Research Guides: Political Science: US Federal & State Politics, Money

U.S. Federal Documents, State Documents, State News/Data, Money in Politics

U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
Alphabetical guide to U.S. government department and agency web sites

GPO Monthly Catalog This link opens in a new window
Index to selected U.S. federal government documents produced by all branches and agencies of the government from 1976-present. Contains references to books, reports, studies, serials, maps, and other publications. NOTE: Many federal documents do not appear in this index. Also consult AGENCY WEBSITES (eg. www.state.gov/ ) or by searching titles using a search engine, such as Google.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Includes Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790, federal and state cases, law review journals, and other general newspapers and business publications.
ProQuest Congressional [Selected Articles in Full Text] This link opens in a new window
(1789-present; dates vary for publications) Find the full text of Congressional reports and documents, bills, public laws and hearing testimony. Includes Congressional Record, legislative histories, committee prints, and information on members of Congress; federal regulations. Also includes studies for Congress from the Congressional Research Service (CRS).

Congress.gov (formerly Thomas)
official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service.
Congressional Directory
104th Congress (1995-96) -present
Complete guide to committees, district maps, elected officials, executive branch contacts
CQ Electronic Library
Includes CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly), CQ Almanac and CQ Congress collection offering important information and documents about congressional activities. Find essays on U.S. and global public issues; Documents and statistics on U.S. politics, congress, supreme court, voting & elections.
GovInfo
GovInfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the United States government.
Regulations.gov
Find U.S. federal regulations, including rules, comments, adjudications and supporting documents. NOTE: Current and historical regulations in FdSys and Proquest Congressional
Supreme Court of the United States
Text of opinions, oral arguments from recent years and other information
U.S. Reports
The official reports of decisions for the United States Supreme Court, dating back to the first decision in 1791, available through the Library of Congress website.
U.S. Statutes at Large
"Every law, public and private, ever enacted by the Congress is published in the Statutes at Large in order of the date of its passage." Entire set of statutes in paper is at the Law Library.

Follow the Money
Funding candidates in state politics
Stateline
Stateline is web site from Pew Charitable Trusts with current news and analysis on state government activities. A related site is Governing: The States and Localities (http://www.governing.com/) with current and archived news from the publisher of the magazine, Governing available at OSU Libraries (http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b6692292~S2).
Book of the States (Data Sets)
Offers topical data sets. See also the print edition at OSU Libraries: http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b1150646~S7

Municipal Year Book
Call Number: JS342.A2 I52

Publication Date: Chicago : International City Manager's Association, 1934-present

Annual volumes include articles and statistics.

State and Local Government Finances
US Census data on revenues and expenses for state and local governments and also public schools.
State and Urban Data from Pew Chartible Trust
Pew offers a variety of political, social, economic, and health related data and research related to states and municipalities nationwise.

Data-Planet Statistical Datasets
Statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.

State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations
Arranged by state, links to official sites to find state legislative activities, statutes, and administrative regulations.
National Conference of State Legislatures, Research and State Bill Tracking Databases
Topical guide to legislative activities in the states

Ohio Capitol Connection [Selected Articles in Full Text] This link opens in a new window
Contains Ohio Legislation, Legislative Committee agendas and reports Ohio Senate and House calendars and actions Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review Controlling Board Bulletins, Court Decisions and Opinions Current Committee Schedule Department of Education Ohio Enviro-Net Directories and Library of Documents (including election statistics since 1988) and Newsletters.

Municipal Ordances
Link to city/town ordnances in the United States. Coverage may not be complete.
State Law - FindLaw
Find state legal information

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Find state legal information, general newspapers, and other sources

Stateline
Stateline is web site from Pew Charitable Trusts with current news and analysis on state government activities.
Book of the States (Data Sets)
Offers topical data sets. See also the print edition at OSU Libraries: http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b1150646~S7

Municipal Year Book
Call Number: JS342.A2 I52
Publication Date: Chicago : International City Manager's Association, 1934-present
Annual volumes include articles and statistics.

State & Local Finances
US Census data on revenues and expenses for state and local governments and also public schools.
State and Urban Data from Pew Chartible Trust
Pew offers a variety of political, social, economic, and health related data and research related to states and municipalities nationwise.

Data-Planet Statistical Datasets This link opens in a new window
Statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.
Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new window
This news database includes many newspapers and newswires from states across the US.

OpenSecrets.org
The Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Provides official disclosures by candidates for federal offices.
Follow the Money
Funding candidates in state politics
U.S. Federal Election Commission
Provides official disclosures by candidates for elective federal offices
Sunlight Foundation - Campaign Finance and Transparency
A list of research projects and posts on campaign finance from the Sunlight Foundation.
U.S. Budget
Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year.

Political Science Librarian

Hilary Bussell

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Subjects: Communications, Political Science