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Public Administration

A Guide to Resources at Southeastern Oklahoma State University Library and on the Internet

REFERENCE SOURCES

R 015.73053 Selu2 Using Government Information Sources, Print and Electronic
This is a basic guide to U.S. government documents. It gives general search strategies for using government documents, and it also gives information on how to do research in specific topic areas, and what the main resources are for each topic.

R 328 St2s The Statesman's Year-Book
This annual publication contains key historical events, climate information, territory and population statistics, constitution and government information, economic information and statistics, energy, industry, communications information, social institutions and the diplomatic representatives for every country of the world. It also contains statistics and information of all 50 states of the United States, and world organizations. This is a well known work which has been published for well over 100 years.

R 940 Eu7eu Europa World Yearbook
This annual publication contains discussion on the government of each country. It gives the names of the leaders in government, major political organizations, the judicial system and the names of judges for each country. It also has a listing and addresses of major religions of each country, as well as names and addresses of newspapers, major periodicals, publishers, radio and television stations, banks, and stock exchanges for each country. There is a statistical summary survey section that contains industry, finance, area and trade, transport, education and tourism statistics for each country.

R 353.9 B64b The Book of the States
This annual publication, published by the Council of State Governments, contains statistical information on all 50 states, such as: education, highways, management of public personnel, state purchasing, information and records management, state budget, revenue and expenditure, taxes, federal expenditures, and more.

R 353.9 St2 State Leadership Directories
This annual publication of the Council of State Governments contains addresses and telephone numbers of state officials of all fifty states. It is divided into three parts:
1. State Elective Officials
2. Legislative Leadership, Committees and Staff
3. State Administrative Officials, Classified by Function

GOVERNMENT SOURCES

R 317.3 Un3s Statistical Abstract of the United States
This annual publication pulls together statistics from many government agencies and organizations into one volume. It has statistics on: population, education, vital statistics and health, law enforcement and the courts, climate, public lands, labor force, earnings, military, social security, income and expenditures, elections, power, transportation, business, commutations, state and local government and more. The library has the current five years in the reference area, and from 1914 to 1997 in storage (some gaps).

CD-ROM 1990 Census of Population and Housing
Compiled by the Bureau of the Census. Contains massive amount of statistical information, such as marital status, income, educational attainment, poverty and many other topics. These statistics are presented by state, and by city. Each state is on a separate CD. The 2000 Census is available on the Internet at: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html

R 348.73 Un3ca United States Reports
This is the official bound edition of the United States Supreme Court decisions. Before they are bound the official Supreme Court decisions are printed individually and are called slip opinions. The most recent years of slip opinions that have not been bound are located in the Government Documents collection on Floor 2A. The supreme court decisions are also available online through FindLaw at: http://www.findlaw.com, or through LoisLaw

Floor 2A United States Statutes at Large
Contains all public laws, acts, treaties and proclamations passed by the U.S. Congress. These are public laws as they were originally passed by Congress; all public laws update sections of the U.S. Code. They are arranged in chronological order. The library has from 1975 to the present in the government Documents Room on Floor 2-A.

in storage Congressional Record. 1873-present
Contains the debates and proceedings of the United States Congress. Each volume contains an index.

Prex 2.8 The Budget of the United States Government
This set of documents is published every year. It consists of the following parts:
1. Budget of the United States Government - This contains a summary of the President's budget proposals.
2. Budget of the United States Government - Supplement - This contains the Budget message of the President and information on the President's budget proposals.
3. Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government - This document is designed to provide analysis that will place the budget in perspective. It includes economic and accounting analysis, information on federal receipts and collections, analysis on Federal spending, detailed information on Federal borrowing and debt.
4. Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government - This document contains budget data over and extended period of time -- from as far back as 1940 to the present, and projected into the future.
5. Budget of the United States Government - Appendix - This is the heart of the annual budget. This document contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that constitute the budget.
6. A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget - Provides general information about the budget process to the general public.

