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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Last updated on March 25,
2015
Government Directories
Web Sources
- State
and Local Governments via Library of Congress
- Comprehensive link for state and local web sites
- Salaries of State
Officials
- Book of the States (Doc. Cen. JK 2403 .B72)
- Provides comparative salaries for governors, executive branch
officials, legislators and judges in various chapters
- See index under "salaries" at the back of the book
- State
and Local Government
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- Comprehensive link for state government web sites, updated daily
- Includes U.S. Territories
- Links to federal and non-government national organizations serving
state and local governments
- State
Bluebooks (Alaska State Library)
- Links to the state government manuals of the 50 states
- Manual typically include directories of the agencies, biographies of
the legislators, some statistics, and election data
- Many but not all have web links
- State
Yellow Book (UMich Only)
- Current detailed telephone directory of the Executive and Legislative Branches in all states
- Search by numerous criteria; browse by clicking on the Browse button at the top of the page and choosing State Yellowbook
- Also available in paper form: GRADUATE LIBRARY JK 2443 .S791 with latest in Documents Center
Congressional Delegations by State
- Contacting
Congress (Juan Cabanela)
- Provides a web interface to Member
phone, fax, district office, and
e-mail address
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Courts
- Academic Universe/LEXIS
(UMich Only)
- Full text of Supreme and appellate court decisions
- Choose Legal Research/State Case Law
- Search can be defined by type of court, date, name or keyword
- Can only search one state at a time
- Court TV
- Trials section has summaries, briefs,
testimonies, and opinions on high-profile trials
- Laws Online
- Directories
- U.S. and State executive, legislative and judicial branch officers
- Includes names, contact information and web links
- Web links to federal and state court
decisions
- State Court
Organization, 2004 (BJS)
- Tables compare states on judicial organization
- Includes means for choosing appellate judges, qualifications for
trial court judges, judicial discipline
- PDF format
- State Law
(All Law)
- Links by state to supreme and appeals court decisions and legislation
- Coverage varies by state but may include tax tribunal decisions,
child support calculators, executive orders, administrative codes, and
attorney general opinions
- State
Law and Government (Washburn University Law Library)
- Links to main state government web sites and constitutions
- Links to state laws, legislative information, court decisions,
and Congressional delegation web sites as available
Forms
- State Forms (All
Law)
- Arranged by state with links to tax, corporate, real estate, living
will, and miscellaneous application forms
- See also Tax
Forms
Governors
- Governors
Addresses (NGA)
- Mailing address and phone numbers of state governors
- Governors' E-Mail Addresses
- Arranged by state with name of governor and direction connections
to e-mail addresses and web sites
- Good source for political speeches, biographies, and agendas
- Historic Lists of
State Governors (Rulers.org)
- Chronological lists of governors by state appear at the end of the
United States President Listing
- Data includes years in office, party, birth and death
- National
Governors' Association
- Extensive list and full text of policies on federal-state relations,
economic development, human and natural resources
- Issue briefs, press releases
- Background and the administration of welfare reform
- Links to governors of the states and territories, their biographies,
election status, and web sites
- National
Governors Database (Natl Governors Assoc)
- Biographies and pictures of all state governors, historic and current
- Searchable by name, state, party, demographic characteristics
- Some features still under development
- Project Vote Smart
- Current Elected Officials has section on
Governors, arranged by state
- Brief biographical information and answers to the National Political Awareness Test as available
- Who's
Who in American Politics (UMich Only)
- Separate database accessed through the Marquis Who's Who
Online database
- Includes presidents and vice presidents, current and former living
cabinet members, legislators, judges, governors
- Current ambassadors, mayors and council members of large cities,
political party chairs
- Entries for former officials often include their current
addresses
- Governors' Salaries appear in Book of the
States (Doc.Cen. JK 2403 .B72)
Jobs
- Internet Job Source
- Links to government and private industry jobs in 43 states
- Links to job web pages of federal government agencies
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Laws and Regulations
Constitutions
- Academic
Universe/LEXIS (UMich Only)
- State codes (laws-in-force) and Constitutions appear under
Legal Research/State Code
- Can only search one state at a time
- Choose state and then state constitution
- Colonial
Charters (Yale)
- Full text of colonial charters and constitutions for the original
colonies
- Covers the 17th-18th Centuries
- State and
Territorial Law (Georgetown University)
- Listing by state of legislative and legal web sites
- Includes courts and constitutions
- State
Capital Universe (UMich Only)
- Full text of state constitutions indexed by keyword
- May access individual states or across any combination of states
- State
Legal Resources on the Web(UMich)
- State laws, constitutions, and administrative code sites
- Attorney General opinions, executive orders, courts,
newspapers, state law libraries, and historic election data
Laws - Comprehensive Codes
- Academic
Universe/LEXIS (UMich Only)
- State codes (laws-in-force) and Constitutions appear under
Legal Research/State Code
- Can only search one state at a time
- Choose state and then state code
- Sample Search
Legal Research/State Code/Michigan/Code
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- Wex
(Cornell Law School)
- Comprehensive guide to federal and state laws and regulations arranged
by subject category
- Browsable by broad or narrow subject category and searchable by
keyword; subjects include bankruptcy, adoption, divorce, criminal
procedure, etc.
