PADM6860 State Agency Administration Guide
Overview
The resources listed here have been selected for the work you are doing in this class. They may also be helpful for future research in this program as well. This is by no means a complete list of resources you might need to consult. Please ask for assistance if you have any trouble locating information on your topic.
It is a good idea to keep track of key words and terms that retrieve relevant information. Keywords which work successfully in one source may or may not work well in another source. You may have to try multiple terms to find what you are looking for. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions. michele.behr@wmich.edu Phone:269-387-5611
Search Engines and Indexes
Another way of limiting web searches to .gov and .mil sections.
Comprehensive State Listings
These sources provide directories and links to multiple areas of information on the state of Michigan.
University of Michigan Government Documents Center
This University of Michigan Libraries' gateway offers a straightforward approach to navigating the overwhelming array of online government resources. Using frames, the Federal Documents section provides broad categories, such as the Federal budget and copyright, as well as an index covering over 100 topics, in an easy-to-digest format. The Foreign Governments and International sections link to documents by region, country, or topic (anthems, constitutions, or the military).
Gateway to Michigan government sites, particularly the executive, legislative, and Judicial branches of state government.
Librarian's Comment: This site has its own search engine, which unfortunately is not always very easy to use.
Part of the History, Arts & Libraries site for Michigan, includes information about the Michigan government, libraries, and services for the blind and physically handicapped.
Michigan Electronic Library: Michigan Law
Links to state courts at all levels, the Attorney General, Michigan Constitution, state statutes, administrative rules, and executive orders.
Librarian's Comment: Also includes current directories of Michigan legislators and committee assignments
Organizations and Associations
The National Governors Association provides information on governors past and present.
National Conference of State Legislatures
The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories.
Government Resources & Statistics
Indexes thousands of domestic and foreign newspapers, as well as journals, and other publications in News, Business company reports and articles, Legal Research, Medical and Reference. The legal research category includes law reviews, law news, federal and state laws and cases. Mostly full text. Includes Hoover's full text. Coverage dates vary.
Librarian's Comment: Click "Legal" to search state and federal court cases.
Provides abstracts and indexes of statistical information from over 100,000 U.S. government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and approximately 2000 documents from international organizations from 1983. Also provides crosslinks with LexisNexis Statistical Datasets. Full text or web links provided for some citations.
Journal Articles
An index of over 1,800 publications with abstracts, and full text from over 700 of these titles, selected from newspapers, trade publications, and journals on business including, for example, administration, economics, computers, finance, human resources, management, and marketing. Full-text of Wall Street Journal articles available from 1984. Otherwise coverage is from 1971 to the present with some older material available. Updated daily.
Librarian's Comment: Also a good source of information on non-profit organizations.
ProQuest Government Periodicals Index
Indexes approximately 170 magazines and newsletters published by U.S. government agencies in a great variety of subjects with research value. Links to full text are provided when available. Coverage: 1988-present. Updated quarterly.
Indexes popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and trade publications in a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Full-text available for over 2,500 journals. Coverage from 1971.
Librarian's Comment: The "Michigan State and Local Government on the web" section is a very comprehensive listing of relevant sources.