Communication Studies
Research Guides
Researching PACs and Think Tanks (CST 3170)
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
Johns Hopkins University Libraries.Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
University of California Berkeley Libraries.University of Pennsylvania.
Center for Responsive Politics.
This website includes detailed information on PACs' donors, recipients and spending. It also includes information on lobbyists (who spent money lobbying for which bills) and 527 advocacy groups.
Center for Government Studies.
This searchable website "houses summaries and full texts of public policy research from various think tanks, universities, government agencies, and foundations."
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Associate LibrarianReference Services
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