- Sample information for each topic includes federal laws, regulations,
and major court decisions; New York law; tables comparing laws of the 50
states; additional legal material on the web
- National
Survey of State Laws
- Tables compare state laws on business, crime, education, employment,
family, general civil, real estate and tax law
- Special feature includes legal ages for age of majority,
emancipation, contracts, ability to sue and medical consent
- Also available in the Documents Center in paper copy: KF 386
.N381
- State and
Territorial Law (Georgetown University)
- Listing by state of legislative and legal web sites
- Includes courts and constitutions
- State Capital
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes current codes and administrative regulations of all states
- May be searched by state and keyword or across states by keyword
- Provides full text and notes
- Includes Martindale-Hubbell Law Digest
- State Law (All Law)
- Links by state to supreme and appeals court decisions and legal codes
- State
Law and Government (Washburn University Law Library)
- Links to main state government web sites and constitutions
- Links to state laws, legislative information, court decisions,
and Congressional delegation web sites as available
- State Laws
OnLine
- Annotated list by state of proposed legislation and laws on available on the Internet
- State Legal Resources on the Web
- State laws and administrative code sites
- U.S. State and
Territorial Laws (Law Moose)
- Excellent set of links to state and territorial laws arranged by
jurisdiction
- Includes constitutions, historical material, and special subjects
- Section on uniform state laws
- Zimmerman's
Online Encyclopedia for Legal Researchers
- Extensive list of topics directly or indirectly related to legal
research from actors and bill jackets to military records and trade
secrets
- Provides a brief description of sources for research, including the
best free web sites (e.g. weight and measure converters, text of the
Vienna Conventions) as well as LEXIS or Westlaw databases
- Book of the States, 1935+
- Biennial publication with analytical articles on recent changes in state law
- Different subjects covered with each edition
- Some tabular data
- Documents Center JK 2403 .B72 with older issues in Graduate Library stacks
- Subject Compilations of State Laws, 1960+
- Lists journal articles comparing the laws of two or more states
- Arranged by subject
- Documents Center KF 240 .S795
Laws - Individual Subjects
- Ages
- National Survey of State Laws (Doc. Cen. KF 386
.N381)
- Table 34 provides state information on legal ages: for age
of majority,
emancipation, contracts, ability to sue and medical consent
- Assessing the New
Federalism
- State data base includes statistics and law tracking for the 50
states and D.C.
