GVPP 324
American Public Policy
Laura Hussey
Spring 2008
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Introduction | Books| Public Policy and Administration Databases | News & Current Events Databases |General databases | Book catalogs | Suggested Websites |Other helpful information
Introduction:
This guide will help you find information relevant to American public policy.
For questions, e-mail the library at langref@ubalt.edu or phone us at (410) 837-4274. You can also contact the librarian for this course, Thomas Arendall-Salvetti at tarendall-salvetti@ubalt.edu or (410) 837-4275.
Bessette, J. M. (Ed.). (1998) Encyclopedia of American government (Vols. 1-4). Pasadena, CA: Salem. (Reference - 1st floor, call number: JK 9 .E52 1998)
CQ Weekly. (1998-present). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly. (Reference - 1st floor, call number: JK1 .C659)
Rabin, J ., Hildreth, W. B., & Miller, G. J. (1998). Handbook of public administration (2nd ed.). New York: Marcel Dekker.
Online: http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=1270Sears, J.L. (2001). Using government information sources: Electronic and print. Phoenix: Oryx Press. (Reference - 1st floor, call number: J 83.S4 2001)
Shafritz, J.M. (ed.). (1998). International encyclopedia of public policy and administration. Boulder: Westview Press. (Reference - 1st floor, call number: H97 .I574 1998)
Public Policy and Administration Databases:
Use these databases to find journal articles about public policy. For more databases, see Electronic Databases.
PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service [on-campus]
Coverage: 1972 – present. Indexes 3600 journals, books, and government documents in the fields of political science, policy, public administration, society.ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-text.Military & Government Collection [on-campus]
Coverage: various dates. Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 350 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 titles.Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies– present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.
News & Current Events Databases:
Use these databases to find articles from newspapers and other sources about public policy issues. For more databases, see Electronic Databases.
CQ Researcher [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1991 - present. Provides full text essays on social and political topics, including chronologies, overviews of issues, opposing viewpoints and bibliographies.Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals. Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.National Newspapers (NA5) with Washington Post [[on-campus]]
Coverage: Varies with each title back to 1984. Full text of 5 newspapers:
Baltimore Sun, Christian Science Monitor, New Yirk Times Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition and the Washington Post.Proquest Historical Newspapers
- The New York Times (1851-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage: Sept 18,1851-Dec 31, 2003
- The Wall Street Jounal (1889-1989) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage: July 8, 1889-Dec 31, 1989
- The Washington Post (1877-1990) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Coverage: Dec 12, 1877-Dec 31, 1990
General/Multidisciplinary databases:
These databases do not focus specifically on public policy, but they may contain useful journal articles.
Academic Search Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).JSTOR [on-campus]
Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.
Book catalogs:
Use these to locate books, videos, and government documents. They may contain lists of articles on your topic, or be otherwise useful.
UB Catalog [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in Langsdale Library.Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Suggested websites:
These may provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources of information.
General
American Society for Public Administration. (2000). http://www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/index.cfm
Langsdale's Guide to Public Administration and Government. http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/publicadministration_guide.htm
Policy Agenda Project. http://www.policyagendas.org/
University of Michigan Documents Center. Political Science Resources on the Web.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/polisci.htmlVoice of the Shuttle: Politics & Government
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2726Government websites
Federal Register http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Also available through Lexis-Nexis Academic under "Legal Research"FedStats http://www.fedstats.gov
Government Printing Office. GPO Access. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
All GPO publications are also indexed in GPO Monthly Catalog above.GrayLIT Network. (2000). http://www.osti.gov/graylit/
Google U.S. Government. (2006). http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov
Think Tanks/Policy Centers
Think Tanks. (2007). Source Watch. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Think_tanks
American Enterprise Institute. http://www.aei.org/
Annenburg Public Policy Center. http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/
Brookings Institute. http://www.brookings.edu/
Cato Institute. http://www.cato.org/
Center for Responsive Politics. http://www.opensecrets.org/index.asp
Heritage Foundation. http://www.heritage.org/
Institute for Public Policy Research. http://www.ippr.org.uk/
Public Agenda. http://www.publicagenda.org/
Rand Corporation http://www.rand.org/
Southern Poverty Law Center. http://www.splcenter.org/
Urban Institute http://www.urban.org/
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