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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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
- 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
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
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
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:
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
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
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
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
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
Political Parties
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
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)
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
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
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
Grace York, Retired Documents Librarian
Alex Watson, Documents Assistant, 2007
The University of Michigan Library
USA Map from the Census Bureau
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~graceyor/govdocs/state.html
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