- Fiscal, economic, demographic data
- Information about income security, health, employment, housing, and
child welfare programs
- EXAMPLE: State Data Base - Use Online - Begin -
Health Insurance/Proceed - Minimum Group Size/Proceed - All Years - for
state laws on minimum size of group health insurance coverage
- Similar procedure for data on food stamps and AFDC caseloads
- Includes articles on state social service policies
- Assisted
Suicide (Euthanasia Society)
- Quotes Associated Press summary of assisted suicide laws
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Excerpts from all state codes on child abuse and neglect laws
- Child
Care
- Recommended national child day care standards
- Licensing regulations for all states and state contacts
- Web site by the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in
Child Care
- Childhood Obesity
- Obesity
Research (University of Baltimore)
- Maps show obesity rankings for adults and children by state
- Report cards rank efforts to control it
- School
Foods Report Card (Center for Science in the Public
Interest)
- State efforts to control foods in schools
- Death
Penalty (Death Penalty Information Center)
- Death penalty laws by state
- Number of people on death row by race and gender
- Divorce Source
- Summarizes divorce laws and procedures by state
- Directories of family law professionals by county and chat rooms
- Driving
Laws
- State speed limits, blood alcohol levels, graduated licenses,
helmets, young drivers, and child restraints
- Employment Law:
An Overview (Cornell)
- Links to federal labor law (primarily Titles 29 and 42 of U.S. Code)
as well federal regulations
- State labor statutes arranged by topic and state
- Comparative description of federal and state laws for several topics
- Links to related web sites
- Faithless
Electors
- State list of how electors are chosen, whether names appear on the
ballot, and whether they
are bound by law to vote for candidate receiving popular vote
- Family Law in
the 50 States (American Bar Association)
- Tables comparing alimony, custody criteria, child support, grounds for
divorce, property division, third party visitation and guardianship in the
50 states
- Firearms
Laws (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
- Appendix provides tables with state firearms laws
- Includes background check procedures, legislative reasons for denying
a permit, and section of the code where it is covered
- Text or pdf formats
- Freedom of Information Act
- Genetics
(NCSL)
- Comparison of states on genetics laws, paternity testing, and
employment hiring decisions
- Hate
Crimes Laws (Anti-Defamation League)
- Chart listing hate crimes provisions for the 50 states
- Home Schooling
(National
Home Schools Legal Defense Fund)
- Summary of home school laws in all states and territories
- State home school organizations
- Marriage Laws
- Marriage
Laws (Cornell)
- Table of laws for each state age requirements, when to apply
for license, and whether or not common law marriage is recognized
- Links refer to the state codes on marriage
- Minimum Wage
Laws
(Dept. of Labor)
- Comparison of U.S. minimum wage laws with the current laws in
individual states and future changes
- Map shows states about the federal minimum
- InfoPlease
Comparison Table
- Privacy
Laws by State (EPIC)
- Arranged by state
- Uses Xs and 0s to indicate whether state has any laws at all on
privacy of various records (medical, school, tax, polygraphing, etc.
- Same Sex Marriage
- State
Laws on Same Sex Marriage (Stateline)
- June 2008
article comparing 50 states on same sex marriage and domestic
partnerships
- Covers constitutional versus legislative provisions
- Chart or map format
- State Retirement
Systems (GAO)
- Retirement age, pension plans,
salaries and benefits for public employees in the 50 states
- Accurate
as of Match 1999
- General Accounting Report GGD-99-45
- Summary
of State Bad Check Laws (Commercial Collection Agency
Association)
- Compares each state on legal aspects of bad checks
- Number of days to resolve the bank shortage, misdemeanor v. felony, service
fees, and criminal penalties
- Transboundary
Freshwater Dispute Database (Oregon State)
- Summaries and full text of 150 international treaties and 39
interstate treaties
- Searchable by parties, subject, beginning and ending date
- Unemployment
Insurance Laws
- Maps compare states on different aspects of unemployment insurance,
especially claims procedures
- Uniform Model State Laws
- Uniform and Model State
Acts
- Model state laws include interstate child visitation and commercial
codes
- U.S. State and
Territorial Laws (Law Moose)
- Excellent set of links to state and territorial laws arranged by
jurisdiction
- Includes constitutions, historical material, and special subjects
- Section on uniform state laws
- Abuse of Women in Custody: Sexual Misconduct and the Shackling of Pregnant Women (Amnesty USA)
- Fact sheets on state laws about women's incarceration
Regulations
- State Capital
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes current codes and administrative regulations of all states
- May be searched by state and keyword or across states by keyword
- Provides full text and notes
- State Legal Resources on the Web
- State laws and administrative code sites
- State
Law and Government (Washburn University Law Library)
- Links to main state government web sites and constitutions
- Links to state laws, legislative information, court decisions,
and Congressional delegation web sites as available
- State Legal Resources on the Web
- State laws and administrative code sites
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Legislatures
Directories of Legislators
- Project Vote Smart
- Candidates and Elected Officials has section on state legislatures, arranged by state
- Brief biographical information and answers to the National Political Awareness Test as available
- State Legislators by Race, Sex and State
- 2004 - Vital Statistics on American Politics,
2005-2006, p. 63-64 (Docs. JK 274 .V5821)
- 1995 - Vital Statistics on American Politics,
1995, p. 372-373 (Grad JK 274 .V5821)
- State Yellow Book, 1989+
- GRADUATE LIBRARY--Call No: JK 2443 .S791 with latest in Documents Center
- Detailed telephone directory of the states
- Executive Branch is in the first section; Legislative Branch is in the second section
- Appendix has a subject arrangement of agencies for all 50 states
Directories of
Legislature Web Sites
- National Conference of State
Legislatures
- Newsletters, policies, and testimony on
federal-state relations
- Organizational information, publications, and conferences
- Extensive links to state legislative web sites, which may have bills
- State
Law and Government (Washburn University Law Library)
- Links to main state government web sites and constitutions
- Links to state laws, legislative information, court decisions,
and Congressional delegation web sites as available
Legislative Research
Agencies
- Legislative Research
Web Sites (Gary Price)
- Links to state legislative research web sites are included on the
same web page as the Congressional Research Service
- Legislative research agencies usually provide reports on legislative
issues applicable to more than one state
Political Background
- Assessing the New
Federalism
- State data base includes statistics and law tracking for the 50
states and D.C.
