New for Politics

Much of the material by New York Times columnists, as well as other features, is not available in the free NYT Web site. Instead, those articles are made available through a subscription-only service called Times Select.

However, students and faculty of Washington and Lee University, as well as other academic institutions, can gain free access to Times Select simply by registering.

Links to the New York Times and Times Select are maintained here on our Web site.

Slate.
Available online.
The online magazine Slate provides coverage of the Iowa Electronic Markets and other political prediction markets for the current presidential contest.
Read the opening page for an explanation of these continuously updated predictive tools. At the bottom of the page is a link to coverage of Democratic candidates.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page, which is part of the 2008 Democratic Mock Convention research guide.

Transparency International.
Available online.   Printed copy to be added to the collection.
Annual report on corruption around the world, with a focus in this edition on judicial corruption.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Sunlight Foundation / Participatory Politics Foundation.
Available online.
This newly-developed non-governmental site has become one of the most useful tools for research on the current Congress and recent political issues.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

International Institute for Strategic Studies / Routledge.
Available online.   W&L subscription.
Leyburn Library now provides online access to this annually-published "comprehensive and independent assessment of the military capabilities of 170 nations," now including coverage of "complex irregular warfare." Editions dated 2002-to-date are available online.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Marquis Who's Who.
Available online.   W&L subscription.
Searchable database of profiles of about 36,000 contemporary U.S. political leaders. This resource is "attached" to our subscription to Marquis Who's Who and is available only from a link on the left side of the opening page.
Advanced searching makes this resource particularly valuable for anyone, such as Mock Convention researchers, to generate a list of important political figures from a particular state and/or city, and/or in a particular political party, and/or a particular gender, etc.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.