» Virtual Reference: Current Issues and Events
Current Issues and Events
- Political Advocacy Groups
- An online directory of US political pressure groups, special interest groups, and lobbyists. Provides contact information and url's for about 200 groups, organized by subject (gun control, term limits, children, alcohol and drugs, etc.).
- Pollingreport.com
- Publishes the results of current polls including Gallup, Harris, Yankelovich, and others.
- Project Vote Smart
- Tracks the performance of over 13,000 political leaders at the federal and state levels. Its "Research the Issues" page provides numerous links to web sites related to current issues like abortion, affirmative action, gun control, animal rights, immigration, campaign finance, gender and family issues, welfare, AIDS, health care, and more.
- Public Agenda Online
- General background, public policy and public opinion information on topics such as abortion, crime, education, the environment, the family, gambling, health care, immigration, race, right to die, and others. For each topic the site provides factual information, digests of recent news stories, various points of view, contact people, public policy initiatives, and polling data.
- Statistical Sources on the Web
- From the University of Michigan Documents Center. This is a very large collection of web sites offering statistical information, covering everything from elections to fatal workplace injuries to child abuse.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Information on a wide variety of topics including adoption, aging, civil rights, child care, Head Start, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, vaccine safety, and others.
updated on 04/19/07