Locating Print Resources

To search the library catalog use: your topic (for ex. "war powers"), economics, any keywords relevant to your topic.

Databases - free printing

GALE InfoTrac Onefile has a number of articles related to the topics for this assignment. Do a subject search for your topic, narrow the search, and click on the articles you want to view. Also try ProQuest Online.

For viewpoints on specific issues related to your topic, go to Gale InfoTrac Opposing Viewpoints database. Results are listed separately under the tabs.

Pick up a copy of "Biblioteca Las Americas Online Subscription Services" at the circulation desk for home access codes and passwords.

Websites

U.S. Department of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/

GPO Access - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html - The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government

Federal Election Commission - http://www.fec.gov/

Environmental Protection Act - http://www.epa.gov/

Federal Trade Commission - http://www.ftc.gov/

Federal Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov/

The Federal Reserve Board: About the Fed - http://www.federalreserve.gov/general.htm

The National Security Council - http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/

The White House Office of Management and Budget - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

Federal Aviation Administration - http://www.faa.gov/

Congressional Budget Office - http://www.cbo.gov/

Social Security Administration - The history of Social Security - http://www.ssa.gov/history/

U.S. Office of Personnel Management - http://www.opm.gov/index.asp

OMB Watch - http://www.ombwatch.org/ - " OMB Watch is a nonprofit government watchdog organization located in Washington, DC. Our mission is to promote open government, accountability and citizen participation."

Full text Federalist Papers at The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm

Alexander Hamilton, author of many Federalist Papers, on the Web - http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/hamilton/

527 Committee Activity Top 50 Federally Focused Organizations (Soft money) - http://www.opensecrets.org/527s/527cmtes.asp from The Web Site for Responsible Politics

Introduction to Federal Voting Rights Laws (Motor Voter Act...) - http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro.htm

LobbyingInfo.org - http://www.lobbyinginfo.org/ - Tracking the activities of special interests

Inflation calculators http://cost.jsc.nasa.gov/inflate.html

Common Cause - http://www.commoncause.org/ - "is a nonpartisan nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest."

United Nations Documentation Research Guide - http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/

MedlinePlus links to HMO and managed care articles

Clean Water Action - http://www.cleanwateraction.org/

A Pathfinder to Information on The Endangered Species Act of 1973 - http://www.llrx.com/features/esa.htm - published in 2001, but may still be of value - it has a lot of good links

Text of The Endangered Species Act of 1973 - http://ipl.unm.edu/cwl/fedbook/esa.html

Citation Guides

http://www.noodletools.com - Passwords are available at the library.

Handouts on APA and MLA format are located on the shelf by the computers.

Reference books - Check them out - REF 808.