• GOV 241, International Politics (K. Mills)
• GOV 347, Algeria in the International System (G. White)

Citation Style

• Citation Guides for Electronic Documents (IFLA)
  
• "Bluebook": Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (Harvard Law Review Assn., 16th ed.,1996)
• "Uncle Sam": Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications(The University of Memphis)

Internet Links

Metasites for Politics and Government Information
Select Starting Points. . . - Documents Center, University of Michigan - Legal Information Institute (Cornell) - Librarians' Index to the Internet: Politics (general & topics) - Political Philosophy Resources (LSU) - Politics Hypertext Library of Political Science & Theory (Univ. of Wales, Swansea) - Poly-Cy: Internet Resources for Political Science (Bob Duval, WV Univ.)
By Level of Government
Select level . . . -- Federal -- States -- International -- Foreign

Federal


• Congressional Universe
  
• FirstGov
• GPO Access (From the Government Printing Office. See "Finding Aids".)
• Alternate GPO Access, via Purdue
  
  (GPO Access databases include the text of bills, Congressional Record, Federal Register,
  
  GAO Reports, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and more.)

  "Uncle Sam", Migrating Government Publications

  CRS Major Studies & Issue Briefs
  

  (Congressional Research Service: over 400 reports, most on environmental issues, posted by CNIE.)
  

  Selected CRS Reports
  

  (A selection of reports posted by the U.S. Senate, listed by subject, number, or broad subject)
  

  Thomas (Library of Congress, Legislative Information)

  Congressional Hearings Online (search interface for 1997 to present)

  FEDSTATS

  Statistical Universe
  

  U.S. Bureau of the Census

  Intelligence Resource Program
  

  (Federal of American Scientists' site includes official document libraries,
  

  featuring Presidential Directives and Executive Orders.
  

  Go to the libraries' 2000 Election Coverage page.
  

  Go to the libraries' Public Policy resources page.
  

States


• Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• State Web Locator
  
  (Center for Information Law and Policy)

  State and Local Govt. on the Web
  

  (University of Michigan Documents Center)
  

  State and Local Government on the Net
  

  (A Piper Resources guide to government sponsored Internet sites)

International


• International Governmental Organizations
• The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
• Foreign & International Law Web
• Access UN
• World News Connection
  FBIS Daily Reports are available with login assistance from a Reference Librarian.
  Access is limited to one user at a time, using a password.
  

Foreign Governments


• CountryWatch
• Foreign Governments on the Web (via Northwestern)
• Constitution Finder (University of Richmond)
  
• Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis)
  Under "Country Profiles", find background information, and text of some documents.
  

Go to the Smith College Department of Government home page

Contact the Government Department Library Liaison

Sika Berger sberger@smith.edu Neilson Library 1/04 (413) 585-2963

Connect to GOBI: YBP approval plan / book order information. GOV faculty: contact Sika Berger for assistance.

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