The Budget is also available online at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/index.html

R 348.76602 OK4w Oklahoma Statutes
This source contains all laws of a general and permanent nature including laws and amendments passed by the first regular and first extraordinary sessions of the 48th legislature, with supplement volumes taking it to the 50th legislature in 2006.. The statutes are arranged by title and indexed by subject. The most current year is available in the reference section. Past years and their supplements can be located in the circulating collection. Also available on the Internet at: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/osStatuesTitle.html , or through LoisLaw

R 348.76602 OK4w Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
This source contains all laws of a general and permanent nature including laws and amendments passed by the first regular and first extraordinary sessions of the legislature up to 1993 and a pocket part that updates the Statutes until 2001. The statutes are arranged by title and indexed by subject. The difference between this and the regular Oklahoma Statutes is the annotations.

R 348.7323 Un3c United States Code
Codified text of the U.S. laws. This is the official edition of the code containing all the general and permanent laws of the United States. The last complete edition is the 2000 edition. It is arranged by title (subject) and section number and is supplemented annually. The title that is most concerned with Education is Title 20. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is found in Title 20, paragraphs 1400-1491. You can also search the U. S. Code on the Internet at http://uscode.house.gov/, or at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html, or through LoisLaw

AE 2.106/3 Code of Federal Regulations
This source provides a subject arrangement of current regulations promulgated by federal agencies. Codified text. It is organized by title. Some of the titles that are of interest to Education:

Title 34: Education

Title 41: Public Contracts and Property Management

Title 42: Public Health

You can also search the Code of Federal Regulations on the Internet at
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html.

AE 2.106.55 Federal Register
Published every business day. Contains updates on legislation, rules and regulations, Presidential documents, proposed rules, notices of hearings, announcements new federal grants, and much more. You can access the Federal Register on the Internet at:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

R 353 Un3s United States Government Manual
This is the official handbook of the Federal Government. It has information on all the federal agencies of the Federal government. It also contains information on quasi-official agencies and international organizations in which the U.S. precipitates. For each entry, it gives a list of principal officials, a brief history of the agency, a description of its programs and activities, and more.

R 350 H19r Handbook of Public Administration
This handbook contains many short essays on many different aspects of public administration, such as: public budgeting and financial management, public administration history and organizational theory, public personnel administration and labor relations, federalism and intergovernmental relations, public law and regulation, public administration pedagogy, and the profession of public administration.

LOISLAW

Loislaw offers a wide range of legal content and supporting materials, including: up-to-date cases, statutes, rules and regulations, and other primary law for all 50 states and federal jurisdictions; expert-authored online treatise libraries, focused around practice areas, including Wigmore on evidence, Ginsberg and Martin on bankruptcy, and Price on estate planning; and extensive public records for individuals and corporations.

LoisLaw is accessed by going to the Electronic Resources page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm, and then going down to the LoisLaw link under legal resources on that page. Once there, you will be asked for a user id and password to access the site. See the information desk in the library for the user id and password.

OTHER SOURCES ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

R 348.776025 OK4O	Oklahoma Administrative Code. A topic arrangement of all of Oklahoma's rules established by state agencies and by executive orders. This code is also available online at: http://www.sos.state.ok.us/oar/oar_welcome.htm
R 070.442 Ed4c	CQ Researcher Published by Congressional Quarterly, the staff does research a topic of current interest, such as AIDS, gun control, abortion, lotteries, Acid rain, toxic waste, hate crimes, sexual harassment etc. Great place to start doing research on a topic. Each weekly report contains an extensive bibliography at the end of the report.
R 348.7303 G94	West's Encyclopedia of American Law Designed to meet the layperson's needs for basic legal information. Contains articles on legal principles and concepts, biographies of important people in legal matters, accounts of famous trials, important documents and laws. Supplements are published annually.

USING JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

WHAT ARE MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS?

