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Reference Sources

• Separation of Powers (American Law Yearbook, 2019)
• Checks and Balances (American Governance, 2016)
• The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence (Harvard University Press, 2009)
• Gale Encyclopedia of American Law (Gale, 2011)
• Guide to U.S. Political Parties (CQ Press, 2014)

Newspapers & Magazines

• U.S. Newsstream - free full-text access to major US newspapers  such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal
• MasterFile Complete - free full-text access to newspapers and magazines such as The Atlantic and The New Yorker
• Biography in Context - free full-text access to newspapers and magazines such as The Economist
• Google News - searches free, online news sources
• Allsides - rates news stories by Left, Right, or Center

Think Tanks & Other Fact Checking Websites​

• FactCheck.org - checks  the factual accuracy of statements
• News Fact Checking Sites
  • AP Fact Checker
  • Univison Detector de Mentiras 
  • NPR Fact Check
  • Washington Post Fact Checker
• Open Secrets - tracks donors, interests groups, PACs
• Pew Research Center - nonpartisan fact tank
• PolitiFact - researches statements and rates their accuracy on the Truth-O-Meter
• Public Policy Institute of California - nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank