Public Policy

Books and Government Documents at Rod Library

Use UNISTAR to search for these materials (http://unistar.uni.edu/search~S1/)

• If you are looking for materials on federal banking regulations, you would want to do a keyword search with the
  
  • following terms: federal AND bank* AND regul*
  • bank* = bank, banks, banking, banker, bankers
  • regul* = regulation, regulations, regulatory
• If you are looking for a congressional hearing on banking regulations, you would want to do a keyword search
  
  • with these terms: bank* AND regul* AND hear*
  • hear* = hearing, hearings

Rod Library Databases

These databases are available through the link Databases A-Z on the Rod Library homepage.

• ABC-CLIO American History
  
• America: History & Life (EBSCO)
  
• CQ Researcher
  
• Historical Abstracts
  
• History Cooperative
  
• JSTOR
  
• Lexis-Nexis Academic
  
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional
  
  • Committee Prints, Hearings, House & Senate Documents, House and Senate Reports, Legislative Histories, and Serial Set (not always full-text)
    
• Lexis-Nexis Statistical
  
• New York Times (1851-2004) (ProQuest)
  
• Project Muse

Websites/Online Resources

• FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
  http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publications/
• Federal Reserve Board: http://www.federalreserve.gov/
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): http://www.fdic.gov/index.html
• U.S. Department of Treasury: http://www.treas.gov/
• Open CRS (Congressional Research Services): http://opencrs.com/
• U.S. Army Center of Military History: http://www.history.army.mil/
• U.S. Naval History: http://www.history.navy.mil/
• Digitized Primary American History Sources:
  http://www.library.uni.edu/instruction/courses/digitalhistory.shtml
• Government Documents and Maps @ Rod Library
• Primary Sources for History of the 20th Century of the Rod Library
• Primary Sources for History of the 19th Century of the Rod Library
• American FactFinder: http://factfinder.census.gov/
• American Memory Project (Library of Congress): http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
• Congressional Record: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcr.html
• Google U.S. Government: http://www.google.com/ig/usgov
• GPOAccess: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
• GPO Monthly Catalog: http://catalog.gpo.gov/F
• Federal Decennial Census: http://www.census.gov/
• Historical Census Browser (1790-1960)
  http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
• Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-current year)
  http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
• Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
  http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/past_years.html
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): http://www.archives.gov/
• THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet: http://thomas.loc.gov/
• Government 101: How a Bill Becomes Law (Project Vote Smart)
  http://www.vote-smart.org/resource_govt101_02.php
• How Laws are Made (Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids)
  http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/lawmaking/index.html
• How Our Laws are Made (THOMAS/Library of Congress) http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html

Federal Government Documents and Reference Materials

• Congressional Serial Set
  
  • UNI Docs v. 1037-13309 bound and shelved after Y.4: (incomplete)
  • UNI Docs Fiche v.1-37 American State Papers and v. 1-2160 Serial Set
• Congressional Record; 1873 –
  
  • (formerly Annals of Congress 1789-1824, Register of Debates 1824-1837, Congressional Globe 1833-1873) UNI Docs X 1: and X 1.1: (title varies)
• Federal Register
  
  • 1994-current available online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
  • 1980-current available online through Lexis-Nexis Congressional
• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
  
  • 1996-current available online at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
  • 1981-current available online through Lexis-Nexis Congressional
• United States Congressional Hearings
  
  • UNI Docs Y.4:
• Foreign Relations of the United States, 1861-
  
  • UNI Docs S 1.1:
• Presidential Papers
  
  • UNI Ref Desk CBT J 81.3 .C35 1995 CD-ROM (2 hour checkout)
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/ppotpus/
  
  • UNI Ref J80 .A283
• Statutes at Large (United States) (1789-): http://www.gpoaccess.gov/statutes/index.html
  
  • UNI Documents AE 2.111: (e.g. 65 Stat 767 ... volume 65, p. 767)
• Treaties in Force: http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/treaties/2007/index.htm
  
  • UNI Reference JX 235.9 .A33
• Public and Private Laws: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html
• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html

Newspapers/Journals

• Washington Post, (1974-)
  
  • 1974-1977 available on UNI Microfilm
  • 1977-current available online (LexisNexis Academic and Newsbank)
• Congressional Digest; (1922-)
  
  • 1922-current available in UNI Periodicals
  • 1921-current available online (EBSCO Master File Premier and EBSCO MAS Ultra-School Edition)
• Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report; (1956-)
  
  • 1990-1998 available online through Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
  • 1956-1998 available in UNI Stacks JK1.C15
• Congressional Quarterly Almanac (1945-)
  
  • UNI Ref JK1 .C66
• National Journal; (1969-)
  
  • 1998-current available online through multiple databases
  • 1969-1970 available on UNI Microfilm
  • 1971-2004 available in UNI Stacks JK1.N28
  • 2004-current available in UNI Ref JK1.N28
• Roll Call (1989-)
  
  • Available online only through Lexis-Nexis Academic
• The Hill (1995-)
  
  • Available online only through Lexis-Nexis Academic

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