Guide to Comparative Politics on the Internet

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3. TYPES OF WEBSITE

The internet gives access to various sources of information, including (with example):

• government portals ( Australia)
• intergovernmental organizations ( United Nations)
• international non-governmental organizations ( Médecins Sans Frontières)
• research organizations ( Rand Corporation)
• policy institutes ( World Policy Institute and links)
• interest groups ( Federated Farmers)
• social movements ( Latin American Social Movements and links)
• businesses ( Shell)
• library catalogues ( Library of Congress)
• booksellers’ catalogues ( Amazon)
• academic journals ( Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies)
• newspapers ( Kidon Media-Link and links)
• official statistics ( Off stats)
• search engines ( Google, Google Scholar Beta, Google Book Search Beta)
• individuals (blogs such as Andrew Sullivan’s)
• encyclopedias ( Wikipedia)