highlights from the INFOMINE Government Information What's New page.
Citing Government Publications and Websites
University of California Riverside Libraries page connects to guides to citing print and electronic government publications and to guides to legal citation.
ILO AIDS : Legislation and Policies
International Labour Organization's collection of "legislative texts (hard law) and soft law instruments (codes of practice, guidelines, policies) dealing, entirely or in part, with HIV/AIDS and the world of work." Documents for more than 35 countries with links to other ILO HIV/AIDS resources.
Landsat Image Mosaic Of Antarctica : LIMA
Map viewer, digital library, and datasets of new Landsat image mosaics of Antarctica, created for the International Polar Year (IPY 2007-2008). "LIMA is the most geometrically accurate (within a pixel-30 meters by 30 meters of land) mosaic of Antarctica and has the highest spatial resolution."
CBP Export Spotlight, U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information useful to exporters. Includes information about Automated Export System, export documents and requirements, and harbor maintenance fees. Connects to Blocked, Denied and Debarred Persons Lists.
CBP Border Security Spotlight, U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Information about the border security activities of the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Ports of Entry : United States
Directory of the 326 official ports of entry in the United States and 15 preclearance offices in Canada and the Caribbean. Links from each port description to Canadian and Mexican border ports of entry wait times for commercial vehicles and for passenger vehicles.
MIPT Terrorism Information Center
An extensive digital library of terrorism-related information. The eDocuments section provides free fulltext reports, studies, factsheets and website links in 90 different categories: terrorism prevention, terrorist organizations, first responder and emergency management resources, databases, government information, and more. Access to the eBooks section requires registration and personal, non-commercial use license agreement. Searching the catalog returns records for physical items in the Information Center's library as well as electronic documents.
Independent Counsel Investigations
See more info for description of the independent counsel investigations texts.
Special Focus Facilities Not Showing Significant Improvement
[PDF] A listing of nursing homes in the U.S. which have been determined by the government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to be among the worst in their states.
Election 2008 : NPR
Listen to NPR broadcast news stories on the U.S. elections of 2008 and connect to related information. Includes profiles of presidential candidates.
YouTube : YouChoose '08
Feature page for the CNN/YouTube 2008 presidential debates, with candidate introductions and videos of the debates, featuring questions submitted by members of the public.
