One of the easiest ways to find government information is via Google: After you type in your keywords, then type: site:.gov
This will narrow your search to only federal, state, and local government resources.
For example, you could try the following keyword searches:
You can use Google to find statistics published by federal, state, and local agencies by adding site:.gov to your keywords, such as:
Use this guide for information on how to search in the Congressional interface, and for links to information on the digital collections.
Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System (NELIS): Information about the current session as well as past sessions, search for your representatives, and more.
Find the Nevada Revised Statutes, Supreme Court decisions, and the Nevada Constitution.
Association for state legislators that provides interesting reports and resources on a wide variety of issues (such as education, health, etc.)
A think tank or policy institute is a research institute which performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Although many think tanks claim to be neutral, some may be considered to have a more conservative or a more liberal agenda. For example, the Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank and the Heritage Foundation is considered to be conservative. Be sure to examine the "About the Organization page, in addition to outside sources to investigate the organization's agenda and their political views.
Handout covering the basics of APA style - 7th Edition.
PPT (updated for 7th Edition), including potentially tricky examples such as book chapters and secondary citations.
From APA, color-coded explanation of journal, book, and book chapter references (pdf).
Side by side comparison of the two editions, created by a librarian at East Carolina University.
This is a dependable site for APA questions. Look for their Sample Paper, too.
Other Resources:
From APA: Detailed instructions and examples from the 7th edition
from APA
Provides a DOI for an article citation when one is available.
Explains when to give credit to another person for their intellectual work (and how to do it correctly). Look for the "Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing" section on the left for examples of each.
What is RefWorks?
RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic software package that enables you to:
"New" RefWorks Instructions
