Legal Research

Election 2008 Resources

In the January issue of College & Research Libraries News is a useful list of resources : "Election 2008 resources: Political information online, networked, and in the social world" compiled by Lorena O?English, social sciences reference and instruction librarian at Washington State University?s Holland and Terrell Libraries.

From the Article:
"While ten years ago most people got their political information from candidates or traditional media sources, such as television and newspapers, over the last decade Americans have increasingly been turning to the Internet as a major source for information. In just the last few years, options have gone beyond online providers that are linked to print media to new resources that have been born digital, especially with the rapid growth of Weblogs and the interactivity and user-generated content now available through social networking and Web 2.0 services, such as YouTube and MySpace.

This article highlights a number of sites that may be of use to librarians and library users who are looking to get information not just about candidates but also about the political process in our increasingly online, networked, and social world. Most of these resources include RSS feeds for some if not all of their content, and many include public forums or blog comments from members of the general public. The notion of a commenting culture is alive and well in the realm of online political information."

Read the rest of the article.

Source: C&RL News

Full post as published by LexLibris on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).