NOTE:Titles with
below = Lone Star College System college access off campus with valid college ID/library card number
All other titles = off campus by HCPL & Lone Star College System library card holders
(EBSCO) Articles from journals, magazines, newspapers on a variety of topics.
(CQ Press) Analysis of current and controversial issues of the day.
(Facts On File News Services) Includes news briefs from 1940-present, Issues & Controversies, Reuters News, Today's Science, World Almanac.
(Thomson Gale) Includes 140 cover-to-cover newspapers from around the world plus an additional 300 sources of selected news, 1996 - present.
(Mellon Foundation) Includes full-text back issues of selected journals in such areas as history, statistics, sociology, literature, and economics.
(Johns Hopkins University Press) Full-text articles from "over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals."
(ProQuest) Articles from journals, magazines, national newspapers including the
Houston Chronicle and National Public Radio (NPR) selected programs.
NOTE: Request items online from library catalog with a Harris County Public Library Card or Lone Star College–CyFair Photo ID/Library Card. See instructions on
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Possible Subject Keywords to Use in Library Catalog
- Budget United States
- Constitutional History United States
- Elections United States
- Presidents United States
- United States Economic Conditions
- United States Foreign Relations
- United States Government
- United States Social Conditions
Selected Government-Related Reference Books
REF 320.01 Pol - Political Theories for Students
REF 320.473 Wet - Congressional Quarterly's Desk Reference on American Government
REF 327.73 Enc - Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
REF 336.73 Uni - Budget of the United States Government: Analytical Perspectives
REF 342.73 Con - The Constitution and its Amendments
REF 342.73 Liv - Landmark Supreme Court Cases
REF 342.73 Mad - The U.S. Constitution A to Z
Reference Books Online Search Engines and Web Directories
- FedStat from the U.S. Interagency Council on Statistical Policy - allows searching for statistical information from over 70 federal agencies
- FirstGov from the U.S. General Services Administration - provides a one-stop location for information on local, state, and federal government
- Google Web Search || U.S. Government Search
- National Technical Information Service from the U.S. Department of Commerce - search for government-sponsored research reports and view summaries for free (NOTE: A fee is charged for ordering the complete document, but much of the information can be found for free at other locations via the Internet.
- Texas Government Information Web Directory from Lone Star College-North Harris Library - features a directory of Web sites for state agencies and departments
- Trail: Texas Records and Information Locator from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission - provides a search engine for the State of Texas Web sites
- U.S. Government Information from Lone Star College-North Harris Library - includes a directory of Web sites for the federal government
Branches of Government: Federal Laws and Court Cases - Code of Federal Regulations from the National Archives & Records Administration - general and permanent rules of federal executive departments and agencies
- Constitution from the National Archives & Records Administration - transcript and details on the dynamic set of laws that form the basis for this nation
- Declaration of Independence from the National Archives & Records Administration - transcript and details on the reasons for breaking free from British rule
- Federal Register from the National Archives & Records Administration - provides Federal agency and organization rules, proposed rules, and notices, plus executive orders and other presidential documents
- Guide to Law Online: United States Executive from the Library of Congress - provides links to executive orders, regulations, and related information
- Judicial Law from Library of Congress - links to Federal Courts
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States from the National Archives & Records Administration - provides U.S. Presidential writings, speeches, etc.
- Texas Legislature Online from the State of Texas - provides laws and current legislation
- Texas Judiciary Online from the Texas Office of Court Adminstration - links to the various court jurisdictions in Texas, forms, and court rules in Texas
- Thomas - U.S. Congress on the Internet from the Library of Congress - provides bill text, public laws and links to historic documents
Other Sites of Interest
- American Memory Project from the Library of Congress - features "digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections" (NOTE: Excellent government-related information can be found in the Political Science and Law topics.)
- American Presidency Project from the University of California at Santa Barbara - offers over 77,000 items of text, video, and audio about all Presidents of the United States.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids from the U.S. Government Printing Office - provides information about the branches of government, how laws are made, etc. for grades K-12
- How Laws are Made in the House from Charles W. Johnson, Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives - includes detailed, textual description of legislative process
- How Laws are Made in the Senate from Robert B. Dove, Parliamentarian, U.S. Senate - gives a detailed, textual description of legislative process
- Legislative History Chart from the University of Michigan Documents Center - includes a useful chart to use as a reference to track legislation
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