PSC 600
Public Administration & Management
- Background Information
- Finding Journal Articles
- Finding Books
- Finding Government Information
- Additional Information
ref JK9 . E526 2004
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. 2004.
ref JK9 . E526 2003
Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. 2 vols. 2003.
ref JA61 .F69
Public Administration Dictionary. 1995.
ref JA61 .I570
The International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. 4 vols. 1998
ref HD30.15 .B570
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management 11 vols. 2005.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Oxford Reference
Guide to Keyword Searching
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Covers journals in politics, international relations, government, and public policy.
- Strongest with scholarly journals and books.
- 1975 - present.
- Links to Scholar Universe, which lists scholars who have done research in the field.
PAIS International
- Indexes periodicals, books, government documents, reports, and internet sites on public affairs, policy, law, political science, government, and social sciences
- 1972 - present. Abstracts are included since 1985. Also see PAIS Archive (1915-1976).
- Links to Scholar Universe, which lists scholars who have done research in the field.
Political Science Databases
Library Catalog
- A catalog of materials in The University Libraries.
WorldCat
- A database for materials in libraries world wide.
Interlibrary Loan
- Request materials from other libraries.
FEDERAL
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
- Online catalog for federal government publications.
- Goes from 1976 onwards.
LexisNexis Congressional Universe
- Provides fulltext information published by and about the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
- Useful for locating bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings and more.
- Only available to persons affiliated with UNCG.
Thomas
- Provided free by the Library of Congress.
- Provides access to congressional floor activities and debates (Congressional Record), congressional bills, acts, and much more.
American FactFinder
- Provides access to Census Bureau data
- Offers prepackaged population, economic, housing, and geographic data products and user-selected data tables and maps from Census 2000, 1990 Census, the 1997 and 2002 Economic Censuses, the American Community Survey and more.
- Data may be available in the form of maps, tables, and reports.
STATE
UNCG Library Catalog
- Most NC state documents available through the depository system and in the UNCG library catalog.
Log Into North Carolina
- LINC provides statistical data on North Carolina
- Includes statistics in population and housing, vital statistics, social and human services, energy, government, employment and income, and more.
- Data comes from state and federal agencies. Good one stop shop for basic data needs on NC.
FEDERAL and STATE
Google US Government Search
- Retrieves federal, state, and local government websites with mostly .gov and .mil domains. Does include some select .com and .edu government sites (e.g., usps.com or ndu.edu)
- Good supplement to CGP, but only harvesting latest digitally born government publications.
UNCG Government Information
- Jackson Library's website with thousands of federal, state, local, and international government links.
UNCG Data Services
- Jackson Library's website with more sources of federal, state, and international data and statistics. Plus tutorials on SPSS.
Guide to Turabian Citation Style
American Society for Public Administration
National Academy of Public Administration
For more information, contact: Lynda Kellam, Data Services & Government Information Librarian
