| New York City Poll Site Locator |
| Provides location of polling places, as well as New York State and City legislative districts for specific addresses, as part of the Vote NYC site. |
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| College Navigator |
| This U.S. Department of Education site provides information on U.S. colleges. Great for statistics, including graduation rates. |
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| Dictionaries & encyclopedias for John Jay students, faculty & staff |
| The Library subscribes to specialized encyclopedias & dictionaries published by Sage, Oxford University Press, Gale, and other publishers. All are accessible from home for students, faculty and staff with current John Jay email addresses. |
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| Center for Problem-Oriented Policing |
| This non-profit organization publishes information about ways in which police can more effectively address specific crime and disorder problems. All of the manuals and guides on the site can be viewed free of charge. |
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| World Economic Outlook Reports form the International Monetary Fund. |
| A Survey by the IMF staff usually published twice a year. It presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Inlcludes an extensive statistical appendix. |
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| Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) |
| The FRED database contains economic data including interest rates, producer price indexes, GDP, consumer price indices, and many other number series reflecting the U.S. economy. |
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| CQ Politics |
| Excellent website with general information about American politics, including including factchecking, public opinion polls, and a presidential election map, as well as CQ's own political blogs. |
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| CNN Election Center 2008 |
| CNN's Election website provides information on the primaries and the candidates with a nice section summarizing where they stand on the issues. Of particular note is the Debates page listing past and future debates with (in many cases) the ability to download video of the debates. |
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| The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008 |
| The American Museum of the Moving Image is providing television commercials for each presidential candidate from the years 1952 to 2008, along with an analysis of each major party, their advertising campaigns, and a map showing the results of each election. |
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| Economist : Country Briefings |
| Country Briefings are prepared by the publisher The Economist. While the web site has detailed country reports to sell, it also provides free access to information for individual countries in these 6 areas: Recent News, Forecast, Factsheet, Economic Data with 7 indicators, Political Structure with names of current officials; and discussion of Political forces. |
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