Guides to Resources

• Alphabet Soup: A Small Dictionary of Government Related Acronyms
• Candidate Profile This guide will illustrate how to profile a candidate running for office on a federal (i.e. the U.S. House or Senate) or state (i.e.governor) level. Profiling a candidate involves examining a variety of factors that influences a decision to run for office. Biographical information, district or state demographic makeup, voting records, campaign monies, news reports each contribute to that decision.
• Census
• Census Schedules and Black Genealogy: One Family's Experience
• Citing Electronic Information
• Classification Numbers for Foreign Publications
• Classification Numbers for International Publications
• Environment and Politics is an interdisciplinary approach of using resources on environment and politics.
• European Union
• Find State, City, and County Websites, Telephone Numbers, and Addresses
• Finding Guide to the British Studies Collections in the University Libraries
• Genealogy
• Government Publications Overview a .pdf version of a guide written for a class on tax policy. Although some of the material is specific to taxation, the guide is a good introduction to researching U.S. policy issues using primary and selected secondary materials. The guide describes the primary materials (such as bills, House and Senate documents and reports, hearings), how to find them in the Government Publications Library and on the Internet, and the scope of the collection.
• Historical Indexes to U.S. Government Publications Prior to 1976
• International Publications
• Introduction to Government Publications Call Numbers
• Internet and Online Sources of U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Information is a guide developed by a law librarian to provide information on what legislaive and regulatory information is available from what sources.
• JPRS Technical Report Numbers
• Jurisdiction A guide to deciding whether your issue involves state law, federal law or both. In .pdf format.
• League of Nations
• Microform Locations
• Municipal Codes
• Public Records
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Microfiche, Print, and Internet Resources.
• Reference Tools
• Search Tools and Subject Directories for the Web
• Serials and E-Journals
• Tips and Tricks for making effective use of the Netscape Browser
• Treaties see also
  • Finding International Treaties "Cheat Sheet"
• United Nations
• U. S. Congressional Serial Set: What It Is and Its History by Virginia Saunders, GPO
  Everthing you wanted to know but were afraid to ask, including pictures of the steps involved in preparation of the Serial Set volumes.