Electronic Resources

Subject Resources: Public Administration

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Databases
	ABI/INFORM Global Business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world
			1971-present
	AccessUN Indexes United Nations documents and publications.
			1966 to the present
	CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Comprehensive source for research in international affairs.
			1991 to the present
	Congressional Record Official transcripts of the debates on the floor of the House and Senate.
			1985--present
	CQ Library Index and full text access to the CQ Weekly and The CQ Researcher.
			1983 to the present
	Declassified Documents Reference System Access to formerly classified U.S. government documents as they are declassified.
			Post WWII to the present
	Expanded Academic ASAP Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, many in full-text.
			1980 -- present
	Federal Register Search proposed and final rules, Presidential documents, and meeting notices.
			July 1980--present
	HOMER Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs)
	ICONDA (International Construction Database) Approximately 460,000 references to all aspects of planning and building from 23 countries.
			1976 to present
	LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources.
			varies
	LexisNexis Congressional Universe Comprehensive access to United States legislative information.
			1970 to the present
	LexisNexis State Capital Universe Comprehensive access to state government information.
	NASW Clinical Register Contains listings of registered social workers, including their address and phone number, education and specialization, type of practice, and license information.
	National Journal Group's Policy Central Publisher of magazines, newsletters, books and directories for people who have a professional interest in politics, policy and government.
	NetLibrary Collection of full-text electronic books.
	PAIS Archive Retrospective database chronicling global public policy and social issues.
		First Search (OCLC)	1915-1976
	PAIS International Indexes public affairs journals, documents, pamphlets, books and yearbooks.
			1972 to the present
	Policy File Public policy research indexing and abstracting, as well as full text items.
	Polling the Nations Database of public opinion polls.
			1986 to the present.
	ProQuest Access databases of resources for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources.
			varies
	Public Administration Abstracts Primary abstracting service covering research in the field of public administration.
	Rand Abstracts Books, publications, and academic journal articles in RAND's publicly available collection.
	RAND California Statistics and documents on California economic and public policy issues.
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	Roper Center iPOLL
	SIRS Researcher General reference database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues.
		First Search (OCLC)	1988 -- present (indexing); 1994 -- present (summaries)
	Social Sciences Citation Index Citation database for the social sciences
			1965 to present
	THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet An official source of United States Federal Legislative information.
	World Development Indicators This is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of statistical data about development.
			1960 -- present
	World News Connection Covers thousands of non-U.S. media sources provided through the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS).
	World News Digest Events, issues, statistics and people of the last 20 years.
			1980 to present
eJournals
	Administration & Society Impact of administration and public policy on politics and society.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 30, no. 1 (1998) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 9, no. 1 (2001) -- present
	Administrative Science Quarterly A peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal publishing theoretical and empirical work that advances the study of organizational behavior and theory.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 46 (1956 - 2001)
	African Development Review A professional journal devoted to the study and analysis of development policy in Africa.
		First Search (OCLC)
	American Behavioral Scientist Focuses on cross-disciplinary problems and research in the social sciences.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 41, no. 1 (1997) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 42 (1999) -- present
	American Review of Public Administration Peer-reviewed journal of public affairs and public administration.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 28 (1998) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 29, no. 1 (1999) -- present
	Australian Journal of Public Administration Study and practice of public administration and policy making with a focus on Australia and the surrounding region.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 58, no. 1 (1999) -- 2005
	Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy Publishes papers presented at the Carnegie-Rochester Conference on Public Policy.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1 - 55, 1976 -- 2001
	Cities Offers a comprehensive range of articles on all aspects of urban policy.
			v. 12, no. 1 (1995) -- present
	City and community. Publishes research studies that examine government planning in cities and towns.
			v. 1, no. 1 (2002) -- present
	Crime & Delinquency Addresses policy, program implications, and issues in criminal justice.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 44, no. 1 (1998) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 45, no. 1 (1999) -- present
	Development Policy Review Focuses on both the immediate questions and broad themes, reflecting the different perspectives of developing and developed countries as well of participants and analysts.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 16, no. 1 (1998) -- 2005
	Disasters Reporting on all aspects of disaster studies, policy and management
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 21, no. 1 (1997)-- 2005
	Electoral Studies An international journal covering all aspects of voting, the central act in the democratic process.
			v. 14, no. 1 (1995) -- present
	Energy Policy Authoritative journal addressing those issues of energy supply, demand and utilization.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1, no. 1 (1973) -- present
	Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy Journal committed to interdisciplinary research on issues of government and policy-making, with an international perspective.
