PUAD 626
Information Resources Management
Lucy Holman-Rector
Spring 2008
Individual course index / sp08/puad626_holman.htm
Introduction | Books| Technology or Public Administration Databases | Other databases | Book catalogs | Statistics | Suggested Websites | Other helpful information
Introduction:
This guide will help you find information relevant to innovation in public administration.
For questions, e-mail us 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.
- PowerPoint presentation (2/25/08)
Bessette, J. M. (Ed.). (1998) Encyclopedia of American government (Vols. 1-4). Pasadena, CA: Salem. (Reference, 1st floor: JK 9 .E52 1998)
Martin, D. W. (1989). The guide to the foundations of public administration. New York: Marcel Dekker (Reference, 1st floor: JF 1341 .M27 1989)
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=127Shafritz, J.M. (ed.). (1998). International encyclopedia of public policy and administration. Boulder: Westview Press. (Reference, 1st floor: H97 .I574 1998)
Technology or Public Administration Databases:
Use these databases to find journal articles about public administration or technology. For more databases, see Electronic Databases. Having trouble getting in from off campus? Obtain or Renew your Library Account.
ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-text.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.Computer Database [on campus]
Coverage: 1980 to present. Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.Google U.S. Government. (2006). http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
Not a library database, but a subset of Google which searches only federal, state, and local government websites. It's a good place to find research and technical reports from government agencies.Science.gov. (2002). http://www.science.gov/
Not a library database, exactly, but a specialized search engine which searches 50 million pages from U.S. government science websites. It's a good place to find research and technical reports from government agencies.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.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.
Other databases:
These databases do not focus specifically on public administration or technology, 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).Baltimore Sun [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Sept 16, 1990 - present. Full text of Baltimore Sun.CINAHL [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1982 – present. Indexes/abstracts nursing and allied health literature.ERIC (EBSCO) [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1966 - present. Indexes Current Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE). Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).Health Source Plus (nursing edition) [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Searchable full-text for nearly 580 journals and abstracts and indexing for over 615 general health, nutrition and professional health care publications. Now includes Clinical Reference Systems. 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.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.Lexis-Nexis Congressional [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: varies. Find congressional publications, legislative histories (1970-present), and track bills. Contains the US Code, voting records, full-text of congressional documents and the Congressional Record, plus the Federal Register (1980 - present) and the CFR.Medline [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1966 – present. Indexes/abstracts more than 3,200 journals from the biomedical field.PsycINFO [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1887 – present. Indexes 1,300 Psychology journals from nearly 50 countries. Also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters. Same coverage as PsycLit.Soc Index with full text (Ebsco) [on-campus]
This index features more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 620 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 500 "priority" coverage journals as well as over 1,390 "selective" coverage journals. Further, extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers, and other sources is included.
Book catalogs:
Use these to locate books, videos, and government documents. They may contain lists of articles on your topic, or be otherwise useful.
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.Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts from Proquest) [on-campus]
Coverage 1861 – present. Indexes U.S., Canadian, British, and other European dissertations and theses; dissertations abstracted since 1980, theses abstracted since 1988. A 24 page preview of dissertations published since 1997 is available. The full text of dissertations may be obtained by clicking the free download button.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.
Statistics:
Links to government agencies that provide statistical information.
Maryland Department of Planning (2004). Maryland State Data Center. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://www.mdp.state.md.us/msdc
United States. (2004). Fedstats. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://www.fedstats.gov/
University of Michigan Documents Center. (2004). Statistical Resources on the Web. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
U.S. Department of Commerce. (2004). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://www.census.gov/
U.S. Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau. (2004). State & County QuickFacts. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2004). Welcome the to the NCES National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 15, 2007from: http://nces.ed.gov/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control (2004). National Center for Health Statistics. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
U.S. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2004) Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2004). Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://www.bls.gov/
U.S. Office of the President. (2004). Economics Statistics Briefing Room. Retrieved February 15, 2007 from: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
U.S. Office of the President. (2004). Social Statistics Briefing Room.Retrieved February 15, 2007 from:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html
Suggested websites:
These may provide useful information or agencies or organizations who may be sources of information.
American Society for Public Administration. (2000). http://www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/index.cfm
Institute for Public Policy Research. (2004). http://www.ippr.org.uk/
Langsdale's Public Administration Research Links. http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/research_aids/web_resources/public_admin.htm
National Telecommunications & Information Administration. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
Science Accelerator. (2006). http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
University of Pennsylvania. (2003). Annenburg Public Policy Center. http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/
Voice of the Shuttle: Politics & Government
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2726WorldWideScience.org. (2007). http://worldwidescience.org/
Annotated Bibliographies
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html
Describes how to write annotated bibliographies. It provides good examples of entries in an annotated bibliography.Annotated Bibliographies
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_annotatedbib.html
Guide from the Purdue University describing how to write annotated bibliographies. The examples are particularly good.Citing Sources, APA Style (long version). http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/apastyle.htm
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm
Describes how to write annotated bibliographies. It gives a good overview of the process.Using Researchport (for journal articles). http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/howto/ResearchPortVisualGuide.pdf
Electronic Course Reserves. http://webreserves.ubalt.edu/eres/courseindex.aspx
Obtain or Renew your Library Account. https://langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/lib_reg_form.cfm
Interlibrary Loan (ILL). http://illiad.ubalt.edu/BAL/
For more information email langref@ubalt.edu, call 410-837-4274 or Chat with a Librarian at http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/info_services/contact.htm.
11/05, rev. 2/08 TA-S
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