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Where would you find candidate, issue and voting information online? Are there authoritative, unbiased, political websites? Here are a few of our favorites and selected recommendations from the January 2008 C&RL News:
American National Election Studies
http://www.electionstudies.org/
Campaign Legal Center
http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/
Center for Media and Democracy
http://www.prwatch.org/
FactCheck
http://www.factcheck.org/
Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/
Follow the Money
http://www.followthemoney.org/
League of Women Voters
http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
Map the Candidates
http://www.mapthecandidates.com/
Office of the Clerk
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html
Open Secrets
http://www.opensecrets.org/
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The UIC Library has built several useful tools into external Websites like Google Scholar, Facebook and Del.icio.us.

The Lexis Nexis Academic electronic resource provides full-text transcripts to dozens of radio and television news programs. Coverage is international and includes Al Jazeera, CQ Congressional Testimony, Official Kremlin International News Broadcasts, CNN, MSNBC, Jim Lehrer, Fox News Network and NPR.
The Complete List
ABC News Now
ABC News Transcripts
ABC Transcripts (Australia)
Al-Jazeera
American Public Media
Burrelle’s Transcripts
CBS News Transcripts
Channel NewsAsia
CNBC/Dow […]

The Media Resources Center at the University of California at Berkeley has made available online a 1965 debate between the late William F. Buckley and the late author, James Baldwin. Buckley was a national figure from the time he founded the conservative “National Review” in 1955 at age 29.

Craig Silverstein, Google’s director of technology and the first employee hired at Google said: “My guess is about 300 years until
computers are as good as, say, your local reference library in doing search,” says Craig Silverstein. “But we can make slow and steady progress, and maybe one day we’ll get there.”
Full Text Link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/25/sunday/main608672.shtml
In other […]

It is time once again for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annual awards. Have you ever wondered about the history of the awards? Have you ever been curious who won in previous years? The Daley Library gives you access to quick answers and in-depth analysis of the Oscars. Here are a few […]

LibX University of Illinois at Chicago Edition is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to the Library’s resources.
It features:

Toolbar & right-click context menu: Search the UIC catalog (UICCAT) directly from the LibX toolbar or using the right-click context menu.
Support for off-campus access: Using the UIC University Library’s proxy, you may reload a page […]

Did you know Ebscohost databases, like Academic Search Premiere, Business Source Elite, or America: History and Life offer personalization features? You can set up your own account within these databases and save articles or searches for access at any time. Never worry about losing a search session or important articles! Learn more about the […]

UIC now subscribes to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Outlook, which provides political and economic data and analysis. This database gives macroeconomic forecasts, current economic indicators as well as country profiles for analysis and background information for many countries. Find it in the Alphabetical List of Databases.

The reference department is now offering syndicated research help from the research help page. Find a topic for your paper, research library resources about events in the news, learn about new resources and services at the library, and get database tips and tricks.