- Fiscal, economic, demographic data
- Information about income security, health, employment, housing, and
child welfare programs
- EXAMPLE: State Data Base - Use Online - Begin -
Health Insurance/Proceed - Minimum Group Size/Proceed - All Years - for
state laws on minimum size of group health insurance coverage
- Similar procedure for data on food stamps and AFDC caseloads
- Includes articles on state social service policies
- National Conference of State
Legislatures
- Newsletters, policies, and testimony on
federal-state relations
- Organizational information, publications, and conferences
- Extensive links to state legislative web sites, which may have bills
- Political Information
- Search engine to politics on the web
- Includes political party, think tank, and advocacy web sites
- State Capital
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes official political journals of selected states and
newspaper of record for all states
- Various policy briefs from the National Conference of State
Legislatures
- Stateline (PEW Research
Center)
- Summary of news articles about state legislative issues for all 50 states
- States can be compared and ranked on population, economic, crime,
budget, and environmental factors
- See also Newspapers and
Journals
Bills
- State Capital
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes bills from all 50 states since 1991
- May be searched by state and keyword or across states by keyword
- Provides text and legislative status
- State Legal Resources on the Web
- Identifies current bill sites for the state legislatures
- State laws and administrative code sites
- Data Sets can be downloaded (with or without fee) from:
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Libraries and Archives
- State
Archives (UNESCO)
- Links to state archives throughout the United States
Michigan
- State of Michigan web sites
- Detailed legislative materials and background information
- Court decisions; Michigan laws and regulations
- Local government and elections
- Great Lakes Region environmental information
- Census and statistical information
Podcasts
- Government
Podcasts (Free Government Information)
- Links to federal and state government agencies with podcasts
- These audio feeds can be heard on an IPod or a PC
State Symbols
- Guide to American Flags
(Okla
Univ Law School)
- Historic American flags, including those during the Civil War
- Current flags for individual states and terroritories
- Small and large sizes
Taxes
- Federal
and
State Tax Forms (NWU)
- Links to state tax agencies that have tax forms on the web
- Does not necessarily link to the tax form itself
- State Tax Forms
(LSU)
- Clearly-arranged links to tax forms in several states
- Tax and
Accounting Sites
- State list of tax sites and related information
- Taxweb
- Links to state tax forms, laws, court decisions
- State Tax
Rates
- Current income, corporate, sales and excise tax rates for
all states
- Numerous tables on state and local tax revenue
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Government Reports Bibliographies
Web
- MIRLYN-Web
- Search for local government as author
- EXAMPLE:
Illinois Office of Secretary of State
Michigan Family Independence Agency
Texas Dept of Agriculture
- OCLC World Cat (Umich Only)
- Search for government as author
- Material not located at University of Michigan should be borrowed on Inter-Library Loan
- Public Affairs
Information Service Bulletin (UMich Only)
- Subject index to books, articles, and government documents on
politics and economics since 1972 in Western European languages
- Government documents include United States and States
- Articles include state politics
- Note: this does not have the full text
- There are also paper versions (English, 1915+, Z 7163 .P98 and
foreign, 1968+, Z 7164 .E2 P96)
- State
Agency Databases (ALA GODORT)
- A wiki created by volunteers to list and annotate databases being
maintained by state governments
- Usual databases include bills, laws, sex offender registries
- State
Documents
Checklists and Shipping Lists (Univ.Ill.-Urbana)
- Links to state government internet sites with state government
documents bibliographies or shipping lists
- Approximately 28 states included as of November 1998
- Coverage of most sites begins between 1991 and 1995
- State
Libraries (Wisconsin)
- Comprehensive list of state libraries
- State library catalogs are excellent sources for identifying state
government publications and gopher or web sites
Library
- Monthly Checklist of State Publications, 1910-96
- Lists publications by state and agency with index by subject
- Documents Center Z 1223.5 .A1 U58 for last 10 years; 1910-69 in Buhr; remainder in stacks
- State Publications, -1907 by Richard Bowker
- Definitive list of state government publications through the Nineteenth Century
- Identifies rare publications which may either be in the library system or the Clements Library
- States are arranged by region, sometimes in an incomprehensive manner
- Documents Center: Z 1223.5 .A1 R786 1908
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PUBLIC POLICY
Web Sources |
Advocacy Groups |
Political Parties
State Government Associations |
Think Tanks
Books |
Journals |
Newspapers
Web Sites
Search Engines
- HotBot
- Internet search engine
- Advanced Search permits searching by domain
- Many states have a domain ending with state.two-letter abbreviation.us,
(e.g. state.mi.us or state.ca.us)
- Political Information
- Search engine to politics on the web
- Includes political party, think tank, and advocacy web sites
Articles and Assessments
- Assessing the New
Federalism
- State data base includes statistics and law tracking for the 50
states and D.C.
- Fiscal, economic, demographic data
- Information about income security, health, employment, housing, and
child welfare programs
- EXAMPLE: State Data Base - Use Online - Begin -
Health Insurance/Proceed - Minimum Group Size/Proceed - All Years - for
state laws on minimum size of group health insurance coverage
- Similar procedure for data on food stamps and AFDC caseloads
- Includes articles on state social service policies
- Center for Budget and Policy
Priorities
- Non-partisan think tank focused on policy issues affecting lower and
moderate-income citizens
- Extensive, full text analyses on such subjects as welfare reform,
medicaid, food stamps, and block grants
- Includes search engine
- Center for
Public Integrity
- Non-partisan organization promoting ethics in government
- 50 States Project rates states on public disclosure laws
- Research reports on financing presidential and Congressional
elections
- National Conference of State
Legislatures
- Newsletters, policies, and testimony on
federal-state relations
- Organizational information, publications, and conferences
- Extensive links to state legislative web sites, which may have bills
- National
Governors' Association
- Extensive list and full text of policies on federal-state relations,
economic development, human and natural resources
- Issue briefs, press releases
- Background and the administration of welfare reform
election status, and web sites
- Public Agenda Online
- Divided into 18 national policy areas, some of which are regulated by the states
- Includes abortion, immigration, and the right-to-die
- Frames the debate, provides several sides of an issue, and reports American public opinion
- State Capital
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes official political journals of selected states and
newspaper of record for all states
- Includes policy briefs and studies of the National Conference on
State Legislatures
- Stateline (PEW Research
Center)
- Summary of news articles about state legislative issues for all 50 states
- States can be compared and ranked on population, economic, crime,
budget, and environmental factors
- See also Newspapers and
Journals
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Advocacy Groups
- National
Association of Secretaries of State
- List of secretary of state web sites for the 50 states
- Individual state web sites frequently have a list of lobbyists
registered in their area
- Politics 1
- National advocacy groups arranged by issue and ideology
- Includes abortion, right-to-die, education
- State Advocacy Groups (Project Vote Smart)
- Use the Issues and Legislation/Issue and Interest Group Link
- Specify name of state
- Results include main lobby groups and their ratings of state
legislators
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Associations of State Government Officials
Association publications usually outline the policy issues facing state governments.
- American
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
- Current national legislation
- Association publications and projects
- Links to the web sites of state motor vehicle departments
- American
Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials
- Two weekly journals, beginning 1996, on federal legislative and
regulatory issues regarding transportation
- Information about the organization and its positions
- American
Planning Association
- The APA's standpoint and policy guidelines on planning issues
- Abstracts of its publications and research projects
- Land-Based Classification System
- Downloadable version of its Legislative
Guidebook for the reform of planning laws
- Survey of planners' salaries
- American
Public Transit Association
- Legislative and organizational information
- Extracts from the National Transit Data Base, including data on the
top 30 municipal transit systems, their finances and ridership
- National data by subject on bus and light rail vehicles, mileage,
fares, injuries, and finances
- Appalachian
Regional
Commission
- Promotes economic development in Appalachia
- Grant information and a list of applicable counties in each state
- Policy documents and testimony before Congress
- Colorado
River Water Users Association
- Geographic, geologic, recreational, power and environmental
information on Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and
Wyoming
- Description of the Ten Tribes
- Association resolutions, compacts, and environmental initiatives
- Council of State Governments
- Organizational information and telnet interface for assistance
via e-mail
- Index of CSG publications
- Council on
Licensure, Enforcement, and Regulation
- International association of state and Canadian provincial officials
involved with occupational licensing and regulation
- Information about the organization, its conferences, and publications
- Links to web sites of member state and provincial organizations
- Education
Commission for the States
- Non-profit organization for state education leaders
- Bibliographies and abstracts of publications on K-Higher Education
- Samples include charter schools, dress codes, technology, academic
performance
- Federation of State Tax
Administrators
- Current income, corporate, sales and excise tax rates for all states
- Numerous tables on state and local tax revenue
- Great
Lakes Commission
- Describes its program areas: administration, environment,
transportation, commmunication and regional cooperation
- Full text of regional agreements
- Selected publications available in full text, including statistical
analyses of the Great Lakes border states
- Interstate Oil and Gas
Compact
Commission
- Organization of 36 oil and gas producing states
- History, rules, organization, publications and resolutions of the compact
- Guidelines for Exploration and Production
Data
- Links to related oil and gas web sites as well as member states
- National Assembly of State
Art Agencies
- Primarily information about the organization
- Links to state arts agencies
- National
Association of Attorneys General
- Job related news topics (e.g. slamming by telephone companies)
- Biographies of state attorneys general, contact information, and
links to their web sites
- National
Association of Government Records Administrators
- Organizational information
- Two periodicals, including one on electronic records management
- National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners
- Organizational information and policy resolutions
- Links to state government public utility sites and related
organizational web sites
- National Association of
Secretaries of State
- National Association of State
Budget Officers
- Weekly periodical of federal budget issues affecting states
- Summary report on Medicare
- Organizational information
- Budget
Processes in the States compares states on numerous
procedural issues
- Includes line item vetoes, rainy day funds, who prepares budget
forecasts
- National Association of State Chief
Executive Officers
- Publications on technology in state government
- Replaces the National Association of State Information Resource
Executives
- National
Association of State Departments of Agriculture
- Describes its publications and regulatory concerns in a general manner
- Links to agricultural organizations
- National Association of State
Election Directors
- National Association of State
Telecommunications Directors
- News and links to state telecommunications sites and
- Full text of State Telecommunications Survey
only available to members with password
- National Center for State
Courts
- Assists states with court administration
- Information on court technology programs
- National Conference of State
Legislatures
- Newsletters, policies, and testimony on
federal-state relations
- Organizational information, publications, and conferences
- Extensive links to state legislative web sites
- National
Governors' Association
- Extensive list and full text of policies on federal-state relations,
economic development, human and natural resources
- Issue briefs, press releases
- Background and the administration of welfare reform
- Links to governors of the states and territories, their biographies,
election status, and web sites
- Public Entity Risk
Institute
- Nonprofit organization assisting governments with risk management issues
- Links to disaster, risk management, environmental, safety and health,
and human resource organizations and data bases
- State Health
Agencies
- Updated links to state public health departments
- State Science & Technology
Institute (SSTI)
- Non-profit organization enhancing government-industry cooperation in
use of science and technology
- Describes technology programs by state
- Weekly summaries and special reports on technological programs
- State
Services Organization
- Annotated links to service organizations for state governments,
including many of those listed on this web page
- See Governing Magazine for an extensive list of state government associations
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Political Parties
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Think Tanks
- Bureau of Governmental Research
- Non-profit research institute analyzing public administration in New
Orleans but affecting all metropolitan areas
- Bibliography of publications and links to university public policy
institutes
- Morrison
Institute for Public Policy (Arizona State University)
- Research projects on state and local governance with emphasis on Arizona
- Economics, education, environment, government, effect of tax cuts
- Full text of Arizona Policy Choices and
selected other publications available online
- Pioneer
Institute
- Public policy think tank for Massachusetts issues
- Includes policy briefs and white papers
- Focus on charter schools, deregulation and contracting
- State-Based
Think Tanks (Cascade Policy Institute)
- List of free-market think tanks arranged by state
- Includes address, phone, fax, and web link if available
- Urban Institute
- Non-profit policy research organization on U.S. social and economic
problems
- Hot Topics includes position papers and
testimony on such subjects as block grants, civil rights, education,
health, medicare, and taxes
- See also Political Science Think Tanks
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Books through MIRLYN
- MCAT lists books in library system
- ELEC indexes electronic journals available free on the web and
through campus licenses, such as JSTOR
- Wilson (WILS) indexes periodicals in the social sciences and humanities
- Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) indexes books, articles and
government documents
- Connect to MIRLYN
- SAMPLE SEARCHES
California--Politics and government (as subject)
Elections--Michigan (as subject)
New York (State) Dept of Health (as author)
Texas Dept of Agriculture (as author)
Journals
- Political Information
- Search engine to politics on the web
- Includes political party, think tank, and advocacy web sites
- ProQuest
(UMich Only)
- Indexes some 2300 journal articles in all fields since the 1980s and
provides the full text of many since the late 1990s
- Includes popular and scholarly titles, such as Governing (1983+),
and Government Executive
- Journals indexed by author, title, keyword, periodical, and date
- Articles may be marked for downloading
- Text in HTML and image formats
- Public Affairs
Information Service Bulletin (UMich Only)
- Subject index to books, articles, and government documents on
politics and economics since 1972 in Western European languages
- Government documents include United States and States
- Articles include state politics
- Note: this does not have the full text
- There are also paper versions (English, 1915+, Z 7163 .P98 and
foreign, 1968+, Z 7164 .E2 P96)
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Newspapers
Full Text
SAMPLE SEARCH
- Access News/U.S. News
- Choose More Options
- orange county [in full text]
[w/paragraph] election! [in full text]
[and not] congress! [in full text]
From: 1/1/99 To: [blank]
In: Western Regional Sources
- Search results may be SORTED BY RELEVANCE
- EXPANDED LIST will give keywords
- Search may be Edited (includes publication name) or FOCUSED (narrowed)
- INDIVIDUAL articles may be printed or downloaded
- The LIST of search results may be printed, downloaded or e-mail
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- Special Problems
- Chicago Tribune
- Not covered in Academic Universe due to a decision of the Tribune
- Chicago Sun-Times covered in Academic Universe since January 1992
- Full text on Newsbank's Newspapers on CD-ROM in the Microform/Serials Room since 1992
- ProQuest has citations and abstracts for Chicago Tribune beginning 1985
- Full text available in File 632 of DIALOG beginning 1988
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Abstracts only since 1989 with a one-month delay
- Full text available in File 633 of DIALOG since 1983
- Philadelphia Online has seven-day archive free of charge
- Wall Street Journal
- Abstracts only since 1973
- Midwest paper edition kept in Serials/Microforms until microfilm of the Eastern edition received (Film X1496)
- DIALOG(Requires Librarian to Search for You)
- Numerous newspapers available on-line
- Best source for Philadelphia Inquirer and can be used for the Chicago Tribune prior to 1992
- Make appointment with librarian to search
Directories on the Web
- Newslink
- Lists online newspapers by state and foreign country
- Includes foreign language papers
State
Documents in the News
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SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Budgets
- Fiscal Survey of the States (National Governors
Association)
- Report compares budget deficits facing states as the result of an
economic downturn in 2001-2002
- Extensive appendix compares strategies for reducing the 2003 deficit,
including taxes, state layoffs, reductions in welfare payments, etc.
- Report issued November 2002
- National Association of State
Budget Officers
- Weekly periodical of federal budget issues affecting states
- Summary report on Medicare
- Organizational information
- Budget
Processes in the States compares states on numerous
procedural issues
- Includes line item vetoes, rainy day funds, who prepares budget
Elections
- Almanac of American Politics [Library]
- Biennial biographical directory of Members of Congress
- Lengthy information about the politics of the State and Congressional District
- Includes state politics tangentially related to the Congressional election
- Documents Center JK 1012 .A44 with current in Graduate Library Stacks
- Open Secrets
- Focused on state contributions to federal offices
- Campaign contributions by place, zip code, industry and state government official for Arizona, Illinois and Minnesota as of September 1999
- Additional analyses expected by 2000
- Political
Resources Online
- Searchable list of over 3000 political products and services (e.g.
