*Federal Yellow Book: Who's Who in Federal Departments
and Agencies. [Latest in Reference]
Arranged by
department/agency and then divisions within each. Includes indexes that
list personnel and organizations alphabetically.
Ref
KF5406
A15F4
*Federal Regulatory Directory. (Congressional Quarterly) [Latest in Reference]
Provides background
information on Federal regulatory agencies, including introductory information,
agency organization, congressional action and further sources of information.
Introduction covers responsibilities, authority, historical background and
current issues.
*West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 1998 [with updates]
Provides background
information on some Federal agencies and departments.
Available online through Research Port [By database name].
Ref
JK516
C57
*Guide to the Presidency. [Congressional
Quarterly] 2008
Check Ch.
29: Cabinet and Executive Departments and Ch. 30:Government agencies and
corporations.
United States Code Annotated. Also
available through LexisNexis
Academic on Cook Library home page at
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu
From off-campus, access to LexisNexis, you will need to login through Research Port.
Once in LexisNexis, click on the Legal tab on the toolbar at the top of the screen
Click on Federal & State Codes
From the drop-down Sources menu, select United States Code Service or a section of USCS
Ref
KFM1230
1957.A43
Annotated Code of Maryland. Also
available through LexisNexis
Academic on Cook Library home page at http://cooklibrary.towson.edu
Once in LexisNexis, click on the Legal tab on the toolbar at the top of the screen
Click on Federal & State Codes
From the drop-down Sources menu, select the desired State Code
Agency/Department
Publications
Ref
Z1223.Z7
A573
*Guide to U.S. Government
Publications. 2001
Creation &
authority of Federal agencies
Lists Superintendent of Documents classification
for major Federal agency and departmental publications including annual
reports.
Check the CATALOG at
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu
for Towson U and/or USMAI holdings
Search Name/
Author Browse with department or agency name (e.g. maryland
dept of health and human hygiene, or
united states marshals service)
Selected
agency/departmental publications are often available through their Web
site.
Preliminary
data on government organization, public employment, and government finance
at the state and local level, in general. Includes in-depth statistics up to 2005.
Known at the time as the National Performance Review, was the Clinton-Gore Administration's interagency task force to reform and streamline the way the federal government works
Operated between 1993-2000 achieving numerous accomplishments including the establishment of USA.gov, a one-stop gateway to government information
Section of the USA.gov Web site
containing information for government employees
Includes federal government initiatives, intergovernmental
collaboratives, and best practices for administrative units at the local
level
Covers areas such as administrative management, disasters, education,
health, housing, and transportation
Includes sections for federal, state & local employees and tribal governments and native americans
Periodical
Articles about Agencies/ Departments
Try
the following online databases available through Cook Library home page
at http://cooklibrary.towson.edu
Click
on Research Databases.From off-campus, access to these databases, you will need to login throughResearch Port.
Search three EBSCO databases simultaneously, Academic Search , Social Sciences Abstracts and Military & Government Collection,
for articles on Federal agencies and departments.
To locate
articles on the administrative aspects of an agency, in ADVANCED
SEARCH try the strategy: name of the agency (SUBJECT) and
administrative or administration (SUBJECT)
To
locate articles on government reform, try using the strategy(national
performance review or npr or reinvent* or reform* or restructur*
or reorganiz* or streamlin* )
and a government department (SUBJECT)
or agency name
To
locate articles on government's role try using the strategy
topic (e.g. air pollution) (SUBJECT)
and government or administrative (SUBJECT)
and united states (SUBJECT) .
Additional terms
to try: centralization/decentralization, efficiency,
productivity, technology,accountability,
best practices,strategic
plan*,performance report*
America:
History and Life Search
for abstracts of articles from scholarly journals in History and the social
sciences.
LexisNexis Academic
For articles on Federal agencies/departments:
Click
on Guided News Search, then select
the category General News. Next select
Major Papers. Search in the Headline
or Headine and Lead Paragraph(s).
Use initialism and full title of the department or agency (e.g. epa
or environmental protection agency).
For articles on state agencies/departments:
Click on
Guided News Search, then select the category U.S.
News. Next select the appropriate state news source. Search
in the Headine and Lead Paragraph(s).
Type in the name of the department or agency (e.g. department of
health and mental hygiene).
National Newspapers Provides
full text of 5 newspapers including The Sun (Baltimore) (1990-
), Christian Science Monitor (1988- ), Los Angeles Times (1985- ), Wall Street Journal (1984- ), and Washington Post (1987- ).
Note:The truncation symbol in this database is*.
For example, environment* = environment,
environments,
environmental, etc
Note:To
limit a search to The Sun (Baltimore), from the main search
screen, click on the arrow next to the words News - Proquest Newspapers,
select The Sun.
Note:
To search multiple papers, such as The Sun (Baltimore) and
the Washington Post, from the main search screen, click
on the words Select multiple databases. Click on Clear all databases,
check off theWashington Post and The Sun.
Click on Continue and type in your search topic.
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