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)
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
