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Submitted by esheirer on Wed, 2011-09-07 10:13
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Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style (Univ. of Nevada, Reno)
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Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (Cornell Law School),
by Peter W. Martin, 2011, with references to the 19th Edition of the "Bluebook "
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Provides perspective and analysis of the U.S. Congress. It is the authoritative reference on Congressional trends, actions, and controversies.
1945 - 2006
Summary and analysis of major U.S. legislation, with tables, graphs & charts. Browse by subject, decade, or year; use Policy Tracker to explore a specific policy topic.
U.S. legislative history & analysis, policy tracking, voting records, primary source documents, statistics, and organizations.
Covers the government and economy of 250+ countries & territories, with directory information and statistical tables. Online version of Europa World Year Book and the regional surveys.
Reference content & commentary by renowned scholars, plus Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, maps & timelines. Includes Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World and other core reference works on Islam.
Thorough and accurate information on every country's government and political party system, with key facts and current issues.
Coverage and analysis of every decision from the nation's highest court since the 1989-1990 term.
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Population, housing, economic and geographic data from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Decennial Censuses, the latest Economic Census, and reference maps.
Census, vital, church, court & immigration records for the US & UK, plus material on other areas. Major components: US federal census 1790-1930 (incl. manuscript returns); historical maps; Social Security Death Index; etc.
Find and use datasets generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov includes searchable catalogs for "raw" datasets and various tools. In the "raw" data catalog, you may access data in XML, Text/CSV, and other formats.
Covers the government and economy of 250+ countries & territories, with directory information and statistical tables. Online version of Europa World Year Book and the regional surveys.
1531 - 2000
Covers population, work & welfare, the economy, and government. Data may be downloaded and custom tables created. Includes essays, data reliability and references to secondary literature.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research provides data, documentation and links to related literature, which can be searched and downloaded by member institutions.
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The Data Analysis System allows users to perform online analysis directly using more than 200 datasets over the Web, without downloading files.
Use Chrome; requires updated Java. In the left column, click on "Browse Source," then International Monetary Fund, then International Financial Statistics.
An alphabetical list of countries links to statistical agency websites.
Summarizes statistical information from American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index(SRI), and Index to International Statistics (IIS) plus links to some full text websites.
Smith College Libraries' guide to resources by region of the world.
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Covers elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the three branches of U.S. government, foreign, military, social and economic policy, and much more.