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Books - Reference Resources (non-circulating)
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CQ Researcher |
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Weekly service covering topics of national significance. |
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Ref H 35 E35 |
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CQ Researcher |
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Encyclopedia of Policy Studies |
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Although published in 1994, this encyclopedia can still provide valuable background information on a number of national policy issues. |
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Ref H 97 E6 1994 |
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International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration |
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Excellent encyclopedia covering global as well as national and local aspects of public administration. Articles are written by experts and contain numerous references to key works in the field. |
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Ref H 97 I574 1998 |
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International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavorial Sciences |
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Ref H41 I58 2001 |
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Public Administration Dictionary |
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Brief definitions of terms used in Public Administration. |
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Ref JA 61 F69 1995 |
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Statehouse Reporters Internet Resource Guide |
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A web guide for reporters, this resource includes an annotated list of many government and advocacy sites of interest to public administration students. |
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Ref JK 2408 P446 2001 |
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City and County Resources
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City of Seattle |
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Operating since 1995, this virtual City Hall links users to city services and other noncommercial local sites of interest |
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County and City Data |
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Presents statistical information for counties, standard metropolitan statistical areas, and cities: vital statistics, education, retail trade, manufacturers and wholesale trade. |
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Ref HA 202 A385 |
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King County Code |
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King County Government |
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Press releases, documents and reports enhance the usefulness of this site for researchers, as well as for concerned citizens. |
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Muncipal Codes (online) provided by Seattle Public Library |
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This site from Seattle Public Library provides links to all known city and county codes online |
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Municipal Yearbook |
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Primarily of statistical almanac with information on larger U.S. cities and articles on topics relating to municipal government |
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Ref JS 344 C5 A24 |
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Municipal Research & Service Center of Washington State |
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Interested in information about Washington cities and towns-try this comprehensive web site. Includes documents, reports, charters, ordinances and laws for Washington State municipalities. Resource guides for "hot topics" |
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National Association of Cities |
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Website for the oldest organization representing municipal concerns. |
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National Association of Counties |
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Seattle Municipal Code |
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Seattle Municipal Code |
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Ref KFX2379.A35 |
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Seattle Survival Guide |
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Ref F899 S43 M677 |
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Seattle, The City We're In, a Citizen's Guide to Seattle City Government |
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Published by League of Women Voters. |
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Ref JS 1455.2 L42 1996 |
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U.S. Conference of Mayors |
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Profiles of mayors, news updates from various sources including U.S. Mayor newspaper are highlighted in this site. Includes a searchable Best Practices page |
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Databases
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Academic
Search Complete |
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Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for nearly 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 4,500 journals in the collection. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study. |
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Book Review Digest |
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Citation database of major reviewing sources. |
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Business Source Complete |
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Business Source Complete provides full
text access for over 9,500 titles, including over 1,000 peer-reviewed
journals covering the business fields of accounting & tax;
banking, finance & insurance; human resources; management;
marketing; MIS; operations and management. It also covers the
disciplines of economics and public administration. Contains
important scholarly titles back to 1886 and is the only online
source for the Harvard Business Review. Access to non-journal
content includes case studies, company profiles, industry and
market research reports and SWOT analyses as well as country
reports from EIU, Countrywatch and Business Monitor and more. |
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ERIC |
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Education Database...not just k-12, but also includes articles and reports on adult education, training, etc.. |
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GPO |
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Index of U.S. government publications. |
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Lexis Nexis Academic |
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Provides full text access to a wide range of news, business and legal sources. Access to laws and codes as well as law reviews. International newspapers, wire services are also accessible in this database |
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PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) |
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Abstracts of articles, books, conference proceedints, government documents and book chapters related to public affairs. Links to web sites. Ability to limit search to level of government. |
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Research Library Complete |
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Access to thousands of different journals, periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. Most articles contain fulltext. Notworthy is its coverage of Washington State newspapers. Fulltext for Public Administration Review and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory |
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Social
Sciences Abstracts |
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Citation database of core journals in the social sciences. |
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WorldCat |
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World's largest bibliographic database. Check here for books, dissertations, government reports. |
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Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedia of Public Administration
and Public Policy |
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Entires are article length with bibliographies
for this 2 vol work published by Marcel Dekker. |
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Ref JK9 E 526 2003 |
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Sage
E-Reference |
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Contains e-book encyclopedias
from all areas of social sciences. Includes Encyclopedia of
Governance, Encyclopedia of Community and many more. |
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Federal Resources
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Congress
and the Nation |
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Reviews of national government and
politics covering one presidential term. Includes descriptions
of proposals and bills, accounts of legislative, executive and
lobbying action |
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Congressional Digest |
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Periodical. Located on 3rd Fl. |
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Congressional Quarterly Almanac |
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Survey of legislation for one session
including agriculture and labor, appropriations, economic policy;
also includes voting information on various issues. |
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Ref JK 1 C66 |
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CQ
Weekly |
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Congressional
Research Reports |
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The Congressional Research Service
provides analysis and research to member of Congress. Although
CRS does not distribute its reports online. Members of Congress
and various nonprofit groups have posted various CRS reports.
Since 2002, University of North Texas has provided public access
to these reports. |
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Documents
Center at the University of Michigan |
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Comprehensive government documents
site. Excellent starting point for both national and international
government information |
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FedStats |
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Gateway to sources with statistics from
government agencies. |
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FedWorld |
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Sponsored by the National Technical
Information Service, this website is a gateway to other government
agencies. |
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GPO
Access |
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Menu driven system for government information,
including regulations. |
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Thomas,
legislative information on the internet |
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Online source for federal legislation
from the Library of Congress. Includes public laws from 93rd
Congress, committee reports from 104th to current. |
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United
States Code |
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Government Sites
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University of Michigan Documents Center |
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Comprehensive metasite for government document information. Contains links to international, foreign as well as national and local web sites. |
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Internet Sites
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Center for Public Integrity |
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Founded in 1990, this nonpartisan center focuses on ethics and government accountability. Its full reports are useful. For those interested in state issues, link to its State Projects. |
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities |
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Center focuses on fiscal and tax policy and how such policies effect low and moderate income individuals and families. |
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Columbia University. Public Administration Information Sources |
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Comprehensive source includes information on both print and online sources in the field of Public Administration. |
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Information for Decisionmaking |
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A clearinghouse of over 20,000 links and 10,000 electronic resources focusing on human services, welfare, education and other topics. |
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Institute for Policy Studies |
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"The Institute for Policy Studies is the nation's oldest multi-issue progressive think tank." It sees its role as an alternative voice to other think tanks. Organized into three clusters: Democracy and Fairness, Global Justice and Peace and Security. The site links to interviews, government testimony, reports and other fulltext material as well for sale books. |
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National Center for Policy Analysis |
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Good site for policy issues. Gives both sides of issues, drawing information from newspapers, prominent analysts and think tanks. This private research organization advocates private sector solutions over government regulation. |
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Public Agenda Online |
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A non-partisan, citizen-education organization, Public Agenda Online has had a web site since 1997. The organization was founded by former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and social scientist Daniel Yankelovich. The site covers the issues of the day from abortion to social security. Each issue is divided into links for understanding the issue and another for public opinion. The site gives points of view on each issue in their link, "framing the debate." |
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Urban Institute |
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Public policy think tank created in 1968 to inform policymakers on urban problems. Its scope has broaden to include research on health care policy, taxes, criminal justice and the new democracies. |
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Virginia Commonwealth University-VCU Libraries Public Administration Resources |
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Good list of Public Administration resources both books and electronic from VCU. txtComments |
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Women's Institute for Policy Research |
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Supported by grants and foundations, this policy organization focuses on five program areas including work and family, employment and poverty issues. The website contains awealth of research on these program issues in PDF files. In addition, the site links to statisical sites, other sites with research on women's issues and related organizations |
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Journals
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Academy of Management Executive |
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Academy of Management. Journal |
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Academy of Management. Review |
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Administration and Society |
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Administrative Science Quarterly |
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Government Finance Review |
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Harvard Business Review |
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Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector |
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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management |
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Journal of Public Administration research and Theory |
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Journal of Social Issues |
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Long Range Planning |
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National Civic Review |
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Political Research Quarterly. Western Political Science Association |
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Public Administration Quarterly |
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Public Administration Review |
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Public Budgeting and Finance |
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Public Manager |
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Public Personnel Management |
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Public Productivity and Management Review |
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Sloan Management Review |
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Social Policy |
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Spectrum (previously Journal of State Government) |
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State Government News |
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Urban Studies |
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News
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American City and County |
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"American City & County has been the voice of local government since 1909. The magazine serves a powerful audience of city and county officials who are charged with developing and implementing local government policy, programs and projects. The magazine maintains its leadership position by providing these readers with news, government trends, policy alternatives and operational solutions." Online web site has fulltext of featured articles. Fulltext in several library databases. Library maintains a print subscription 1975- |
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Research Guides & Resource Pages
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SOSIG- Social Science Information Gateway |
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SOSIG is the Social Science Information Gateway and is part of the UK Resource Discovery Gateway. As a UK product, this web catalogue contains over 50,000 high quality web sites, each one annotated by either a librarian or a faculty member. You can register for a free account to profile subject areas of interest. |
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Specialized Materials and Software
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Northwest Policy Consortium |
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Archives of the Northwest Policy Consortium which was disbanded in 2002. Many of the reports published by this organization are maintained on this website. Washington is the focus for many of these publications |
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State Resources
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Access Washington, State Government Information and Services |
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Washington State home page. |
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Book of the States |
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Published by the Council of State Governments, this now annual publication, is known for its detailed tables covering important state government topics. Reflecting its new mission, the newest edition contains over 20 articles one emerging issues and trends. |
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Ref JK 2043 B6 |
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Council of State Governments-West |
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Western legislators can share ideas and collaborate using this web site. Some publications and presentations can be downloaded from this site. Links to policy positions of this group's committees. |
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CQ's State Fact Finder 2004 |
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Good annual source for policymakers. Data is drawn from government source material, but int areas of health and welfare data is drawn from outside sources |
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Ref HA 214 H68 2004 |
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Federal,State,and Local-U.S. Bureau of the Census |
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Census web page with links to financial data from the Census of Governments-1997,2002 |
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National Council on State Legislatures |
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For those interested in state legislatures, this is a site to look at. It contains links to policy issues, ethics, and state-federal relations. |
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Revised Code of Washington |
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Ref KF W30 1961 |
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The State We're In: Washington. A Citizen's Guide to Washington State Government |
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Prepared by the League of Women Voters, this guide gives a clear overview of each level of government in the state. Of special note are the concise descriptions of programs administered by state agencies. |
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Ref JK 9231 S73 1988 |
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Stateline.org |
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Operated by the Pew Center on the States, the purpose of this web site is to highlight innovative state public policies. It currently covers several policy issues including welfare, health care, taxes, crime and education. |
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Washington Research Council |
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Analyzes public policy issues effecting state and local governments. Many of these reports are available on its electronic publications page |
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Washington State Government |
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The "Ask George" search engine makes it easy to search through this web site of government information. Cateogry indexes include information on public services, business, government, employment and education |
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Washington State Legislature |
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Washington State Yearbook, a Guide to Government in Washington State. |
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Includes statistical and explanatory information on various aspects of state and local government. Especially useful for reviews of the structures of city and county governments, explanations of state agencies, and biographical information of state officials. |
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Ref JK 9240 W38 |
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Workforce Explorer |
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Source for Washington State Labor Market Information. |
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Statistics
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County and City Data |
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Presents statistical information for counties, standard metropolitan statistical areas, and cities: vital statistics, education, retail trade, manufacturers and wholesale trade. |
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Ref HA 202 A385 |
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CQ's State Fact Finder 2004 |
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Good annual source for policymakers. Data is drawn from government source material, but int areas of health and welfare data is drawn from outside sources |
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Ref HA 214 H68 2004 |
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FedStats |
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Gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies |
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Statistical Abstract of the United States |
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Online version of the 2001 and 2002 Statistical Abstract |
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Statistical Sources on the Web |
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This is one of the best sources on the web! The statistics section is but one section of a site which also links to foreign, federal and state government materials. Resources for the statistics section are primarily governmental agencies, but can be drawn from nongovernmental sources. Well-designed, the user will find this site easy to navigate. Updated on a regular basis. |
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U.S. Census Bureau |
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Statistics by the Census Bureau include the Economic Census, Foreign trade, population and poverty. Use American Factfinder to find statistics by census tract. |
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Washington State Data Book |
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Ref HA 993 A26 |
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Washington State. OFM. Forecasting Division. |
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Try the links on this web site for statistics on Washington state |
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