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Public Policy Analysis (POL SCI - 408)

Research Assistance Page

Of course please stop by the reference desk on the third floor (reference desk hours) if you are working in the library and have questions

General works & directories

  • Congressional Quarterly Almanac, annual (REF JK1 .C66)
  • Congress and the Nation (REF JK1001 .C66)
  • Encyclopedia of Policy Studies 2nd ed. (REF H97 .E6 1994)
  • Federal Regulatory Directory(REF JK610 .F29)*
  • Government Agencies  (REF JK421 .G65 1983)
  • State of Wisconsin Blue Book   (REF GVP WI A.1:)* -- http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/
  • U.S. Government Manual  (REF GVP US AE 2.108/2:)* --http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html
  • Washington Information Directory   (REF F192 W33)*

    * = Current edition kept at the reference desk

Background information

  • Google's Uncle Sam

  • CQ Researcher
    Description : The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports.
    Coverage: 1991-
  • CQ Weekly
    Description : CQ Weekly is a weekly source of information on government, politics and public policy. CQ Weekly contains an unbiased and comprehensive roundup of all-important Capitol Hill activity from the previous week. CQ Weekly takes each legislative issue being debated and provides a clear explanation of its historical significance, how it’s evolving and what to look for in the future. Status of legislation, agendas of individual members and the appropriations process are all covered thoroughly and impartially.

Books

Journal/periodical articles

Indexes

  • Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost Academic Search™ Premier contains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200 journals, with full text for more than 4,500 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier from EbscoHostcontains unmatched full text coverage in biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, etc.

  • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
    Description: WPSA provides citations, abstracts and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy.
    Coverage: 1975 -

  • JSTOR
    Description:     JSTOR database is unique because the complete backfiles of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which reach back to the 1800s. The database now contains over 2 million pages and new titles and fields are being added constantly (approximately 100,000 pages are added to the database each month).
    Coverage: varies from title to title, but approximately from the 1800s up until the last 3-5 years depending onthe journal.

  • Lexis Nexis Academic
    escription : Academic Universe provides access to nearly 5,000 publication on a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
    Coverage: 1990 -

Relevant journals that the Cofrin Library subscribes to:

  • Congressional Digest , 1922-1991 on microfilm; current 5 years in paper
  • Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report -- available online from 1990 with full text stopping at 12/31/03. The last three years are available in paper on the fourth floor.
  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management , 1981-present
  • Journal of Public Policy , 1990-present
  • National Journal , 1971-1973 on microfilm; 1975 - present, in paper
  • Policy Sciences , 1970 -  present
  • Policy Studies Journal , 1977- present
  • Policy Studies Review , 1981 - present
  • Public Interest, The , 1969 - present

Newspapers

  • Proquest Newspapers
    Description: Indexing, abstracting and full-text of over 300 state, national and international newspapers. Includes full-text coverage of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Madison Capital Times.
    Coverage: 1989 -

  • Lexis Nexis Academic
    Description : Academic Universe provides access to nearly 5,000 publication on a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
    Coverage: 1990 -

  • Historical New York Times
    Description: Historical Newspapers-The New York Times has full text and full image articles from the New York Times dating back to the 19th century.
    Coverage: 1851-2001; more recent articles can be found in ProQuest Newspapers.

  • Green Bay Press-Gazette
    Description: Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
    Coverage: 1999 -

Indexes

  • Government Documents Catalog Service
    Description: Government Documents Catalog Service is a accumulation of the complete Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications with coverage 1976 to Present. The database contains over 400,000 citations to books, journals, reports, maps and other materials. Subject coverage includes agriculture, education, health, environment, defense, labor, energy, transportation, forests and fisheries, mining, manufacturing, domestic and foreign trade.
    Coverage: 1976 -
    Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1895-1995 (REF GVP US GP 3.8:)

  • Lexis Nexis Congressional
    Description : Allows you to search the following: Hearing transcripts and submitted testimony, Committee reports, Bills, Public laws, Selected committee prints, Congressional documents, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Current Code of Federal Regulations, and the current US Code.
    Coverage: Varies from source to source

Legislative History

For additional information connect to a guide entitled Legislative Research Process: Finding Laws and Regulations at http://www.uwgb.edu/library/government/legis.html

Congress

  • Lexis Nexis Congressional * includes:
    • Committee hearings Y4's
    • Committee reports: House Y 1.1/8: Senate Y1.1/5:
  • Congressional Index , 100th Congress (1987) – present (REF GVP US LC 14.6/2X:) 100th Congress (1987) – present (REF GVP US LC 14.6/2X:)
    • Index to current bills. THOMAS or GPO Access
    • Index current bills, see Internet sites for addresses.

  • Congressional Record , 1909- present (GVP US X.)
  • Congressional Record. *Files available in PDF format or as ASCII text. V. 140 (1994) contains no fields or section identifiers.
    • Floor debate in the House and Senate.
  • CQ Weekly Report (4th floor alphabetical by title) --  Available online via Academic Search Premier from 1998 forward. Most current 14 days are not available.
  • Congressional Quarterly Almanac (REF JK1 C66)
  • Congress and the Nation (REF JK1001 C6)
    • These last three summarize congressional activity for a
        particular time period, and include voting records.

Laws

Regulations

More specific than laws; may clarify who handles a program, and the conditions attached.

State and Local Level

WISCONSIN

LOCAL

Statistical Sources (GVP US C3.134: ) *

Federal

Public Policy

News