The following guide provides an overview of some of the resources available in the library and online on the subject of state policies, especially controversial issues surrounding policies, laws, and regulations. For further assistance, please take advantage of the reference
services available to you in Geisel Library. Stop by the Reference Desk or contact us online at Ask A Librarian.
Reference books are shelved by Library of Congress call number
in the reference stacks near the reference desk. They may not be checked out, but
photocopiers are available on the lower level of the Library.
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Bilingual Education: A Reference Handbook
REF LC3731 .F45 2002
The Book of the States (See Chapter 9)
REF JK2403 .B6 2005
Congressional Quarterly's Desk Reference on the States
REF JK2408 .W48 1999
International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics
REF GE170 .I55 2002
New Hampshire Practice (Also available through Westlaw Campus)
REF KFN1280 .N48
The State and Local Government Political Dictionary
REF JK2408 .E44 1988
Tapping State Government Information Sources
REF J83 .T36 2003
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For additional books on the subject, please search the library catalog. Search by keyword or search statements:
state government*
state* and (law* or legislat* or regulat*)
Here is a selected list of books found by using one or more of the above search statements.
A database named WorldCatwill give you access to even more book materials. In fact, it comprises all the books cataloged by all the libraries in all the world!
Borrowing materials via Interlibrary Loan is a very easy process when using WorldCat. Ask for assistance at the reference desk if needed.
The following indexes and databases will enable you to access scholarly readings in issues affecting state policy. While most of these databases point to journal articles, some also cite books , book chapters, conference proceedings, dissertations, etc.
Use key phrases such as:
environmental policies and (state regulat* or massachusetts)
mtbe and new hampshire and (policy or policies or regulat*)
adoption and law* and massachusetts
Please note: an asterisk (*) is a commonly used symbol in most databases. Used at the end of a word stem, it provides for all variants on the word stem. (e.g. regulat* retrieves regulatory and regulations).
Academic Search Premier
A good place to start for general readings. Many are full text.
LexisNexis Academic
Great for regional news. Select 'U.S. News' and then region desired (eg. 'Northeast') from the drop-down boxes. And you may want to change other defaults such as period of coverage. (The truncation symbol is this database is an exclamation point (!) rather than an asterisk (*).
NationalJournal.com
Performing a site search on some important state topics will bring up news and commentary.
SocINDEX
Over 300 scholarly articles having the phrase 'state policy' or 'state policies' or 'state government*' in the title of the article. Many of them are available full-text or are housed in the library's print journal collection on the lower level.
Westlaw Campus
Use this full-text database for substantive readings from law reviews and also to access case law and state statutes in full-text.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
A comprehensive political science database that will supply citations and abstracts to scholarly articles pertaining to state issues.
Business & Management Practices
Business Source Premier
If your topic intersects with business-related issues affecting states, search these databases.
ERIC
Search this database for educational issues affecting states.
Health Source
If your topic intersects with health or medicine, search this database.
Religion Database (ATLA)
If your topic intersects with religious issues, search here.
Please consult the following guides for help in requesting an interlibrary loan. Or, ask for help at the reference desk.
Making an ILL (Interlibrary Loan) Request
ILL Frequently Asked Questions
To find sites like the ones posted below, search Google with terms such as: "state regulatory agencies" or "state regulatory agencies new hampshire." Limit domain to site:org or site:gov.
State of NH Office of Legislative Services, Division of Administrative Rules
Federal Regulatory Agencies and Self-Regulatory Organizations
University of Michigan Documents Center - State Government and Politics
Search section called 'Laws and Regulations."
Governing.com
"This well-designed Internet portal is a valuable free resource for finding current information by and about state and local government." (Choice Reviews, April 2006)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Style Guides
A copy of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association is located on the library's
Ready Reference shelves (REF BF76.7 .P83 2001).
For online guides to APA format, please see the
following:
Compiled by: Nancy "Sam" Urtz
