Public Administrative Resources

Reference and Circulating Materials 
Government Publications
Journals
Databases 
Internet Resources

The Marvin K. Peterson library has a plentiful collection of public administrative resources. Please use this guide to start your research. Keep in mind that what is in this guide is a sampling of what is available, and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of holdings.

Some helpful links:

• Library Home Page

• Library Catalog

• Journals at the Marvin K. Peterson Library

• Proxy Connection (access databases from outside the library)

• Library Guides (various subjects as well as research and style guides)

• Interlibrary Loan Forms (for books and other materials that the MKP Library does not own)

• For help with writing techniques for your research papers, contact the Center for Learning Resources Writing Lab, located in Maxcy Hall.

• For help with your research at the library, visit us at the Information Desk, call us at 203-932-7189, or e-mail us: LibraryHelp@newhaven.edu.

UNH Library Catalog

You may use the Library Catalog to find books (both circulating and reference), government documents, and periodical titles held by the UNH library. (For periodical articles, see the Journals section.) The library catalog follows the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and subject headings. The format for the call number of an item will follow a letter and number arrangement according to the book's main subject.

Materials relevant to the study of public administration are generally found under these call numbers on the bookshelves:

Here's a list of examples of some Library of Congress subject headings you might use for a subject search. If you enter these terms in our library catalog and specify subject in your search (as opposed to keyword) you will get a very specific list of results.

For more information on effective catalog searching, refer to Using the UNH Library Catalog. You may also try our Catalog Tutorial.

• Public administration

• Decision making

• Budgeting

• Planning

• Public policy

• Finance, Public

• Civil service--Personnel management

• Collective bargaining

 Reference & Circulating Materials

Reference books are for use in the library only; circulating books may be borrowed.

Administrative Ethics and Development Administration.
JF1525.E8 G365 2001

Aligning the Organization: Management and Human Resource Concerns.
HD2365 .K625 2005

Almanac of American Politics.
JK271 .B343
Latest copy in reference under the same call number.

Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children: Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare.
HB1.A2 N3 no.12836

Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters.
HD57.7.K47 2004

Becoming a Master Manager: A Competing Values Approach.
HD57.7.B43 2007

Benchmarking for Best Practices in the Public Sector: Achieving Performance Breakthroughs in Federal, State, and Local Agencies.
JK468.T67 B45 1997

Book of the States.
JK2403 .B6
Latest copy in reference under the same call number.

Bureaucracy as a Mechanism to Generate Information.
HB1.A2 N3 no.9763

Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to be Effective in Any Unruly Organization.
JF1351 .H2 1999

Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy.
JZ1480 .H35 2006

Buy, Lobby or Sue: Interest Groups' Participation in Policy-Making: A Selective Survey.
HB1.A2 N3 no.12209

Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Year Ended June 30...
Ref. HJ2397 .C66
(1988-1998, 2000-2006)

Connecticut Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor.
(1960/61-1983/84,1985/86-1999/00,2000/01)
Ref. J87 .C8

Consumer-Driven Healthcare: Current Practice, Future Upgrades.
RA413 .G22 2007

Debt and the Effects of Fiscal Policy.
HB1.A2 N3 no.12822

Defining Public Administration: Selections from the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration.
JF1321 .D44 2000

Do Democracies Have Different Public Policies Than Non-Democracies?
HB1.A2 N3 no.10040

The Federal Budget: Politics, Policy, and Process.
HJ2051 .S3424 2000

The Federal Information Manual: How the Government Collects, Manages, and Discloses Information under FOIA and Other Statutes.
KF5753 .G53 2006

Fiscal Management and Planning in Local Government.
HJ9105 .S6

A Framework to Compare Environmental Policies.
HB1.A2 N3 no.8420

The Global Public Management Revolution.
JF1351 .K475 2005

Handbook of Local Government Administration.
Ref. JS141 .H35 1997

Harvard Business Review on Decision Making.
HD30.23.H374 2001

Information-Gap Decision Theory: Decisions under Severe Uncertainty.
QA279.4.B453 2001

Intertemporal State Budgeting.
HB1.A2 N3 no.9067

Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences.
QA37.3.H37 2007

Philosophy and Public Policy.
JC571 .H643

Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2007: The Health Spending Challenge.
RA410.53.R488 2007

Security by Other Means: Foreign Assistance, Global Poverty, and American Leadership.
HC60 .S4135 2007

State Yellow Book.
Ref. JK2403 .S77

Sticky Prices and Monetary Policy: Evidence from Disaggregated U.S. Data.
HB1.A2 N3 no.12824

Striking at the Roots of Crime: The Impact of Social Welfare Spending on Crime during the Great Depression.