	Environment and Planning D: Society and Space An interdisciplinary journal that leads internationally in discussions of the relations between society and space.
	Environmental Impact Assessment Review Assesses the environmental impact of policy, projects, processes and products and makes decisions based upon these assessments.
			v. 15, no. 1 (1995) -- present
	Governance Provides a forum on questions of comparative executive politics.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 11, no. 1 (1998)-- 2005
	Group & Organization Management Brings together research and practice for human relations professionals.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 24, no. 1 (1999) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 24, no. 1 (1999)-- present
	Group Decision and Negotiation The journal provides a publication vehicle for theoretical and empirical research on organizational decision support systems.
		MetaPress (Springer)	v. 6, no. 1 (1997) -- present
	Growth and Change Forum for scholarly research on all aspects of public, urban, and regional development and policy-making.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 29, no. 1 (1998)-- 2005
	Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics Analyzes the interaction of the press, politics, and public policy-making.
		Project Muse	v. 4 - 5 (1999 - 2000)
	Health Affairs (Project Hope) Focuses on important aspects of health policy and managed care
		First Search (OCLC)	Vol. 17, no. 1 (Spring 1998)-v. 22, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2003)
	International Social Security Review Quarterly publication in the field of social security.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 51 (1997)-- 2005
	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
		ScienceDirect	v. 1, no. 1 (1982) -- present
	Journal of Community Practice A forum for community practice, including community organizing, planning, social administration, organizational development, community development, and social change.
		Haworth Press	v.1 Iss.1, 1993--current (full-text)
	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography International journal dedicated to ethnography and qualitative research.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 27, no. 1 (1999)-- 2004
	Journal of Housing for the Elderly Research in the housing and aging field
		Haworth Press	v.10 (1993) -- present
	Journal of International Development Research on development issues with a focus on social sciences.
		Wiley Interscience	v. 8, no. 1 (1996)--present (older issues may be abstract only)
	Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization Examines many complex phenomena from a combined law, economics, and organization perspective.
		Oxford University Press	v. 1 - 13 (1985 - 1997)
	Journal of Organizational Behavior Reports on research in the industrial/organizational psychology and organizational behavior fields
		Wiley Interscience	v. 17 (1996) -- present
		JSTOR	v. 9 - 20 (1988 - 1999)
	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Focuses on the dissemination of the highest quality, multidisciplinary research in public policy and management.
		Wiley Interscience	v. 15, no. 1 (1996)--present (older issues may be abstract only)
	Journal of Policy History Studies in public policy with an historical perspective.
		Project Muse	v. 11, no. 3 (1999)--present
	Journal of Policy Modeling Provides a forum for analysis and debate concerning international policy issues.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1, no. 1 (1979) -- present
	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Aim is to embrace the organizational, administrative, and policy sciences as they apply to government and governance.
		Oxford University Press	v. 1 - 9 (1991 - 1999)
	Journal of Public Economics Studies problems of public economics, emphasizing theory and quantitative analysis.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1, no. 1 (1972) -- present
	Journal of Public Policy Application of social science theories and concepts to world problems.
		Cambridge University Press	v. 18, no. 1 (1998) -- present
	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Original research in crime and delinquency.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 35, no. 1 (1998)-- 2004
		Sage	v. 36, no. 1 (1999)-- present
	Journal of Social Policy Publishes research studies on social policy in an international context.
		Cambridge University Press	v. 26, no. 1 (1997) -- present
	Journal of Southern African Studies The Journal of Southern African Studies is an international publication which aims to generate fresh scholarly inquiry about the human condition.
		MetaPress	v. 25 - 30 (1999) -- present
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 27 (1974 - 2001)
	Legislative Studies Quarterly An international journal devoted to the publication of research on representative assemblies.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 24 (1976 - 1999)
	Long Range Planning The leading international journal in the field of strategic management.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1, no. 1 (1968) -- present
	Milbank Quarterly
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 76, no.1 (1998) -- 2005
	Organization Science Publishes fundamental research about organizations, including their processes, structures, technologies, identities, capabilities, forms, and performance.
		Extenza	v. 1, no. 1 (1990) -- present
		JSTOR	Vols. 1 - 12 (1990 - 2001)
	Organization Studies Leading scholarly journal which addresses issues of organization theories and practice.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 22, no. 1 (2001) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 24, no. 1 (1999)-- present
	Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Publishes fundamental research in organizational behavior, organizational psychology, and human cognition.
			v. 61, no. 1 (1995) -- present
	Organizational Dynamics Provides scholarly research studies on all aspects of life in organizations.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1, no. 3 (1972) -- present
	Oxford Economic Papers Quarterly journal of theoretical and applied economics.
