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GUIDE TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNMENT

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Cherry, V. R., & Holzer, M. (1992). Public administration research guide. New York: Garland. (XJF 1351 .C46 1992).

Martin, D. W. (1989). The guide to the foundations of public administration. New York: Marcel Dekker (XJF 1341 .M27 1989)

Martin, F.S., & Goehlert, R. U. (1996). How to research the Presidency. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly. (XZ 1249 .P7 M365 1996)

Maxymuk, J. (Ed.). (2001). Government online: One-click access to 3,400 federal and state websites. New York: Neal-Schuman (XZA 5075 .M38)

Sears, J.L., & Moody, M. K. (2001). Using government information sources: Electronic and print (3rd. ed.). Phoenix: Oryx Press. (XJ 83.S4 2001)

Find reference essays

Almanac of American politics (1980 to present). Washington: National Journal.
(XJK 1012 .A44 [yr.]) (Not every edition is owned by Langsdale.)

Bhatta, G. (2006). International dictionary of public management. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. (XJA 61 .B48 2006).

Bessette, J. M. (Ed.). (1998) Encyclopedia of American government (Vols. 1-4). Pasadena, CA: Salem. (XJK 9 .E52 1998)

Heavily illustrated with photographs, charts, and tables, this work features lots of major topic essays complete with bibliographies.

Chandler, R. C., & Plano, J.C. (1988). Public adminstration dictionary (2nd ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. (XJA 61.C47 1988)

Old, but good. No newer edition published. "Concepts …essential to an understanding of the field of public administration are thoroughly discussed and defined. …. chapters examine such topics as the fundamentals of public administration; public policy… and public law and regulation." (Reference and Research Book News 01 December 1988)

Collins, P. H. (1998). Dictionary of government and politics (2nd ed.) Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. (XJA 61 .C6 1998)

Congressional Quarterly almanac (1966 to present). Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly. (XJK 1 .C66 [yr.])

Congressional Quarterly weekly report (1974 to present). Washington: Congressional Quarterly. (XJK 1 .C659)

Derbyshire, J. D. & Derbyshire, I. (1996). Political systems of the world (2nd ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. (XJF 51 .D467 1996).

Krieger, J. (Ed.). The Oxford companion to politics of the world (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. (XJA 61 .O95 2001)

Maryland manual (biennial). Annapolis: State Archives. (Latest paper ed. READY REFERENCE) (XJK 3831 .M36) (updated edition available online at:
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/html/mmtoc.html

Nelson, M. (Ed.). (2003). The presidency A to Z (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. (XJK 511 .P775 2003).

Perry, J. L. (Ed.). (1996) Handbook of public administration (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (XJF 1351 .H276 1996)

Plano, J. C., & Greenberg, M. (1997). The American political dictionary (10th ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace. (XJK 9 .P55 1997)

Shafritz, J. M. (Ed.-in-Chief). (1998). International encyclopedia of public policy and administration (Vols 1-4). Boulder, CO: Westview Press. (XH97 .I574 1998)

Stanley, H. W., & Niemi, R.W. (2000). Vital statistics on American politics, 1999-2000. Washington: Congressional Quarterly. (XJK 274 .S74 2000)

Tarr, D. R., & O'Connor, A. (Eds.). (2003). Congress A to Z (4th ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. (XJK 1021 .C554 2003).

United States government manual. Washington: Government Printing Office. (LATEST ED., READY REFERENCE; see DOCS AE 2.108/2: [yr.] for earlier editions; also available online at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

Wigfall, P. M., & Kalantari, B. (2001). Biographical dictionary of public administration. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. (XJA 61 .W54 2001).

 

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ABI Inform [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Indexes more than 1,300 journals on business, management, with 75% full-tex
t.

Combined retrospective index to journals in political science (1978). Washington, DC: Carrollton Press. (XJA 1.C18) INDEX SHELVES

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]
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.

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. 

Sage public administration abstracts (1979 to present). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. (XJA.1.S27) INDEX SHELVES

 

 

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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.

 

 

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Hovey, K. A., & Hovey, H. A. (2001). CQ's state fact finder 2001: Rankings across America. Washington, DC: CQ Press. (XHA 214 .H68 2001)

RESI Research & Consulting, Towson University (2003). Maryland statistical abstract. Towson, MD: RESI. (XHA 421 .M42 2003).

Statistical abstract of the United States (1941 to present). Washington: Government Printing Office. (DOCS C3.134: [yr.]) (LATEST ED., READY REFERENCE

Maryland Department of Planning (2004). Maryland State Data Center. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.mdp.state.md.us/msdc

United States. (2004). Fedstats. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.fedstats.gov/

University of Michigan Documents Center. (2004). Statistical sources on the web. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

U.S. Department of Commerce. (2004). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 23, 2004 from: http://www.census.gov/

U.S. Department of Commerce, U. S. Census Bureau. (2004). State & County QuickFacts. Retrieved November 23, 2004 from: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2004). Welcome to the NCES National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://nces.ed.gov/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control (2004). National Center for Health Statistics Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (2004). Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved November 23, 2004 form: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2004). Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.bls.gov/

U.S. Office of the President. (2004). Economics Statistics Briefing Room. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html

U.S. Office of the President. (2004). Social Statistics Briefing Room. http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html. Retrieved November 23, 2004 from: http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html.

Find websites  

American Society For Public Administration (2004). American Society For Public Administration. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.aspanet.org/

Brookings Institution. (2004). Policy Briefs. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.brook.edu/comm/policybriefs/archive.htm

International City/County Management Association. (2004). ICMA.org Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.icma.org

International Political Science Association. (2004). IPSA. Retrieved November 27, 2004 from:
http://www.ipsa.ca/.

On the Issues.org (2004).On the Issues. Retrieved December 2, 2004 from:
http://www.ontheissues.org/

Library of Congress (2004). State and local governments. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

Maryland Department of Legislative Services. (2004). Welcome to the Maryland General Assembly. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://mlis.state.md.us/

Maryland State Archives. (2004). Maryland Manual Online. Retrieved November 21, 2003 from: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/html/mmtoc.html

Urban Institute. (2001). Assessing the new federalism. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://newfederalism.urban.org/nfdb/index.htm

Yale University Library Government Documents and Information Center (2004). U.S. government information: Historical documents. Retrieved December 2, 2004 from: http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/

Piper Resources (2004). State and local governments on the net. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

San Francisco State University Public Administration Program. (2004). PA online. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://bss.sfsu.edu/~mpa/paonline/paonline.htm

State of Maryland (2004). Maryland.gov. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.maryland.gov/communities/
community.asp?UserID=2&CommunityID=227&Folder=0

University of Louisville Libraries (2004). Government periodicals. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://library.louisville.edu/government/periodicals/periodall.html

United Nations. (2004). Welcome. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.un.org/

University of Michigan Documents Center. (2004). International Agencies and Information on the Web. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html

Urban Institute. (2001). Assessing the new federalism. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://newfederalism.urban.org/nfdb/index.htm

Yale University Library Government Documents and Information Center (2004). U.S. government information: Historical documents. Retrieved November 21, 2004 from: http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/historic.html

Northwestern University Library Government Publications and Maps. (2004). International governmental organizations. Retrieved December 2, 2004 from: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html

 


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