HB1.A2 N3 no.12825

United States Government Manual.
Ref. JK421 .A3
Latest edition shelved at Information Desk.

Unleashing Change: A Study of Organizational Renewal in Government.
JF1525.O73 K45 2005

Government Publications

Since 1971, the Marvin K. Peterson Library has been a Federal Depository Library, receiving materials from such venues as the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Department of Labor, Treasury Department, Social Security Administration and more. Increasingly, government documents are available online; whenever possible the links to online documents are included from within the library's catalog. To follow these links click on the Linked Resources tab from the record of the item you are interested in and check the availability. For government documents that are not available online, come to the reference desk at the library for staff help in retrieving a print copy of the item(s) you need.

• GPO Access (Government Printing Office) contains bibliographic citations to documents published by Federal Government agencies from 1976 to the present, with links to the online publications where available.

• Go to our guide titled How to Find U.S. Government Documents for more help in locating them.

The Budget and Economic Outlook Fiscal Years 2008 to 2017.
Y 10.13:2008-2017

The Business Reference Model: A Foundation for Government-Wide Improvement.
PM 1.2:2002023969

Communicating in a Crisis: Risk Communication Guidelines for Public Officials.
HE 20.402:C 73/2

Embassies as Command Posts in the Anti-Terror Campaign: A Report to Members of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, December 15, 2006.
Y 4.F 76/2:S.PRT.109-52

Emergency Warning Systems: Ways to Notify the Public in the New Era of Homeland Security: Hearing of the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness and Response before the Select Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, September 22, 2004.
Y 4.H 75:108-58

Government Efficiency Act of 2006: Report Together with Minority Views (to Accompany H.R. 5766) (Including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office).
Y 1.1/8:109-594/

Innovative Workplaces: Benefits and Best Practices.
GS 1.2.W 89/4

National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan.
PR 43.8:H 75/2/IN 3/2

Quality of Bureaucracy and Open-Economy Macro Policies.
HB1.A2 N3 no.7766

Report of the President's Commission to Study Capital Budgeting.
PR 42.8-C 17

Results-Oriented Budget Practices in Federal Agencies.
GA 1.2:GAO-01-1084 SP

Ten-Year Check-Up: Have Federal Agencies Responded to Civil Rights Recommendations?
CR 1.2:2002026910     

• Volume 1: A Blueprint for Civil Rights Enforcement.
• Volume 2: An Evaluation of the Department of Justice, Labor and Transportation.
• Volume 3: An Evaluation of the Departments of Agriculture, Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency.
• Volume 4: An Evaluation of the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The United States Government Manual Online.

AE 2.108/2:
[GovDocs] (earlier editions)

Journals

The following are some of the journals related to the field of public administration that you may find helpful:

Administration & Society
Administrative Science Quarterly
American Review of Public Administration
Canadian Government Programmes and Services
Canadian Public Administration
Federal Register
Global Virtue Ethics Review
Governing
Government Executive
Government Procurement
International Journal of Government Auditing
International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior
International Journal of Public Opinion Research
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Public Procurement
New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy
OECD Journal on Budgeting
Political Communication
Public Administration and Development
Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal
Public Administration Quarterly
Public Administration Review
Public Manager
Public Organization Review
Public roads
Publius
Review of Public Personnel Administration
Science & Government Report
Set-aside Alert
State Government News
Statenet Capitol Journal News & Views from California
Summit
U.S. Department of State dispatch
Yale Journal on Regulation

 Databases

ABI Inform.
Comprised of three modules: ABI/Inform Dateline specializes in local, hard-to-find information. Public administration resources for local city planners and municipal administrators may be found here. ABI/Inform Global looks at worldwide coverage of business conditions and management techniques. ABI/Inform Trade and Industry concerns itself with major industry trends and concerns.

