POL 480 - Formation of Public Policy Library Research Guide
Introduction
Legislative Process
Public Policy Matrix
For University of Michigan Class Assignments
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Legislative Process link to see the Legislative Process matrix.
Other Links
Congressional & Legislative Resources Penn State University Libraries
U.S. Legislative Information Sources on the Internet Bowling Green State University
GPO ACCESS
THOMAS Library of Congress
In-House Handouts
Research Aids & Tools to help you locate recent and retrospective legislative resources in the Library.
Specific handouts helpful for this class
U.S. Government Structure
Laws, Statutes and U.S. Code
Senate & House Reports, Resolutions, Joint Resolutions, and miscellaneous documents (Y 1)
House and Senate Hearings* and Committee Prints (Y 4)
Bills introduced into the House and Senate, 96th-*
Agency Rules & Regulations
Congressional Hearings & Committee Prints from 1970 to present
Comparison of GPO Access and CIS Congressional Universe Coverage of Full-text Government Documents
Legislative Procedure and Accompanying Document