A magazine or journal is something that is published periodically, and so in libraries they are called periodicals. A magazine is a periodical that can be published daily, weekly, or monthly. Magazines usually contain fairly short articles written in a style of writing that is easy to understand. There are usually lots or advertising in a magazine. A journal, however, contains the results of research or experiments done. Usually in a journal article there is data presented about a research project, and the language can be quite technical, and there are few advertisements.

Unlike books, the contents of journals are not available in the SE library catalog. So where are they located? They are located in magazine and journal indexes. Magazine and journal indexes assign a subject to each article in each journal indexed in the magazine and journal index. Until the 1990's most magazine and journal indexes were in paper, now they are almost all on the Internet. Some of these journal indexes on the Internet index popular magazines, other scholarly, while others are devoted to one subject area, NO Journal Index indexes every journal that is published, so they are selective.

For more information on periodicals and periodical databases that the Library has, see the document called Using Magazines, Journals and Newspapers at: http://www.se.edu/lib/magazines.htm

Some Periodical Indexes/Databases

1st floor, microform area	New York Times Index This is the index to the New York Times, a major national newspaper. It is located in the microform area of the First floor of the Library in red volumes. Each annual volume contains a subject index to the contents of that year's New York Times articles. The actual New York Times articles are found on microfilm, from 1851- to the present. The paper New York Times index goes back to 1929, and before that, the index is available on microfiche. A much more useful version of the New York Times Index is found online at: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/advancedsearch.html
Online in EBSCOHost	Military and Government Collection "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 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles."
ABI-Inform	ABI-Inform This is a large business database, and indexes over 3000 journals, magazines and newspapers.
ABI-Inform	GPO Monthly Catalog This database covers all types of U.S. government documents including Congressional Reports, hearings, debates and records; judiciary materials, and documents issued by executive departments of the federal Government. This database contains over 500,000 records of government publications, and extends back to 1976.

Last Updated; April 23, 2008

R 015.73053 Selu2	Using Government Information Sources, Print and Electronic This is a basic guide to U.S. government documents. It gives general search strategies for using government documents, and it also gives information on how to do research in specific topic areas, and what the main resources are for each topic.
R 328 St2s	The Statesman's Year-Book This annual publication contains key historical events, climate information, territory and population statistics, constitution and government information, economic information and statistics, energy, industry, communications information, social institutions and the diplomatic representatives for every country of the world. It also contains statistics and information of all 50 states of the United States, and world organizations. This is a well known work which has been published for well over 100 years.
R 940 Eu7eu	Europa World Yearbook This annual publication contains discussion on the government of each country. It gives the names of the leaders in government, major political organizations, the judicial system and the names of judges for each country. It also has a listing and addresses of major religions of each country, as well as names and addresses of newspapers, major periodicals, publishers, radio and television stations, banks, and stock exchanges for each country. There is a statistical summary survey section that contains industry, finance, area and trade, transport, education and tourism statistics for each country.
R 353.9 B64b	The Book of the States This annual publication, published by the Council of State Governments, contains statistical information on all 50 states, such as: education, highways, management of public personnel, state purchasing, information and records management, state budget, revenue and expenditure, taxes, federal expenditures, and more.
R 353.9 St2	State Leadership Directories This annual publication of the Council of State Governments contains addresses and telephone numbers of state officials of all fifty states. It is divided into three parts: 1. State Elective Officials 2. Legislative Leadership, Committees and Staff 3. State Administrative Officials, Classified by Function

