Subject Description:

    Academic Indexes and Electronic Journal Collections

Academic Search Premier     Academic Search Premier contains indexing for nearly 8,050 publications, with full text for more than 4,600 of those titles. PDF back files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier contains full text coverage in biology, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, sociology, etc.

America: History and Life         1964 - present. This index provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This extensive database covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, it also includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, books, dissertations and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Includes book reviews.

Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe Index and abstracts for congressional committee documents, prints, reports and published hearings, 1970-present; Legislative histories, 1969-present; Committee hearings selected transcripts and full-text statements, 1988-present; Committee prints selected full text, 1993-2004; Committee reports full text, 1990-present; House and Senate documents (electronic versions) full text, 1995-present; Congressional Record daily edition, 1985-present; Bill texts and tracking, 1989-present; Public law texts, 1988-present; U.S. Code; Code of Federal Regulations, 1981-present; Federal Register, 1980-present; Campaign finance data, 1987-present Key votes data, 1987-present; Member financial disclosures, profiles, and voting records Political news, including The Hill, 1995-present; Washington Post section A news, 1977-present; and Roll Call, 1989-present; Committee rosters and schedules

    Catalogs

Pounce: Briggs Library Catalog Pounce is the new catalog for the Rodney A. Briggs Library. Pounce contains information on all of the items in the collection.

WorldCat    Searches for books and other items held by libraries across the United States, with selected international coverage. This is where you go when you want the widest possible search for books.

    Almanacs

Congressional Quarterly Almanac     1962- Present Chronicles each session of the US Congress, including commentaries on bills (arranged by broad topics,)voting information, texts of presidential statements, public laws and a glossary of terms. Location: Ref JK 1 .C66 Check SUMMON Record

    Atlases & Maps

Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts     1789-1993 Location: Ref Atlas Case G 1201 .F9 M3 1982 Check SUMMON Record

    Dictionaries

HarperCollins Dictionary of American Government and Politics Includes Terms, phrases and processes relating local, state and national politics. Location: Ref JK9 .S43 1992 Check SUMMON Record

    Directories

CQ's Politics in America Articles give summaries of members performances, voting records, campaign finances, interest group ratings,etc. Location: Ref JK 1012 .P64 Check SUMMON Record

Politics in Minnesota Location: Ref JK6310 .P65 Check SUMMON Record

    Encyclopedias

Congress A to Z: A Ready Reference Encyclopedia Provides comprehensive information on the legislative branch. Includes an extensive appendix with factual and statistical data. Location: Ref JK 1067 .C67 Check SUMMON Record

Congress and the Nation     1945- Provides detailed information on people, events, legislation, and government actions. Lists key Congressional votes, electoral returns, and texts of major Presidential addresses to Congress. Location: Ref JK 1001 .C75 Check SUMMON Record

Constitutional Amendments: 1789 to the Present Includes bibliographical references and index. Location: Ref KF 4557 .C665 2000 Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of American Public Policy The Encyclopedia of American Public Policy cuts through the complexities of this vast and often ill understood subject by mapping it into major subject areas and presenting concise and readable A-to-Z entries within each of these areas: Key Concepts, Agriculture, Civil Rights, Commerce and Transportation, Communications, Crime, Economics, Education, Energy, Entitlement Programs, Environment, Health, Housing, and Labor. Entries within each section cover the most significant actors, legislation, and milestones, offering both historical context and up-to-date discussions of legislation in major policy areas. The volume's easily navigated organizational scheme benefits both students and others who are pursuing specific areas, as well as browsers, who need only turn to the contents page for an instant subject overview. Readers will also find an introductory essay tracing policy eras in American history, a handy chronology at the opening of each subject section, a comprehensive bibliography pointing to works for further reading, and an index. Location: Ref JK 468 .P64 J33 1999 Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of Government and Politics Location: Ref JA 61 .C66 2004 Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Location: Ref KF 4548 .E53 2000 (6 vols) Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of the American Presidency Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Location: Ref JK 511 .E53 1994 Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet Includes bibliographical references (v. 3, p. 1023-1137) and index. Location: Ref E 176 .G89 2000 (3 vols.) Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of the United States Congress Four volume reference work on the history and character of the U.S. Congress; includes comprehensive essays on major topics. Location: Ref JK 1067 .E63 1995 Check SUMMON Record

