Research Guides: #Government & Political Science: Online Sources

Podcasts

More Perfect
Radiolab's More Perfect is a series about the Supreme Court. More Perfect explores how cases deliberated inside the rarefied world of the Supreme Court affect our lives far away from the bench.
No Jargon
The No Jargon podcast presents weekly interviews with America's top researchers on the politics, policy problems, and social issues facing the nation. Powerful research, intriguing perspectives -- and no jargon.

GovTrack.us
This site publishes the status of federal legislation, information about your representative and senators in Congress including voting records, and original research on legislation and congressional oversight & investigations.
USA.gov
This is a search engine for the myriad federal government sites. Search across all agencies from one convenient search interface.
Oyez
Multimedia archive of the United States Supreme Court cases. It is a complete and authoritative source for the Court’s audio, script-synchronized and searchable opinions and decisions. Created and maintained by Chicago - Kent College of Law.
FDsys
The Government Printing Office (GPO) maintains and provides free access to digitized publications from all three branches of the Federal Government through a system called the Federal Digital System (FDsys).

Texas Legislative Online
The Texas Legislative Online (TLO) system is an internet application that enables the public to view the status of legislation and provides the ability to search bill text, amendment text, and bill information. TLO was first made available in 1997 for the 75th Legislature and has been enhanced each session since.
Legislative Reference Library
The primary purpose of the Legislative Reference Library is to satisfy the reference and research needs of the Legislature, its staff, and its committees. Whenever possible within this framework, the library will assist the public and other state agencies with legislative research.
Texas State Law Library
The Texas State Law Library serves the legal research needs of the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Office of the Attorney General, other state agencies and commissions, and the citizens of the state. It is a public law library.
Texas Legislative Council
The Texas Legislative Council is a nonpartisan legislative agency that provides bill drafting, computing, research, publishing, and document distribution services to the Texas Legislature and the other legislative agencies. The council also serves as an information resource for state agencies, the citizens of Texas, and others as time and resources allow.
Handbook of Texas
The Handbook of Texas Online is published by the Texas State Historical Association and offers full-text, brief article entries about Texas history & geography