R 317.3 Un3s	Statistical Abstract of the United States This annual publication pulls together statistics from many government agencies and organizations into one volume. It has statistics on: population, education, vital statistics and health, law enforcement and the courts, climate, public lands, labor force, earnings, military, social security, income and expenditures, elections, power, transportation, business, commutations, state and local government and more. The library has the current five years in the reference area, and from 1914 to 1997 in storage (some gaps).
CD-ROM	1990 Census of Population and Housing Compiled by the Bureau of the Census. Contains massive amount of statistical information, such as marital status, income, educational attainment, poverty and many other topics. These statistics are presented by state, and by city. Each state is on a separate CD. The 2000 Census is available on the Internet at: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
R 348.73 Un3ca	United States Reports This is the official bound edition of the United States Supreme Court decisions. Before they are bound the official Supreme Court decisions are printed individually and are called slip opinions. The most recent years of slip opinions that have not been bound are located in the Government Documents collection on Floor 2A. The supreme court decisions are also available online through FindLaw at: http://www.findlaw.com, or through LoisLaw
Floor 2A	United States Statutes at Large Contains all public laws, acts, treaties and proclamations passed by the U.S. Congress. These are public laws as they were originally passed by Congress; all public laws update sections of the U.S. Code. They are arranged in chronological order. The library has from 1975 to the present in the government Documents Room on Floor 2-A.
in storage	Congressional Record. 1873-present Contains the debates and proceedings of the United States Congress. Each volume contains an index.
Prex 2.8	The Budget of the United States Government This set of documents is published every year. It consists of the following parts: 1. Budget of the United States Government - This contains a summary of the President's budget proposals. 2. Budget of the United States Government - Supplement - This contains the Budget message of the President and information on the President's budget proposals. 3. Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government - This document is designed to provide analysis that will place the budget in perspective. It includes economic and accounting analysis, information on federal receipts and collections, analysis on Federal spending, detailed information on Federal borrowing and debt. 4. Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government - This document contains budget data over and extended period of time -- from as far back as 1940 to the present, and projected into the future. 5. Budget of the United States Government - Appendix - This is the heart of the annual budget. This document contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that constitute the budget. 6. A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget - Provides general information about the budget process to the general public. The Budget is also available online at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/index.html
R 348.76602 OK4w	Oklahoma Statutes This source contains all laws of a general and permanent nature including laws and amendments passed by the first regular and first extraordinary sessions of the 48th legislature, with supplement volumes taking it to the 50th legislature in 2006.. The statutes are arranged by title and indexed by subject. The most current year is available in the reference section. Past years and their supplements can be located in the circulating collection. Also available on the Internet at: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/osStatuesTitle.html , or through LoisLaw
R 348.76602 OK4w	Oklahoma Statutes Annotated This source contains all laws of a general and permanent nature including laws and amendments passed by the first regular and first extraordinary sessions of the legislature up to 1993 and a pocket part that updates the Statutes until 2001. The statutes are arranged by title and indexed by subject. The difference between this and the regular Oklahoma Statutes is the annotations.
R 348.7323 Un3c	United States Code Codified text of the U.S. laws. This is the official edition of the code containing all the general and permanent laws of the United States. The last complete edition is the 2000 edition. It is arranged by title (subject) and section number and is supplemented annually. The title that is most concerned with Education is Title 20. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is found in Title 20, paragraphs 1400-1491. You can also search the U. S. Code on the Internet at http://uscode.house.gov/, or at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html, or through LoisLaw
AE 2.106/3	Code of Federal Regulations This source provides a subject arrangement of current regulations promulgated by federal agencies. Codified text. It is organized by title. Some of the titles that are of interest to Education: Title 34: Education Title 41: Public Contracts and Property Management Title 42: Public Health You can also search the Code of Federal Regulations on the Internet at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html.
AE 2.106.55	Federal Register Published every business day. Contains updates on legislation, rules and regulations, Presidential documents, proposed rules, notices of hearings, announcements new federal grants, and much more. You can access the Federal Register on the Internet at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
R 353 Un3s	United States Government Manual This is the official handbook of the Federal Government. It has information on all the federal agencies of the Federal government. It also contains information on quasi-official agencies and international organizations in which the U.S. precipitates. For each entry, it gives a list of principal officials, a brief history of the agency, a description of its programs and activities, and more.
R 350 H19r	Handbook of Public Administration This handbook contains many short essays on many different aspects of public administration, such as: public budgeting and financial management, public administration history and organizational theory, public personnel administration and labor relations, federalism and intergovernmental relations, public law and regulation, public administration pedagogy, and the profession of public administration.