State Government Information

Reference Works

• Book of the States-- [REF] JK 2403. B6

General Search Engines for Government Information

• Firstgov

• Google Uncle Sam

• GovEngine.com

Metasites for State Government Information

• Library of Congress State and Local Government Information
• State and Local Government on the Net
• State and Territorial Governments
• State Data
• State Governments

General Online Sources of Full-text Scholarly and Popular Magazines and Newspapers

• Ebsco Host--access to the full-text of periodicals and newspapers, the bibliographic references to many more, and links to Internet sites and information on local holdings of periodicals.
• Infotrac Onefile-- access to the full-text of  periodicals and bibliographic access to
  many more.
  • Articles in States Government News may be of particular interest.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe- full-text database includes the last twenty years of local, national, and international newspapers and many other useful sources.

Other Useful Sites

• 2002 Census of Governments  
  • Federal State and Local Governments. State Government Finances
• The Government Performance Project: The Way We Tax: A
  50-State Report
• Government Transportation Financial Statistics
• Stateline.org -- comprehensive and comparative information on the public policies of all 50 states.
• Oregon Blue Book
• Find It! Washington
• Arkansas State Budgets
• California State Budgets
• Washington State Budgets

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