STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SITES

Census Reports - state and county quick facts on people, business and geography.

                State and Local Government Finances: 2003--- - Downloadable Internet tables, covering state and local government  

                financial activities in four broad categories: revenues, expenditures, outstanding debt and assets (cash and security holdings).

Council of State Governments - Council alerts state elected and appointed officials to emerging social, economic and political trends

First Gov - U.S. Government's official web portal - state information for state employees, citizens, federal employees, and businesses.

     State Governments - FirstGov links to state portals

The ALA GODORT 50-State Agency Databases Registry - wiki developed by GODORT, American Librarian Association's Government Documents Round Table.

     Biographical Databases - Databases that provide biographical sketches of authors, state officials, famous state residents, etc.

     Historical Media Databases - Databases that provide online access to photographs, video, or audio.

     Historical Newspaper and Magazine Indexes - Databases that index articles in older newspapers, journals and magazine that contain historical information. These databases will usually lead one to microfilmed items that may be obtainable through Interlibrary Loan.

    Museum Collection Databases - Catalogs of state museum holdings which often have historical notes. Museums listed here are either run by a state or by one of the state's political subdivisions

    Official Records Databases - vital records, (birth, death, etc), war pensions, etc.

Economic Information

      FRED - economic country-level data for the entire United States - from the Reserve Bank of St. Louis

     Economic Synopses - a series of short essays that provide insight and commentary on timely issues in economics, finance, banking, and other areas.

     GEOFRED - from the Reserve Bank of St. Louis - a new data-mapping tool which displays color-coded data on the state, MSA, and county levels.

State Agency Guides - (GODORT-ALA) - In every U.S. State and the District of Columbia, agencies are creating databases of useful information - information on businesses, licensed professionals, plots of land, even dates of fish stocking. Some of this content is available on search engines, but much of it is part of the  invisible web.

State and Local Government Internet Directory - provides convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments.

State Blue Book Guides - GODORT project (Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association)

State Capitals - Links to information about each particular state, including things like famous state residents and the state song.

State Government INDEX - collection of state government link pages from libraries across the U.S. - index produced by K. Amen, Government Information Librarian, St. Mary's University.

State Governors (National Governors Association) - (scroll down the page - under Governors, see Search the Governors Database) - This is a database of past and present U.S. governors. Entries include governors' portraits and biographies packed with facts about our nation's state executives. The database currently holds more than 800 entries and includes past governors from 17 states through Iowa, from colonial times to the present.
Library of Congress - State and Local Government information.

State Libraries - lists of and links to U.S. state libraries, U.S. presidential libraries, national libraries of the world, and more

StateMaster - statistical database which allows research and comparison of a multitude of different data on U.S. states. Information is compiled from various primary sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for Educational Statistics.

Meet the Mayors - search for mayors by name, city, state      

MS-ISAC (Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center) - sharing of information among the states and with local government

National Vital Statistics System - find out how to obtain vital records in the U.S. by using this guide from the U.S. Center for Disease Control.

The Nebraska Library Commission switched its depository system to electronic-only in 2005.  The NLC harvests, catalogs, and mounts state documents on its servers.

News - Pew Center on the States - state issues, news, publications

Open CRS - reports from the Congressional Research Service on a variety of subjects relevant to current political events

Piper Resources   --  provides links to all 50 states, many counties, and a number of city governments.

Soil Survey Manuscripts - online - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service

State and Local Government on the Web - link to local government web sites, multi-state organizations

State Politics and Policy Quarterly Data Resource - population & vital statistics, politics, education, crime, business and economic indicators.

State Statistical Abstracts - links to individual state statistical abstracts/compendia.

Stateline.org - This site, staffed entirely by professional journalists, was originally envisioned primarily as a resource for newsmen and newswomen who cover state government. Readership includes thousands of others who want to keep track of what's going on in their state capitol and in other states throughout the country. Stateline.org is an independent element of the Pew Research Center and is based in Washington, DC.

StateList: The Electronic Source for State Publication Lists - State government publications have long served as a vital source of information for government information professionals, state government officials and employees, and citizens

University of Michigan - state legal sources on the web - state constitutions, data, legislative bills, judicial information, etc.

U.S. Department of Labor - statistics on wages, employment, job openings, etc.

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