POLT 305: The Presidency

Larger Context

Encyclopedia of Governance
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2007

The Encyclopedia of Democracy
Congressional Quarterly, 1995
Main Reference JC423 .E53 1995 vols. 1- 4

Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics
New York, NY : Facts On File, Inc., 2009
Main Reference JK9 .G46 2009 vols. 1 - 3

Congress and the Nation
Main Reference KF49.C65 1997-2004
Main Library KF49.C65 1945-1996

Congressional Quarterly Almanac
Main Reference JK1.C663 2004-2008
Main Library JK1.C663 1949-2003

History and Overviews

Guide to the Presidency
Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2008.
previous edition available in Main Reference JK516 .C57 2002 vols. 1 - 2

Encyclopedia of the American Presidency
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1994
Main Reference JK511.E53 1994 vols. 1 -4

The Presidents: A Reference History
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons : Thomson/Gale, 2002
Main Reference E176.1 .P918 2002

Encyclopedia of Presidential Campaigns, Slogans, Issues, and Platforms
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004
Main Reference E176.1 .R6 2004

Statistics

Vital Statistics on the Presidency : George Washington to George W. Bush
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2000
Main Reference JK518 .R34 2009

America at the Polls: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, 1994-2001
Main Reference JK524 .A73 1994 vols. 1 - 2

Presidential Elections
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, 1995-
Main Reference JK524 .P68 1789/2004 (2008 on the way)

Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 1788-2004
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2006
Main Reference G1201.F9 H5 2006

Documentation of Presidential Actions & Statements

Compilation of Presidential Documents (1993 - yesterday )

Official site for distribution of presidential documents: Proclamations, Executive orders, Speeches, Press conferences, Communications to Congress and Federal agencies, Statements regarding bill signings and vetoes, Appointments, nominations, Reorganization plans, Resignations, Retirements, Acts approved by the President, Nominations submitted to the Senate, White House announcements, Press releases)

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents hard copy 1965-2000; online 2001- 2008

American Presidency Project (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)

A searchable database of documentation for all presidents; also includes media clips, elections data, and some additional analysis.

Presidential Nominations (1987/88 - present)

A database of the nominations that must be confirmed by the Senate [via Thomas]

Other Sources of Information on the Presidency

• Commission on Presidential Debates
• Presidency Research Group (American Political Science Association)
• Presidential Libraries (National Archives and Records Administration)
• Presidential Recordings Project (Miller Center of Public Affairs, Univ. of Virginia)
• White House Transition Project

Scholarly Articles

• Academic Search Complete
• America: History & Life
• Communication and Mass Media Complete
• PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
• Social Science Citation Index (aka ISI Web of Science)
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

  Online Journal Collections

  • JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
    • includes Presidential Studies Quarterly (1974-2006)
    • Deep back file, (almost) no recent issues [“moving wall” of 2 –5 years]
    • Flexible search parameters – one journal, a selection of journals, all journals
    • Every word of every article is searchable
    • Wildcard symbol (?) substitutes for individual characters
    • use proximity searching to bring search terms/concepts together
      • "power president"~7 (to find power within 7 words of president)
  • OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC)
    • includes Presidential Studies Quarterly (1998 - present )
    • Emphasis on recent issues, shallow back file (varies by title)
    • Limited search parameters - one journal at a time or all journals in a category
    • Only words in citations and abstracts are searchable
    • Truncation symbol (*) substitutes for multiple characters

News Stories

• CQ Weekly Congressional Quarterly's Magazine on Government, Commerce and Politics
  • online 1983 - present; Main Periodicals 1965 - 2001
• NationalJournal the leading source of nonpartisan reporting on the current political environment and emerging policy trends
  • online 1977 - present; Main Periodicals 1969 - present

• Factiva (includes Wall Street Journal and Reuters Pictures)
• LexisNexis Academic
• Historic New York Times 1851- 2006
• AP Images

Public Opinion & Analysis

• iPoll databank @ the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

A searchable database of poll data from academic, commercial and media survey organizations such as Gallup Organization, Harris Interactive, Pew Research Associates, and many more, starting in 1935

• Polling by NationalJournal.com
• Gallup Poll: The Presidency not all data available to non-subscribers
• PollingReport.com: President Barack Obama an independent, nonpartisan resource
• RealClearPolitics: Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls
• Think Tanks Directory & Search by Harvard Kennedy School Library

Executive Branch

Federal Executive Branch

Links to all federal departments and agencies, independent agencies and Government corporations

Federal Register

The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.

Regulations.gov

A user-friendly site for tracking current government regulations and public comments

Congress

See Congress Research Resources

Campaigns & Elections

See also Elections 2010

Guide to Political Campaigns in America
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2005.

Guide to U.S. Elections
Washington, DC : CQ Press, 2005.

America Votes: Election Returns by State (1956 - 2008)
Main Reference JK 524 .A73

Election Statistics Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives