Citation Guides

• Guides to citing government and/or electronic information
• Most guides are available on the Internet with a few in paper

Congressional Research

• Step-by-step guide to federal legislative histories
• Bills, hearings, debates, laws and regulations
• Members of Congress, committees, and public opinion
• Campaign finances, lobby group ratings
• Links to Congressional Universe (UMich Only)
• Congressional Quarterly (UMich Only)

Documents in the News

• Current topics covered by the news media
• 1995 Examples
  • Oklahoma City bombing, Ebola virus
  • Gulf War Syndrome, O.J. Simpson trial
• 1996 Examples
  • Elections and Federal budget/shutdown
  • Welfare reform
• Stories in 1997
  • Campaign finance reform, army sexual harassment
  • Affirmative action lawsuit against the University of Michigan
• 1998 Stories
  • Impeachment, Gingrich resignation, Northwest Airlines strike

Documents Librarianship

• Depository library directories and web sites
• Federal depository library program documents
• Professional periodicals and associations
• ALA-GODORT Handout Exchange
• Government Printing Office Administrative Notes (1995+)
• Job postings for government documents librarians

Guides to Government Documents

• Class Assignment Web Pages for the University of Michigan
• Government Documents Round Table (ALA) Handout Exchange
• Guides to Documents Center collections and reference tools

High School Debate Topics

• Guides to the high school debate topics beginning 1995
• China, Juvenile Crime, Renewable Energy, Russia, and Education Reform
• Documents Center, University of Michigan and national web pages

International Simulations

• Social, political, and economic information about foreign countries
• Major international and foreign web sites
• Includes printed, microfiche, CD-ROM, and on-line information sources
• Research procedure for simulation class assignments and debates

Political Science Resources

• Class assignment pages for University of Michigan students
• Foreign, international, and U.S. political research
• Newspapers and periodicals, including JSTOR and Project Muse
• Periodical indexes and a link to the Social Sciences Citation Index (UMich Only)
• Archival and declassified material
• Political simulations
• Professional and academic web sites, grants for political scientists

Reference Tools on the Web

• Dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, directories, biographies
• Open access and campus-licensed reference tools

Statistical Resources

• Demographic, economic, education, environmental, health, political, scientific data
• Sociology, transportation, and weather
• Cost-of-living, federal deficit, foreign exchange rates, mapping services
• Focus is U.S. national data
• Michigan, international, and selected foreign sources included

United States Foreign Policy

• Historical and current sources of foreign policy
• Books, periodicals, newspapers, archival materials
• Paper, microform, and Internet sources
• U.S. and international agency web sites

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
The University of Michigan Library, (734) 764-0410
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