UWM Libraries Research and Course Guides: Government Information: State and County

State Agency Databases

Wisconsin State Agency Databases
This is an annotated list of databases produced by Wisconsin State Agencies listed by database subject. This guide is curated by members of the Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association.

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State Agency Databases Project (Beyond Wisconsin!)
This is an annotated list of databases produced by each state's Agencies. There are also separate subject / topical guides, for Agriculture & Food Sources; Business, Finance & Economy; Community & Social Services; Crime, Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement; Earth & the Environment; Education; Government Agencies & Elected Officials; Government Finances & Contracts; Health, Medicine & Safety; History, People & Culture; Jobs & Unemployment; Laws, Legislative Materials, and Legal Issues; Licensing; Military & Veterans; Recreation, Travel & Tourism; Science & Technology; Statistics, Data & Mapping/GIS; Transportation; and Voting & Elections.
This guide is curated by members of the Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association.

Documents for States

Spectrum : the journal of state government
Call Number: JK2403 .S7
Public Opinion in State Politics
Call Number: JK2408 .P83 2006
ISBN: 9780804753005
Publication Date: 2006
Available online
Political activity and the state and local employee
Call Number: MS 2.2:P 75/2/2005
Available online
State strategies and practices for educational technology
Call Number: Electronic Resource
Available Online

Wisconsin

Legal and Court Resources
Information on UWM Libraries Holdings of Commonly Requested Resources
State of Wisconsin Homepage
Information about State government, rules, regulations and state agency information.
Wisconsin Administrative Code and Register
The Legislative Reference Bureau is a non-partisan legislative service agency that publishes statutes and rules.
Wisconsin Blue Book
The State of Wisconsin Blue Book is a one-volume reference source about the state, documenting the organization of the state’s three branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial).
Wisconsin Demographic Services
The Demographic Services Center's primary responsibility is to develop annual total population estimates for all Wisconsin towns, villages, and cities. It also makes annual estimates of the voting age population for all municipalities and total population estimates for Zip Code Areas.
Wisconsin's Applied Population Labratory
The Applied Population Laboratory (APL) is a group of research and outreach professionals located within the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The APL provides information solutions through a unique set of skills that unites applied demography; spatial information and analysis; community development and planning; and information applications.
Get Facts Wisconsin
GetFacts is the first of its kind online interactive mapping and data extraction tool for Wisconsin demographics. GetFacts allows users to choose demographic variables and append it to the geography of their choice.
Criminal Justice Research Sources
A list of possible sources at UWM
Legal Information Sources
The UWM Libraries hold many major sources of legal information.
The Wisconsin Digital Archives
The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a growing collection of electronic state documents that are intended to provide public perspective on state government programs.

All State Government Resources

State Home Page and Legislature Links
State and County QuickFacts
Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography
State Statistical Information Resources
The contents range from comprehensive statistical abstracts to simple listings of population figures
Municipal Codes Online
Ordinances and minutes for each state
State and Local Government on the Net
State Government Offices - View all the websites in a given state
State Quick Reference
Quick access to a variety of state specific facts and other useful information!