Databases
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive - Photos from The Associated Press, plus graphics, text and audio.
Gongwer News Service - News and Information about Ohio government and politics.
Newsbank Newspapers - Online full-text newspapers, including 17 Ohio newspapers.
Newspaper Source - Full text for regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, and newspaper columns.
ORACLE - Catalog of books and other materials held in the Besse Library as well as access to books and materials held at Ohio college and university libraries.
Weblinks
Elections 2008
FactCheck - "A nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. This group monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases."
Indecision 2008 - "Comedy Central's Indecision 2008 Web site provides video clips, interviews, a political news blog, and other campaign coverage and resources.
Politifact - "This site uses scorecards, factsheets, and articles to review claims made by candidates and attacks from opponents."
Project Vote Smart - "Provides information about elected officials, including voting records, special interest group performance evaluations, campaign finance data, and issue positions from the Political Courage Test (formerly known as the National Political Awareness Test)."
Vote411 - "Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) in October of 2006, VOTE411.org is a "one-stop-shop" for election related information. It provides nonpartisan information to the public with both general and state-specific information."
YouTube: You Choose '08 - "Includes videos of questions, candidate responses, and user-generated responses to the same questions asked of the candidates. The site also links to videos produced by individual campaigns."
News Sources
Christian Science Monitor - International daily newspaper.
Cleveland News Index - The online Cleveland News Index lists citation information for local news stories, feature articles and reviews from The Plain Dealer (1983-June 1999), Cleveland Magazine (1983-present), Northern Ohio Live (September 1990-present), and Ohio Magazine (October 1990-present).
