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Congress: Politics and Policy Library Resources

Goal: To introduce some of the many resources the library has for congressional and political research.

Reference

Government

Periodicals

Online Databases

Web Sites

Reference Sources

Dictionaries

  • The American Political Dictionary - REF JK9 .P55 1979
  • American Political Terms - REF JK9 .S65
  • Dictionary of American Politics - REF JK9 .S5 1968
  • Dictionary of World Politics - REF JA61 .E85 1990
  • Harper Collins Dictionary of American Government and Politics - REF JK9 .S43 1992

Encyclopedias

  • Encyclopedia of Policy Studies - REF H97 .E6 1994
  • Encyclopedia of the United States Congress - REF JK1067 .E63 1995
  • World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures - REF JF511 .W67 1998

Directories

  • Federal Regulatory Directory - REF JK610 .F29 (current edition kept at the reference desk)
  • Washington Information Directory - REF JK1967 .A8 (current edition kept at the reference desk)

Other Sources

  • The Almanac of American Politics - REF JK1012 . A44
  • Almanac of State Legislatures - REF G1201 .F7 L5 1994
  • America Votes - REF JK1967 .A8
  • Congress A to Z - REF JK1067 C67 1988
  • Congress and the Nation - REF JK1001 .C6
  • Congressional Districts in the 1990s - REF JK1341 .C64 1993
  • Congressional Districts in the 2000s - REF JK1341 .C65
  • Congressional Quarterly Almanac - REF JK1 .C66
  • Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress - REF JK1021 .C565 1982
  • Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections - REF JK1967 .C662 1985
  • CQ Guide to Current Government - REF JK1 .C14
  • CQ Researcher Online [about]
  • Political Science: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources - REF JA71 .Z986
  • 1990X
  • Politics in America - REF JK1010 .P64 2000
  • Public Interest Profiles 1996-1997 - REF JK1118 .P8 1996X
  • State Legislative Sourcebook - REF JK2495 .S689

Government Resources

  • Directories
  • Official Congressional Directory - REF GVP US Y 4.P 93/1: 1/ (current edition at Reference Desk)
  • State of Wisconsin Blue Book - REF GVP WI A.1: (current edition at Reference Desk)
  • United States Government Manual - REF GVP US AE 2.108/2: (current edition at Reference Desk)
  • Laws
  • United States Code - REF GVP US Y 1.2/5:
    United States Statutes at Large - REF GVP US AE 2.11:
  • Regulations
  • Code of Federal Regulations - REF GVP US AE 2.106/3:
  • Other
  • Congressional Record - GVP US X. (then filed by Congress number i.e. GVP US X.106)

Periodicals

  • American Journal of Political Science - paper: v.17-present
  • American Politics Quarterly - paper:  v.1-present
  • Congress and the Presidency - full text from Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost: 1990-present
  • Congressional Digest - paper: current 5 years; microfilm: 1922-1991
  • CQ Weekly Report - paper: current 3 years;  microfilm: v.26-present
  • Journal of Politics - paper: v.44-present;  microfilm:  v.15-v.43
  • Journal of Public Policy - paper: v.10-present
  • Legislative Studies Quarterly - paper: v.21-present
  • National Journal - paper: most issues since v.7-present
  • Policy Sciences - paper: v.1-present
  • Policy Studies Review - paper: v.1-present
  • Political Science Quarterly - paper: v.87-present; microfilm: v.1-v.95

Online Databases FOR JOURNAl / magazine articles etc.

For additional databases besides those listed below, consult the Political Science Database Subject Page at http://www.uwgb.edu/library/databases/polysci.html

  • 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 -

  • 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.

  • America: History and Life
    Description : America: History and Life is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries, providing an incomparable research tool for students and researchers of US and Canadian history.
    Coverage: 1964 -

  • 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 to 2002.

Government Documents

  • Government Documents Catalog Service

  • 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

  • Google's Uncle Sam

Statistics

  • Lexis Nexis Statistical
    Description: Indexes and abstracts statistical publications and documents. Includes the Statistical Abstract of the US, American Statistical Index, and the Statistical Reference Index (SRI).
    Coverage: 1973-

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 -

  • 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.
  • 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 -
  • 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 -

Web Sites

General Information on Congress

Congressional Internet Services - http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html
Fedstats - http://www.fedstats.gov
Professor Furlong's American Government - http://www.uwgb.edu/furlongs/index.html
Thomas - http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. General Accounting Office - http://www.gao.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives - http://www.house.gov/
United States Senate - http://www.senate.gov/

Public Policy Information

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research - http://www.aei.org/
Professor Furlong's Public Policy - http://www.uwgb.edu/furlongs/pubpol.htm
State of Wisconsin Agencies - http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/home

Congressional Parties, Campaigns, and Elections

AllPolitics.com - http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/
American Government and Politics -- Parties, Elections and News - http://www.uwgb.edu/furlongs/parties.html
Campaigns and Elections - http://www.campaignline.com/
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - http://www.democraticaction.org/default.aspx
Democratic National Committee - http://www.democrats.org/index.html
Election 2000 - http://cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/
National Republican Congressional Committee - http://www.nrcc.org/
Project Vote Smart - http://www.vote-smart.org/
Republican National Committee - http://www.rnc.org/

Wisconsin Government

Wisconsin Blue Book
Wisconsin LRB Publications
Wisconsin State and Local Government on the Net
Wisconsin State Government
Wisconsin Legislature