Encyclopedia of World Constitutions 3 vols; Location: Ref K 3157 .E5 2007 Check SUMMON Record

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations Broad country by country coverage with bibliographies. Volume one includes country comparison tables, information the U.N., etc Location: Ref G63 .W67 1995 Check SUMMON Record

    Federal Law - Case Law - U.S. Supreme Court

United States Reports The official set of U.S. Supreme Court opinions. Very slow publication schedule, for recent opinions see Supreme Court Reporter or Internet web sites (above). Location: KF101.1.U54 REF COLL Check SUMMON Record

    General Reference Works

Constitutions of the World Governing documents of 119 countries. Location: Ref K 3165 .M133 2008 Check SUMMON Record

    Guides

1001 Legal Words You Need to Know Comprehensive guide to the language of the American legal system. Location: Ref KF 156 .A113 2003 Check SUMMON Record

    Handbooks and Manuals

Affirmative Action Location: Ref HF 5549.5 .A34 E39 1999 Check SUMMON Record

Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the Presidency v. 1. Origins and development of the presidency -- Selection and removal of the president -- Powers of the presidency -- The president, the public, and the parties -- v. 2. The White House and the executive branch -- Chief executive and federal government -- Biographies of the presidents and vice presidents. Location: Ref JK 516 .C57 1996 Check SUMMON Record

Minnesota Legislative Manual Vols. for 1967/68- compiled by the Secretary of State. Location: Ref JK 6130 .A36 (newest ed. in reference) Older editions in Government Documents collection Check SUMMON Record

Political Handbook of the World Provides basic information on countries of the world including politcal parties, news media and intergovernmental representation. Location: Ref JF37 .P6 Check SUMMON Record

Statesman's Year-Book Very useful and reliable yearbook providing concise, descriptive and statistical information on countries of the world. Includes selected bibliographies for further research. Location: Briggs Library Reference JA51 .S7 Check SUMMON Record

Statistical History of the American Electorate Check SUMMON Record

United States Government Manual Contains information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. Location: AE 2.108/2: Government Publications Collection (4th floor)

Who, What and Where of America With the subtitle "Understanding the Census Results," this volume covers each U.S. state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district and city with a year 2000 population of 25,000 or more. Location: Ref HA 201.122 .W46 2003 Check SUMMON Record

    Electronic Texts

Foreign Relations of the United States   Digitalization of the print reference set Foreign Relations of the United States by the University of Wisconsin, Madison Libraries;

Government Documents in the News   Full-text of documents in the news

    Gateways & Megasites

American Law Sources On-Line A comprehensive compilation of links to freely accessible online sources of law for the US, Canada and Mexico.

American Presidency Project   Public papers of the U.S. Presidents

Census Finder Locate the appropriate census to search, including freely available censuses from US, UK, Native American, and other countries.

CRS Reports   Hosted by University of North Texas Libraries, this site provides access to the CRS (public policy research arm of Congress.)

Federal Agency Directory Based on the entries in the US Government Manual, this site includes a very complete listing of federal agency sites.

Federal Courts Finder The Supreme Court and Circuit Court sites primarily contain case opinions rather than information about the court itself. However the District Court sites include information about the courts themselves. This Emory University School of Law website provides a Unites States map federal courts finder as well as information and various rulings from the circuit, district and Supreme Court levels.

Federal Register of the United States The official publication for Presidential Documents and Executive Orders as well as Notices, Rules and Proposed Rules from federal agencies and organizations.

Governments on the World Wide Web

GPO Access Superintendent of Documents page leads to many electronic databases including Congressional Record, bills, laws, Federal Register, etc.

Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection

State and Local Government on the Net Provides links to all 50 states, many counties, and a number of city governments. Also provides selective categories for multistate sites, federal resources, national organizations, and tribal governments.

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

World Fact Book Maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency.

    Internet Directory

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (GPO Access web site)

    Library Web Sites

CRS Reports / Thurgood Marshall Law Library

Open CRS       CRS Reports do not become public until a member of Congress releases the report. A number of libraries and non-profit organizations have sought to collect as many of the released reports as possible. Open CRS is a centralized utility that brings together

    Official Agency and Organization Web Sites

Access UN       1961 - present, will be expanded back to 1946.

