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MPA Resources

Note: This is a partial list of the resources available to you through the Downtown Campus Library and the Internet. For more information about books on any given topic, consult the Library's catalog. If you are not at the Downtown Campus, some databases might require that you log in through the Library's proxy server. A full list of the Library's databases is available here. If you need further assistance, please contact a reference librarian.

 

Associations

• American Political Science Association
• American Planning Association
• American Society for Public Administration
• European Consortium for Political Research
• Illinois City/County Management Association
• International City/County Management Association
• International Political Science Association
• Midwest Political Science Association
• National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
• The National League of Cities
• The US Conference of Mayors

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Indexes to News & Scholarly Articles

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
• America's Newspapers (NewsBank)
• BusinessWeek Online (or via EBSCO Business Source Premier)
• Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
• FirstSearch (OCLC)
• HeinOnline
• JSTOR
• National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers
• Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
• Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)

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Nonprofits

• The Donors Forum

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Online Journals on Public Administration and Related Fields

• American Political Science Review
• Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques
• Governing
• LBJ Journal of Public Affairs
• National Journal
• Policy Review: The Journal of American Citizenship
• Political Science Quarterly
• Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal

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Urban Administration and Policy

• Center for Urban and Metropolitan Policy of the Brookings Institution
• The Urban Institute
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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U.S. Government Information Websites

• American Factfinder (Census)
• Congressional Index (Lexis)
• Congressional Serial Set (Readex)
• Economic Census of the U.S. (Census)
• FedStats (Statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies)
• Federal Research Division : Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• GPO Access: US Government Printing Office (CFR, Federal Register, other official publications)
• Government Printing Office Monthly (FirstSearch)
• Military and Government Library (EBSCO)
• Regulations.gov (Federal regulations)
• State and Local Governments on the Net (Piper Resources)
• Supreme Court (official site)
• Supreme Court Decision Collection (Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute)
• Thomas (Legislative Information on the Internet)
• USA.gov (Official US government portal)
• U.S. Code Collection (http://supct.law.cornell.edu/uscode/)

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