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Project Vote Smart

Information on Elected Officials:
- Biographies
- Roll call votes on selected issues beginning with the 104th Congress
- Votes by Members of Congress on major issues by subject with corresponding lobby group ratings

Proquest (UMich Only)

Indexes popular and scholarly journal articles in all fields since the 1980s and provides the full text of many since the late 1990s
Journals indexed by author, title, keyword, periodical, and date
Text in HTML and pdf formats

Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (UMich Only)

Subject index to books, articles, and government documents on politics and economics since 1972 in Western European languages
Government documents include United States, United Nations, League of Nations, and State Governments
You can easily add retrospective coverage, 1915-1971, to a search
Sample Keyword Search: civilian conservation corps
Advanced Search: volunteer service AND nigeria or israel

Public Agenda Online

Divided into 18 national policy areas, some of which are regulated by the states
Includes abortion, immigration, and the right-to-die
Frames the debate, provides several sides of an issue, and reports American public opinion

Public Entity Risk Institute

Nonprofit organization assisting governments with risk management issues
Links to disaster, risk management, environmental, safety and health, and human resource organizations and data bases

Same Sex Marriage

State Laws on Same Sex Marriage (Stateline)
- June 2008 article comparing 50 states on same sex marriage and domestic partnerships
- Covers constitutional versus legislative provisions
- Chart or map format

Secretary of State Offices (Political Resources)

Special Problems

State Agency Databases

A wiki created by volunteers to list and annotate databases being maintained by state governments
Usual databases include bills, laws, sex offender registries

State and Local Government via Piper Resources

Comprehensive link for state government web sites, updated daily
Links to federal and non-government national organizations serving state and local governments
Includes U.S. Territories