		Oxford University Press	v. 48, no. 1 (1996)--present
		JSTOR	no. 1 - 8 (1938 - 1947) -- no. 1 - 49 (1938 - 1997)
	Parliamentary Affairs Covers all the aspects of Parliament and parliamentary systems.
		Oxford University Press	v. 51, no. 4 (1998) -- present
	Performance Evaluation Reports on performance studies of computers, computer communications, telecommunications and distributed systems
		ScienceDirect	Vol. 21, no. 3 (1995)--present
	Philosophy and Public Affairs Philosophical discussions of substantive legal, social, and political problems.
		Project Muse	v. 30 - 31 (2001 - 2003)
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 28 (1971 - 1999)
		Blackwell-Synergy	1999 -- Present
	Planning and Markets: An Electronic Journal Devoted to the study of planned interventions versus market approaches.
			v. 1 (1998)--present
	Public Administration Publishes articles that examine issues in public administration and public management.
		First Search (OCLC)	v.75, no. 1 (1997)-- 2005
	Public Administration and Development Studies public administration in developing and transitional economies.
		Wiley Interscience	v. 16, no. 1 (1996)--present (older issues may be abstract only)
	Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal Peer-reviewed journal that examines all aspects of public sector management and administration.
			v. 1, no. 1 (1996)--present
	Public Administration Review The premier journal in the field of public administration research, theory, and practice.
		Blackwell-Synergy	v. 63, no. 1 (2003) -- present
	Public Budgeting and Finance Serves as a forum for the communication of research and experiences on all facets of government finance
	Public Finance Review Publishes articles about the public sector of the economy and the finance sector.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 27, no. 1 (1997)-- 2004
		Sage	v. 27, no. 1 (1999)-- present
	Public Integrity The foremost journal on ethics and leadership in all aspects of modern public service.
	Public Management
			V.2 no.1-4, 2000
	Public Management Review (formerly Public Management)
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 3 ( 2001 ) -- present
	Public Performance and Management Review (formerly Public Productivity & Management Review)
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 24, no. 1, (2000) -- present
	Public Productivity & Management Review Publishes articles on productivity and management
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 21 - v.23 1998- 2000
	Public Relations Review
		ScienceDirect	v. 17, no. 1 (1991) -- present
	Regional Science and Urban Economics Theoretical and empirical issues in urban and regional research.
		ScienceDirect	v. 5, no. 1 (1975) -- present
	Resources Policy An international journal devoted to minerals policy and economics.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1, no.1 (1974) -- present
	Rhetoric & Public Affairs A new interdisciplinary journal devoted to the history, theory, and criticism of public discourse.
		Project Muse	v. 3 (2000) -- present
	SAIS Review Debate on leading contemporary issues of world affairs.
		Project Muse	v. 15 (1995)--present
	Social Indicators Research
		MetaPress (Springer)	v. 40, no. 1 (1997) -- present
	Strategic Management Journal Original material concerned with all aspects of strategic management.
		Wiley Interscience	v. 17 (1996) -- present
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 20 (1980 - 1999)
	Strategic Organization Devoted to publishing conceptual and empirical research about strategic management and organization.
		Sage	v. 1, no. 1 (2003) -- present
	Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy Research employing microeconomics to analyze issues in business, consumer behavior, and public policy.
			v. 1, no. 1 (2001) -- present
	Urban Affairs Review Research and scholarly analysis on urban themes.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 34, no. 1 (1999) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 34, no. 3 (1999)-- present
	Urban Design International Forum for those involved in urban design and management.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 1, no. 1 (1997) -- 2002
	Urban Studies International discussion of issues in urban and regional planning.
			v. 1, no. 1 (1964) -- present
	Utilities Policy Publishes research assessing and comparing issues of interest and application to the broad range of utilities.
		ScienceDirect	v. 1/1 - 4/4, 1990-1994
eBooks
	NetLibrary Collection Collection of full-text electronic books.
Web Sites
	Crime in the United States: uniform crime reports Compiles national crime statistics
	Data Bases Available to All USC Researchers Databases locally available to USC researchers.
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	Elections around the world Hub of information on elections worldwide
	Policy Brief Series Collection of essays on current public policy issues in aging, health, income security, metropolitan studies and related research.
			1994 -- present
	United Nations Statistics Division Provides links to a wide range of international statistical sources and country profiles
	World Health Organization (WHO) Web site with health topics, WHO online library and health topic information