Research Guides: PS 302: States' Rights (and Wrongs): Government & NGO Sources

Government and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Find State Government Publications using Google

Enter your topic's keywords and then, in the Search by Site or Domain box, type: .[two-letter state abbreviation].us-- e.g. .or.us (Oregon) or .tn.us (Tennessee). For all the two-letter abbreviations, see here.
More and more, city and state governments are adopting the .gov domain name, e.g. Indiana: www.in.gov, so you probably should try both
- In Oregon, as in many other states, the main pages are under the .gov domain. However, many documents (.pdf and .doc) will still be under the old .[xx].us domain
- Searching on the .xx.us domain will also bring up city and county government documents for that state.
You can search for city and county governments using the domain: .ci.[cityname].[xx].us or .co.[county name].[xx].us, e.g. ci.seattle.wa.us for the city of Seattle, or co.lane.or.us for Lane County, OR.

Oregon.gov
Oregon Blue Book
Oregon State Legislature
Oregon information page from UO Libraries
Oregon Voters' Pamphlets Online
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You may need to find out what year your measure was on the ballot, go to that year, and look for the ballot measures. It could be a General or a Special election.

Finding government information for states other than Oregon can be challenging. See the sites below, and also here are some tips:

Use the Advanced Google searching described under Web Search, limiting to the domain ending(s) for your state.
Look for a guide created by a university library in that state. One way to do this is to do a Google search on:
- libguide [state name] government information