pollsters, posters)
- Approach by specialty, geography, party, and
name
- Calendar of upcoming events, including conventions, state primaries
- Web sites of federal, state, and local candidates searchable by a combination of national/local, party, state, and month of election
- Project Vote Smart
- Candidates and Elected Officials has section on Governors and Legislators, arranged by state
- Brief biographical information and answers to the National Political Awareness Test as available
- Secretary of State Offices (Political Resources)
- Links to state Secretary of State offices
- Individual web sites often have campaign information and election
results
- State Legislators by Race, Sex and State
- 2004 - Vital Statistics on American Politics,
2005-2006, p. 63-64 (Docs. JK 274 .V5821)
- 1995 - Vital Statistics on American Politics,
1995, p. 372-373 (Grad JK 274 .V5821)
- State Election Results
AL
Elections, 2005+ |
AK
Elections, 1996+ |
AR Elections
(current) |
AZ
Elections, 1974+ |
CA
Elections, 1992+ |
CO
Elections, 1996+ |
CN
Elections (current) |
DE
Elections (current only) |
DC Elections
1994+ |
FL
Elections, 1978+ |
GA
Elections, 1988+ |
HI
Elections, 2004+ |
IA
Elections, 1996+ |
ID Elections,
1990+ |
IL
Elections, 1998+ |
IN
Elections, 1997+ |
KS
Elections, 1988+ |
KY
Elections, 1973+ |
LA
Elections, 1986+ |
MA Elections
2002+ |
MD
Elections, 1986+ |
ME Elections,
1992+ |
MI
Elections, 1998+ |
MN
Elections, 1998+ |
MO
Elections, 2002+ |
MS
Elections, 2000+ |
MT
Elections, 1992+ |
NE Elections,
2000+ |
NC
Elections, 1996+ |
ND
Elections, 2000+ |
NH Elections
(current) |
NJ
Elections, 1998+ |
NM
Elections, 2004+ |
NV
Elections, 1998+ |
NY
Elections, 2000+ |
OH
Elections, 1940+ |
OK
Elections, 1996+ |
OR
Elections, 1995+ |
PA
Elections, 2000+ |
PR
Elections, 2000+ |
RI Elections,
1998+ |
SC Elections,
1996+ |
SD
Elections, 1988+ |
TN
Elections, 1988+ |
TX Elections,
1992+ |
UT
Elections, 1982+ |
VT
Elections, 1996+ |
VA
Elections, 1997+ |
WA
Elections, 2004+ |
WI
Elections, 2000+ |
WV
Elections, 1998+ |
WY Elections,
1996+ |
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- Newspapers remain the most
detailed source for issues and election results at the state level
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Statistics
Comprehensive
- Government
Finances (Census Bureau)
- Receipts and expenditures for the federal government, states, large
cities and counties, and school districts, 1989+
- PDF
Publications - Government
- May provide additional information
- Replaces the corresponding paper report series, Government
Finances (HJ 257.A18 - Latest in Documents Center)
- State
and Metropolitan Area Data Book (Census Bureau)
- Updates 1990 Census on state and metropolitan area with data on
various population and housing characteristics.
- Includes data from non-Census sources, including medicaid, crime,
energy, schools, motor vehicles
- Entire file is approximately 3 MB in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format
- HTML files provide state and metropolitan area rankings on
population, births and deaths, housing starts, crime, energy, and
government grants
- State Data Center Web
Sites (Census Bureau)
- List of Census Bureau's state affiliate web sites
- Sites usually supply population and economic information
- Statistical
Abstract of the United States
- Compendium of government and non-government statistics, primarily on
the national and state levels
- Population and vital statistics, health, economics, education,
government finance, manufacturing, natural resources, transportation, and U.S. Industrial
Outlook (production and foreign trade by four-digit SIC for past six years)
- Full text available in Adobe Acrobat format
- State rankings and state/county profiles in HTML format
- The full text of Statistical Abstract is available in most University
of Michigan campus libraries as HA 202
- Easier-to-use web version through Statistical
Universe (Umich Only)
- Historical pdf versions of Statistical
Abstract are available from the Census Bureau web site for
1790-1860, 1876-1936, and 1953-58
- Statistical
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes and abstracts federal government statistics since 1974;
business, association and state government data since 1980; international
agency since 1983 expected during Fall 1998
- Access through the Statistical Sources menu
- Delimiters include Boolean operators and numerous proximity
indicators, frequency, and comparative data (by city, by foreign
country, by age, by disease)
- Sample Search: gdp w/10 quarterly and by foreign
country
- About 15% of the abstracts link to full text
- For items not hot-linked:
- Write down abstract number (e.g. SRI 1998 R4105-6) and bring to
the Documents Center for the microfiche version
- Consult Statistical Universe
Guide for various web searching alternatives
- See Statistical Resources on the
Web for many more data sources.
Individual States
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Alex Watson, Documents Assistant, 2007
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