TOPICS FOR TONIGHT

• U.S. government organization.
• Begin Legislative branch.

INTERNET APPETIZER

• FirstGov, http://www.firstgov.gov/
• FBI Electronic Reading Room, http://foia.fbi.gov/room.htm

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

• Branches of the government: Executive Judicial Legislative
• Independent Establishments and Government Corporations
• Boards, centers, commissions, councils, panels, study groups, task forces
• Quasi-Official Agencies

• Federal Agency Internet Sites, GPO Access and Louisiana State University. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/agencies.html

• United States Government Manual. 1935- AE2.108/2:[year]
  1995- present available at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

• The Oxford Guide to the United States Government. John J. Patrick et.al.
  Oxford University Press, 2001. Davis Reference JK9.P384 2001.
• Carroll's Federal Directory: Executive, Legislative, Judicial. [bimonthly] Davis Reference Desk, JK6.F42.

• Zwirn, Jerrold. Accessing U.S. Government Information: Subject Guide to Jurisdiction of the
  Executive and Legislative branches. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood,1996. Davis Reference Z1223.Z7 Z88 1996.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

1. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, 1793-, http://www.aoc.gov/
2. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO), 1975-, http://www.cbo.gov/
3. CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE (CRS), 1914- ("Legislative Reference Service," 1914-1970)
   http://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/. This links to "CRS Employment Opportunities," but it also includes information about the CRS.
   • Congressional Research Service Reports, from the House Rules Committee.
   • CRS Reports and Issue Briefs, Department of State. http://fpc.state.gov/c4763.htm
   • Search for CRS reports online, http://zfacts.com/p/576.html
   • CRS Reports, from the University of North Texas. http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/
     
4. GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, http://www.gao.gov/. ("General Accounting Office," 1921-2003)
5. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIC, 1860- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/about/index.html.
6. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 1800- http://www.loc.gov/

DIRECTORIES

1. United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. Official Congressional Directory.
   Washington: GPO. Print, 1789-present.
   Internet, 1995/96-present. Current Congress, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html

2. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present. http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp.
   This has been published in print periodically.

3. Congressional staff directory. 1959-present. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill,
   Davis Reference Desk JK1012 .C65, earlier issues in Davis stacks.

4. Almanac of American Politics. Gambit, 1972-present. Davis Reference Desk JK1012.A44. Published every 2 years.

5. Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America. Congressional Quarterly Press,
   1982-present. Davis Reference Desk (latest), JK1010 .P64.

RESEARCHING CONGRESS/LEGISLATION

1. Government sources:
   How Our Laws Are Made, http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html.
   Enactment of a Law, http://thomas.loc.gov/home/enactment/enactlawtoc.html. Senate.

2. Commercially published print sources:
   • Bacon, Donald C., et. al., ed. The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. 4 volumes. Davis and UL Ref: JK1067.E63 1995.
   • Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress, 5th ed., 2000. Washington: CQ. Davis Reference, JK1021.C565 5th.
   • Martin, Fenton S. How to Research Congress. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1996. Davis Reference JK1108.M349 1996 c.3
   • Oleszek, Walter. Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2000. 7th ed. Davis Reference JK 1021.D38 2000.

   Online sources

   • Lexis/Nexis Congressional, http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/description.php?EIDID=145 UNC-CH Library, Article Databases. Includes an excellent overview of the legislative process and a legislative glossary. http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/description.php?EIDID=145
   • Researching U.S. Congressional Legislation, Jim Ovitt, Government Data Librarian, Davis Library, http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/legis_history/
   • Project Vote Smart, http://www.vote-smart.org/
   • C-Span.org, http://www.c-span.org/

INDEXES TO HISTORICAL CONGRESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

• Boyd, Anne and Rae Rips: United States Government Publications, 3rd rev ed. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1949. Davis Reference, SILS Lib. Z1223.Z7 B7 1950.
• Schmeckebier, Laurence and Roy Eastin: Government Publications and Their Use. 2nd rev. ed. New York: Brookings Institution, 1969 . Davis Reference, Davis stacks, UL, SILS Lib: Z1223.Z7 S3 1969.

ELECTIONS

• Federal Election Commission. www.fec.gov
• opensecrets.org, http://www.opensecrets.org/

• Printed sources: America Votes, 1956-present. Washington: Elections Research Center, Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Davis Reference JK1967 .A8.

THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS