California Politics PS171 - Spring 2009 Resources for Term Paper

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A. General Research Tools

1. Melvyl. The catalog of the University of California libraries.
   Includes IGS Library holdings from 1983. Try title key word searching first; view "Details/Locations" for a few records that seem to be on target, look at the subject terms on those records, and then search again by the subject terms.
2. Academic Search Complete. A multidisciplinary index to articles in more than 10,900 journals.
3. News Sources
• Lexis-Nexis Academic
  Includes hundreds of newspaper, legal, and business information sources. To search newspapers in California select Sources, in the Find a Source search box, enter california news sources. Select source in check box and click on OK to continue. Set the Specify Date dropdown; the default is "All previous dates."
• Access World News
  Full-text access to 300 U.S. newspapers, over 25 from California, including the Sacramento Bee from 1984 onward. Lexis-Nexis includes the Sacramento Bee only from Jan. 2002 onward.
• ProQuest Newspapers
  Includes full-text access to the Los Angeles Times from 1985 onward.

B. Reform Recommendations from Policy Organizations and Agencies

1. Little Hoover Commission
2. California Research Bureau
3. Public Policy Institute of California
4. Collections of Public Policy Reports
• California Policy Inbox
• PolicyArchive

C. Reform by Ballot Measure

1. California Ballot Measures Database
2. IGS Library Hot Topics on California Ballot Measures

D. Resources for Constitutional Convention Reports

Topic	Research orgs and advocacy groups	Recent reform efforts by ballot measure
Public Finance Budget process Prop. 13/State revenue funds City/county funding	California Budget Project Legislative Analyst's Office	Propositions 1A and 65 (2004)
Governmental Reform Term limits Redistricting Initiative system Campaign finance Lobbying/Interest groups	Center for Governmental Studies Campaign Disclosure Project Statewide Database	Term Limits: Proposition 93 (2008) Redistricting: Proposition 11 (2008) Campaign finance: Proposition 89 (2006)
Prisons/Sentencing	California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice Ella Baker Center/Books Not Bars Prison Industrial Complex Research	Proposition 5 (2008) Proposition 6 (2008) Proposition 9 (2008)
Health Care/Mental Health Costs	California HealthCare Foundation UCLA Center for Health Policy Research	HealthVote.org Proposition 63 (2004)
Water/Resource Policy	CALFED Bay-Delta Program Delta Vision Association of California Water Agencies California Department of Water Resources Water Education Foundation Friends of the River	Proposition 1E (2006) Proposition 84 (2006)

E. California Constitution Resources

1. California State Constitution
2. The Revision of California's Constitution, by Eugene C. Lee. CPS Brief Vol. 3, No. 3; April 1991.
3. California Constitution Revision Commission [website]. Created by the California Legislature in 1993, the California Constitutional Revision Commission completed its work in 1996 and is no longer active. It was charged with recommending changes in the State Constitution to assist state and local governments function more efficiently and effectively.

F. Citation Styles

1. Citing Your Sources. Printable guides to help with formatting citations and bibliographies.

G. Remote Access to Proprietary Resources

1. Library Proxy Server. Instructions on how to set up the proxy server so you can access licensed databases and publications from home.

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