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Brookings Institution [http://www.brook.edu/default.htm]
  • Private, non-profit, independent institute analyzing U.S. government policy and international relations
  • Summaries of position papers on "hot topics" and selected Congressional testimony
  • Table of contents for the Brookings Review and selected articles
  • Publications catalog and information about the organization
  • Use advanced search on the the web site to find over 700 articles articles on national service
Cato Institute [http://www.cato.org/]
  • Philosophy of limited government, free market, individual liberty, terrorism, and the Patriot Act
  • "Hot Topics" has the text of Cato Institute position papers, arranged by subject and searchable by keyword
  • Congressional testimony by institute representatives
  • Use Advanced Search for articles on national service
Columbia International Affairs Online (UMich Only)
  • Search engine indexes current world politics journals, books, conference proceedings, and think tank working papers
  • Search engine includes keywords as well as broad headings such as Conflict Resolution
  • Full text primarily of working papers
  • Good source for Peace Corps and military information
Commonwealth Institute
  • Progressive think tank on defense and economic issues
  • Numerous on-line analyses of U.S. defense posture, the Quadrennial Defense Review (federal government), and capitalism
  • Some articles on civil liberties in relationship to terrorism
  • Congressional testimony by institute representatives
Congressional Quarterly (UMich Only)
  • Weekly publication with non-partisan political analysis of Congress
  • Library has online: 1983-
  • Identifies major legislation, the issues, and players
  • Separate index for roll call votes beginning 1995
Congressional Research Service Reports via Thurgood Marshall Law Library [Public Access]
  • Numerous reports on multiple subjects in pdf format
  • Special interest in homeland security and health law
  • Short reports are packed with information
  • Browse the following topics: Criminal Procedure, Immigration, Terrorism and Homeland Security
Constitution of the United States Annotated (Findlaw)
  • Text and annotations to the Constitution and its amendments
  • Includes citations to cases which interpret its provisions
  • Amendment 4 covers search and seizure and Amendments 5-8 on the rights of persons, particularly in civil and criminal trials
Criminal Justice Abstracts (UMich Only)
  • Indexes articles since 1968 on crime, corrections, and the courts
  • Sample search: (detention or deportation) and (immigrant or alien)
Debate Central (National Center for Policy Analysis)
  • Links to over 140 on-line articles on 11 national service topics
  • Consistently the most comprehensive of all debate web sites
Debate Central (National Center for Policy Analysis)
  • Over 140 links to on-line articles on 13 civil liberties topics
  • Consistently the most comprehensive of all debate web sites
 
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