Libraries
 

C105: Science, Policy and Outreach

Science Libraries:

Chemistry Library | Geosciences Library | Life Sciences Library | Optometry Library |  Public Health Library (Formerly HPER Library) |  Swain Hall Library (Astronomy, Physics, Math and Computer Science)

 

Databases (Catalogs, Indexes, e-Journals) See Libraries Home page for A-Z list or Search in the Resource Gateway.  Example databases used by Science scholars:  Web of Information, Medline and Environmental Abstracts

 

Tracking public policy: 

U.S. Executive Branch

Executive orders (published in Public Papers of the President) also search www.whitehouse.gov

U.S. Legislative  (Bills, Public Laws, Statutes at Large and the U.S. Code)

www.thomas.gov

Proquest Congressional http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=61

Case Law and Law Reviews

           Lexis-Nexis Academic  http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=145

Regulations:   Code of Federal Regulations and Federal Register

            Lexis-Nexis Academic http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=145 or Proquest Congressional http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=61

State policy:  See state by state (example www.in.gov for Indiana)

          Lexis Nexis State Capital http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=192 (Includes regulations, laws, and codes for all 50 states)

INTERNATIONAL

       

United Nations Affiliated agencies: FAO, WMO, UNESCO, IMF, World Bank

ACCESS UN, Official Document System and www.un.org

E-World Bank Library http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=976210

UN Data and other International data sources:

See: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=2521 for other sources for International Governmental Organizations

 

 

Lou Malcomb

C264 Wells Library

Government Information, Maps, and Microforms

and Geosciences Librarian

malcomb @indiana.edu