Political Science

This Research Guide provides a list of national international statistics sources related to governmental and political topics.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

The U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program effective October 1, 2011. Statistical Abstract data present here ranges from our most recent edition to the historical abstracts compiled throughout the decades.

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is your source of accurate and objective data about the nation's economy.
BEA's economists produce some of the world's most closely watched statistics, including U.S. gross domestic product, better known as GDP. We do state and local numbers, too, plus foreign trade and investment stats and industry data.

The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.

OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research and government transparency group tracking money in politics and its effect on elections and policy.

"Since 1993, NIRA's Center for Policy Research has published NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks (NWDTT), which provides a systematic introduction to the world's most prominent and innovative public policy research institutes, better known as think tanks."

This WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources is an Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in many international and global studies topics.

The UNF Library Research Guide provides a list of think tanks "that represent a broad spectrum of political thought in the United States."