Congressional Budget Office CBO's mandate is to provide the Congress with: Objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses to aid in economic and budgetary decisions on the wide array of programs covered by the federal budget and provide information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process.

Congressional Universe        1970 - present, updated daily/monthly Congressional Universe is the web version of the CIS/Index to Publications of the U.S. Congress, covering activities and publications of the U.S. Congress, legislative histories, members of Congress, and current legislative tracking.

Council of Economic Advisors Part of the Executive Office of the President, composed of three members who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to analyze and interpret economic developments, to appraise programs and activities of the Government and to formulate and recommend national economic policy to promote employment, production, and purchasing power under free competitive enterprise.

Council on Foreign Relations For users searching for information about international politics; "a non-partisan resource for information and analysis"

Europa This is the European Union's Web Site, providing basic information on the European Union, key issues, access to official documents, legal texts, publications and direct links to individual institution's Web sites.

Federal Election Commission   Information about campaign fund raising activities and campaign finance laws.

Federal Judiciary

Federal Reserve System

FEDSTATS

Free Expression Policy Project Founded in 2000, FEPP provides research and advocacy on free speech, copyright, and media democracy issues.

GAO: U.S. Government Accountability Office Known as "the investigative arm of Congress" and "the congressional watchdog," GAO supports the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and helps improve the performance and accountability of the federal government.

House Committee on Financial Services   Committee overseeing entire financial services industry, including securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries.

Office of Management and Budget Part of the Executive branch of the federal government that monitors federal agencies and advise the President on budgetary matters.

State Blue Books

Supreme Court of the United States

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet Congressional information from the Library of Congress.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau Provides extensive and official population facts and statistics for the United States.

United States Code (web version) The USCA contains the laws of the United States arranged by subject. While there are multiple sources on the web, the GPO Access site is designated as the official source.

USA.Gov FirstGov is an easy-to-search, free-access website designed to be a centralized place to find information from local, state, and U.S. Government Agency websites.

USAID

    Search Engines

Google U.S. Government Search

INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Resource collections

    Web Sites

Curiae Project   Location: Online resource

New Nation Votes Searchable collection of American election returns, 1787-1825

North Star Minnesota government information and services.

Opensecrets "Your guide to the money in U.S. elections."

Oyez Project Northwestern University project. Includes audio files of historic Supreme Court cases.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States

Stateline

U.S. Congress Votes Database Information about Congressional votes since 1991.

    Electronic Journal Collections

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe        varies by title LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference. International news sources are included.

Roll Call

    Data Resources

America Votes Handbook of contemporary American election statistics; scattered editions from 1956 to present; Location: Ref JK 1967 .A8 Check SUMMON Record

    Statistical Resources

Statistical Abstract of the World Statistical information covering these areas for all countries in the world. I. Geography - A.Human Factors - demographics, health, health personnel, ehalth expenditures, health care ratios, infants and malnutrition, ethnic division religion, major languages; B.Education - public educaiton expenditures, educational attainment, literacy rate, libraries, daily newspapers, cinema; C.Science and Technology - scientific/technical forces, R&D expenditures, U.S. Patents issued; D.Government and Law - organization of government, political parties, government budget, military affairs, crime, human rights; E.Labor Force - total labor force, labor force by occupation, unemployment rate; F.Production sectors - Energy production, energy consumption, telecommunications, transportation, top agircultural products, top mining products, tourism II. Manufacturint Sector - A.Finance, Economics- Economic indicators, balance of payments, exchange rates, top import otop export destinations, foreign aid, import/export commodities. Location: Briggs Library Reference HA154 .S83 Check SUMMON Record

Tax Statistics-Produced by the Statistics of Income Division of the Internal Revenue Service From the site you will find a wide range of tables, articles, and data that describe and measure elements of the U.S. tax system.

    Guides to Working with Government Publications

Who, What and Where of America With the subtitle "Understanding the Census Results," this volume covers each U.S. state, county, metropolitan area, congressional district and city with a year 2000 population of 25,000 or more. Location: Ref HA 201.122 .W46 2003 Check SUMMON Record

Library Information

Primary Subject Location(s)