State and Local Government Information

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State and Local Government Information

• LIS 60611

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Overview

• State and Local Government
• Directories
• Indexes
• Statistical Resources
• Leg., Admin., and Jud. Resources
• Additional Resources

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State Government

• Based on State Constitution
• 3 Branches
• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• Representative

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Exclusive Powers

• Issue licenses
• Regulate commerce (within State)
• Conduct elections
• Protect public health and safety
• Establish local governments
• Ratify Constitutional amendments

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Shared Powers

• Transportation
• Protect environment
• General welfare
• Courts
• Taxes

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States Cannot

• Enter into treaties
• Print money
• Tax imports or exports
• Make laws that violate U.S. Constitution or
  federal laws

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Local Government

• Charter
• Organization
• Authority
• Responsibility
• Representative

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Types of Local Government

• City
• County
• Township
• Village

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Basic Responsibilities

• Collect taxes
• Enforce local laws and ordinances
• Administer local programs
• Police and fire protection
• Maintain schools
• Ensure safety of drinking water
• Build and repair local roads
• Keep local records

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State and Local Governments

• Impact on daily lives
• How do I get a drivers license
• What school will my children attend
• How do I register to vote
• Do I need a building permit
• Information can be hard to find

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State Government Information

• Publication patterns often irregular
• Legal Materials
• Private sector contracts
• Agency Publications
• Free upon request
• Low cost
• May need to go to source

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Access to State Government

• State Libraries and Archives
• Depository Libraries
• 50 States 50 Depository Programs
• Typically limited to in-state libraries
• Other Libraries
• Issuing Agency
• In-person
• Web site

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Local Government Information

• Rarely published
• If published, publication runs are small
• Many records

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Public Records

• Governing Body Minutes
• Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• Court Records
• Election Records
• Land and Property Value Records
• Tax Records

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Access to Local Government

• Some State Depository Programs
• Index to Current Urban Documents
• Selected cities
• Selected titles
• Local Libraries
• Public more often than Academic
• Historical Societies

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Access to Local Government

• Government Unit
• Use on-site
• Free or low cost copies
• Freedom of Information Act requests
• Web sites

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Directories
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State Information Directory

• 2000
• States and D.C
• Addresses, telephone, email, URLs
• Governor, key officials, agencies
• Facts, frequently called numbers
• Functional and name indexes

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Yellow Books

• Quarterly
• State
• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Municipal
• Cities and Towns
• Counties
• Authorities

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State and Local Governments on the Net

• http//www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
• Pages for each state
• State Offices
• Boards and Commissions
• County and Regional
• City, Township, Village
• Selected other sites

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State Government Information Index

• http//library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/us/states/
  index.htm
• Basic information about state
• Links to pages providing detailed information

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City and Town Official Websites

• http//www.citytown.info/
• Online sources of city and town information
• City sites
• Chambers of Commerce
• Convention and Visitors Centers

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Indexes
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Monthly Checklist of State Publications

• 1910 1994
• LC 30.9
• Most comprehensive national list
• Library of Congress receipts
• Subject index

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StateList

• http//www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/statelist/check/ch
  eck.htm
• Links to State Checklists
• 32 States
• Frequency and archiving varies

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State Document Checklists A Historical
Bibliography

• 1990, 2000
• Comprehensive list of retrospective checklists
• Information on on-going checklists
• History of national efforts to improve
  bibliographic access

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Index to Current Urban Documents

• 1972
• Cooperative Project
• Reports and Research
• Local Governments
• Civic Organizations
• Academic and Research Organizations
• 500 cities in U.S. and Canada

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ICUD

• Geographic and Subject Indexes
• Citations arranged alphabetically by place,
  issuing agency, and title
• Microfiche set available
• Online version includes PDF files

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Statistical Resources
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Almanac of the 50 States

• 1985 , annual
• Profiles
• 50 States, D.C., U.S.
• 13 categories
• Comparative Tables
• Rank States and D.C.
• Selected Characteristics

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Book of the States

• 1935 , biennial
• 10 Chapters
• State Constitutions, Branches of Government,
  State Pages, etc.
• Summary Articles
• Tables

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State and Metropolitan Area Data Book

• 1979
• http//www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html
• Supplements the Statistical Abstract
• States
• Metropolitan Areas
• Metropolitan Counties
• Central Cities

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County and City Data Book

• 1949
• http//www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html
• Supplements the Statistical Abstract
• States
• Counties
• Cities, Places, and Minor Civil Divisions

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County Business Patterns

• 1946
• http//www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
• Economic data by industry
• Self-employed, private household, and government
• 1996 NAICS
• Until 1996, SIC

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USA Counties

• 1992 (CD-ROM)
• 1998 online
• http//www.census.gov/statab/www/county.html
• 3,142 U.S. Counties
• Data for single counties
• Comparative data for multiple counties

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Other Census Bureau Products

• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Census of Population and Housing
• Economic Censuses
• Census of Governments
• American Community Survey

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Statistical Reference Index

• 1980
• Indexes and Abstracts
• State Government Agencies
• Universities and research centers
• Nonprofit, trade, professional, and business
  organizations
• Microfiche
• Included in LexisNexis Statistical

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Statistics at the State and Local Level

• http//www.firstgov.gov/Government/State_Local/Sta
  tistics.shtml
• Part of FirstGov
• Links to standard sources

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Small Geographic Areas Database

• http//www.lib.muohio.edu/libinfo/depts/documents/
  small
• U.S. and Ohio Government Resources
• Subject
• Geographic Areas

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Legislative, Administrative, and Judicial
Resources
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LexisNexis State Capital

• Key State Documents
• Legislative information
• Administrative Codes and other regulatory
  information
• State Constitutions
• Powerful search features
• Monitor single state
• Compare states and trends

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State Legislatures, State Laws, and State
Regulations

• http//www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/state-leg.htm
• Web site links
• Legislatures
• Codes or statutes and regulations
• Telephone numbers

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LexisNexis Academic

• State Code
• State Case Law
• State Profiles
• World Almanac

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FindLaw US State Laws

• http//www.findlaw.com/casecode/index.htmlstatela
  w
• Case Law
• Statutes and Codes
• Regulations

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Additional Legal Resources

• Legal Information Institute State Listings
• http//www.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html
• WashLaw Legal Research on the Web
• http//www.washlaw.edu/

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Additional Resources
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Tapping State Government Information Resources

• 2003
• General Sources
• State Chapters
• Depository Programs
• Useful addresses and telephone numbers
• Essential state publications
• Web pages
• Commercial Sources

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State Blue Books

• Register or directory
• Names of persons holding office
• Often contain additional information
• Biographies and photographs of key officials
• Historical profiles
• Maps
• Statistics
• Titles vary

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State and Local Documents Task Force

• ALA GODORT
• http//www.library.arizona.edu/users/arawan/stat.h
  tml
• Toolbox
• Government Directories
• State Depository Programs
• State Documents Checklists