Where
can I find news and commentary on public policy issues? How
can I locate Congressional Research Service Reports?
CQ
Weekly
and CQ
Researcher
(Emory Only)--Part of the Congressional
Quarterly Electronic Library. CQ Weekly covers most congressional
activity--also has roll call vote information. Online archive
goes back to 1991. CQ Researcher provides overviews of numerous
public policy topics in the news. A great place to start your
research on a particular issue.
LexisNexis
Academic (Emory only) - NEWS
section has full text of newspapers from around the world
as well as television and radio transcripts and magazine articles.
LexisNexis
Congressional (Emory only)
- Sources The Hill, Roll Call
and Section A of the Washington Post in full
text.
Roll
Call (Emory Only)
Roll Call is a semi-weekly newspaper that covers the
United States Congress with a unique close-up perspective.
It strives to provide the "best coverage of the people,
politics, and process of Congress." Roll Call
coverage extends from December 1, 1989 to the present and
is updated semi-weekly on Mondays and Thursdays.
National
Journal (Emory only)
Leading weekly on politics, policy and government.
Provides authoritative, nonpartisan coverage and analysis
of key political and policy developments Limited archive available
online. Paper copy in stacks under JK1 .N3, 1975 to date.
Nation
Digital Archive (Emory Only)
Another leading weekly of political and social commentary.
International
Political Science Abstracts (Emory only)
Coverage is 1989 to present. A bibliographic database that
indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published
throughout the world. The abstracts summarize the source articles.
Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts (Emory only)
Coverage is 1967 to present. Supplies up-to-date bibliographic
information and research within the political science discipline
and its complementary fields, including international relations,
law, and public administration/policy. Covers over 1000 journals
drawn from the international serials literature.
PAIS
International
Coverage is 1915 to present. PAIS (Public Affairs Information
Service) database provides access to citations from public
policy/public affairs information relevant to researchers,
students, administrators, legislators, and business and financial
decision-makers.
Public
Policy Institutes and Think Tanks (a
selection): Most of these groups publish their reports and
papers online. These are great sources for analysis and commentary
and many public policy issues, ranging from education to taxation.
Congressional
Research Services
CRS
(Congressional Research Service) Reports--mentioned
earlier--are also great resources for analysis and commentary
on a variety of public policy issues. CRS Reports are available
from numerous sources:
- EUCLID
catalog--individual records are in EUCLID; look for Microfiche
1677 or 1512
- Search
Engines at OpenCRS (http://www.opencrs.com)
and the University of North Texas (http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/)
- Various
Agencies and Institutes:
- Congressional
Research Service Reports-National Council for Science
and the Environment
Has over 800 reports available in full text. These relate
primarily to the environment, natural resources and
agriculture. They also have some reports on international
finance, foreign trade and governmental reform. This
site is searchable by author, title, category, CRS number
and keyword in abstract.
- Congressional
Research Service Reports - Congress and its Procedures
From the Law Librarians Society of Washington, D.C.,
this site is located on their Legislative Source Book
web site and includes around 36 CRS reports which have
never been made available on the web before. They are
in alphabetical order. There are also links to other
sites that contain other CRS reports.
- Congressional
Research Service Reports - The Far East, Gateway Japan
Reports from 1996 and U.S. policy towards Japan, China,
North Korea and Taiwan.
- Congressional
Research Service Reports - Judicial Process
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee. Selected
reports on impeachment, immigration and patents.
- Congressional
Research Service Reports - Legislative Process
This House of Representatives site has Congressional
Research Service reports on House and Senate Rules.
Also has analytical reports on the introduction of bills,
committee and floor action, the budget process, and
Presidential actions including historical statistics
on Presidential vetoes
- Congressional
Research Service Reports on Science
Available from the Federation of American Scientists.
Reports are available but are indexed under different
headings: Intelligence and related issues; Military
and national security; Nuclear, chemical and missile
weapons and proliferation documents; and Space and science
documents. It is somewhat difficult to find CRS reports
through the FAS web site. We recommend finding these
reports through this page from the University
of Oregon Libraries
Congressional
Research Service Reports - US State Department Foreign
Press Center
CRS and other key reports on foreign policy issues such
as NAFTA, international aid, presidential powers, terrorism,
international responses to the HIV/AIDs crisis, global
climate change, and relations with specific countries.
Browse by date (year and month) for reports issued from
1999 to the present.
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