Academic OneFile
Peer-reviewed journal articles, with more than half full text. 

Berkeley Electronic Press
Created in 2000 to assist in scholarly communication, bepress aims to produce "rapidly-reviewed, high-quality journals."

BNA Tax Management Library
Produced by the Bureau of National Affairs, BNA Tax Management provides analysis of tax accounting on the state, federal, and international levels.

CCH Online

This is the CCH Tax  Research Network database. Federal, state, and international tax information, state business income tax information and more can be researched here.

Conference Board
Full text database of the print version, covering many different aspects of business and economics issues.

CountryWatch
All of the countries of the world are listed in this database. Each country is covered in-depth for the following factors: demographics; political, economic, business, cultural, and environmental information.

http://proxy-server.newhaven.edu:2048/login?url=http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/newhaven/main
Search citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by the University of New Haven and published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database. Download full text dissertations and theses published after 1996.

Directory of Corporate Affiliations
Current, accurate corporate linkage information and company profiles on nearly 200,000 of the most prominent global public and private parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions-down to the seventh level of corporate linkage.

E-Books for Colleges (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Carries the full text of an array of titles on a variety of topics, including the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History.

Education Journals & Wilson Education Abstracts
Scholarly articles. Lists thousands of articles on public administration, mostly full text.

Emerald Full-Text Journals
A collection of articles from over 100 of the most prestigious management journals.

Expanded Academic ASAP 
A scholarly database made possible by the iConn collaboration of databases.

FirstSearch <in library only>

FirstSearch provides access to many useful databases such as Dissertations from North America and Europe, Periodical Abstracts and many more. Search groups of databases (by topic) or by individual database. FirstSearch can also suggest the best database to search, depending on your search terms.

Ask at the Information Desk for a librarian to log you on with a password.

General Reference Center Gold

Run a search for articles under the subject of 'Public Administration' and you will be able to get links to that and related topics, such as bureaucracy, civic organizations, government productivity, and policy sciences.

GPO Access

The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.

HeinOnline <Legal Periodicals>

You are able to search HeinOnline's four major collections: Law Journal Library, Federal Register Library, Treaties and Agreements Library, and the U.S. Supreme Court Library.  

Homeland Security Digital Library

This database provides access to U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national security documents, as well as theses and reports from academic institutions and local and state organizations.

Informe - Revistas en Espanol

This is a collection of Spanish language articles covering a wide variety of topics.

InfoTrac OneFile 

Comprehensive database of more than 11,000 journals, dating back to 1980. 

IRIS - University of Illinois Researcher Information Service

The IRIS Database, updated daily, currently contains over 8,600 active federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. In addition to funding opportunities for faculty, the IRIS Database also contains fellowships and scholarships for grad students and undergrads.

LegalTrac

Over 1,400 titles comprise this law database, which has law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and more. 

LexisNexis Academic Universe

Worldwide sources of news, wire services, TV and radio broadcasts, as well as blogs, web publications and legal information. Good for current information on municipal government. You may isolate your search to a certain state or region.

Lexis/Nexis Statistical Universe

If you're looking for statistics, this is your source! With over 30,000 tables of statistical information, search by keyword, then limit it by geographic area, demographics, economics, and more.

NBER Working Papers

National Bureau of Economic Research publications, which can be downloaded. We have the print publications in the library.

Newspapers - Current (ProQuest)

Search the recent full text of the following newspapers: Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.

Newspapers - Historical (ProQuest)

Search the full text of older issues of the following newspapers: Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post.

StatUSA <in library only>

(U.S. Department of Commerce)
Provides access to economic and trade-related data. Databases include the National Trade Data Bank, Economic Bulletin Board, Global Business Procurement Opportunities, and Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Information.

Available on Terminals 1 or 2.

WestLaw <in library only>

WestLaw provides legal and business information spanning a variety of jurisdictions, practice areas and disciplines, including federal and state statutes, cases, federal regulations, public records, news, business and financial information, insurance, etc. Available only to faculty, staff and students in the Paralegal Program. Consult a librarian or paralegal program faculty member for access.

Internet Resources

♦Professional Associations

Academy of Management Online

Association for scholars interested in "creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations."

Alliance for Nonprofit Management

Includes sections for workshops, conferences, publications, a career bank, as well as a members-only area.

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)

ASPA, established in 1939, is the largest and most prominent professional association in the field of public administration. The ASPA website offers information about the association and its activities, full text of one of its publications, PA Times, and indexing to the other, the Public Administration Review.

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)

"APPAM is dedicated to improving public policy and management by fostering excellence in research, analysis, and education."

Government Finance Officers Association

Here you may garner information about the Advanced Government Finance Institute, plus more about committees/groups, job listings and policies and practices.

The Institute of Management and Administration

An independent organization with a history of over 20 years, the IOMA focuses on specialized finance areas such as corporate financial management, global sourcing, and law firm management.

International City Management Association (ICMA)

Founded in 1914, ICMA is the professional and educational association for administrators serving cities, counties, other local governments, and regional entities around the world. ICMA's mission is to strengthen the quality of local government through professional management.

National Academy of Public Administration

"The National Academy of Public Administration is an independent, non-partisan organization chartered by Congress to assist federal, state, and local governments in improving their effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability."

National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

Dedicated to the promotion of public service, you can search nationwide for graduate schools specializing in public affairs.

Think Tank Information, National Institute for Research Advancement

Web portal for public policy institutes.

♦Administrative Law

ABA Administrative Procedure Database

Provides information about Federal and State administrative law in order to aid legislators, lawyers, judges and citizens.

Administrative Law

The Jurist provides legal intelligence from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

WEX

Administrative law source from Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute.

♦Budgeting & Finance

Association for Budgeting and Financial Management

Conference information, job opportunities, and the Public Budgeting & Finance Journal are all a part of this group that is a section of the American Society for Public Administration.

Bureau of the Public Debt

Produced by the United States Department of the Treasury, this site includes the Public Debt Strategic Plan.

Government Finance Officers Association

Designed to provide support for state and local government officials.

National Budget Simulation

Test your knowledge and skills by running this simulator.

Office of Management and Budget

The Federal Budget in detail straight from the White House.

♦Federal Resources

The Federal Web Locator

Created by the Center for Information Law and Policy, designed to provide federal government information.

NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
Covers all aspects of law enforcement and criminal justice, including: police, courts, corrections,  juvenile justice, community crime prevention, criminal justice system, fraud, waste, and abuse in  government programs (1972 - present).

THOMAS

U.S. Legislative Information on the Internet, from the Library of Congress.USA.gov
Portal to millions of pages of government information, arranged by topic.

 

♦State & Local Resources

Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations

AMPO is a nonprofit, membership organization established in 1994 to serve the needs and interests of "metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)" nationwide.

CT.gov

The State of Connecticut's official website.

State and Local Government on the Net

Portal to the websites of thousands of state, county, and local government agencies.

♦International Resources

International Institute of Administrative Sciences

Designed to "promote the development of the administrative sciences and the better operation of public administrative and public management agencies at all level."

International Institute for Sustainable Development

The group's main focus is on the "development and implementation of policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and to social well-being."

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The OECD is a group of 30 countries dedicated to democracy, with a large amount of its focus on public service.

United Nations

The worldwide source on five major areas of international interest: peace & security; economic & social development; human rights; humanitarian affairs; and international law.

♦Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the "principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics."

Census of Governments

US Census Bureau.  Published every five years (years ending in 7 and 2.) Provides statistics on state and local government, including finance, employment, and organizational characteristics.

FedStats

A portal to statistics from 100+ United States agencies.

OECD Statistics

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's economic indicators and industry and trade statistics.

Statistical Abstract of the United States

The National Data book from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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