USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES


BUSINESS & LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR)
http://www.bebr.utah.edu

Demographics and Economic Analysis (DEA)
http://governor.utah.gov/dea/

COURTS

State and Federal Court Index
http://www.utah.gov/government/judicial.html

Supreme Court Opinions

http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/index.htm#Supreme%20Court%20Opinions

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
http://fedcir.gov

U.S. Courts
http://www.uscourts.gov/index.html

Utah Courts Directory
http://www.utcourts.gov

Utah State Law Library
http://www.utcourts.gov/lawlibrary

WASHLAW Federal and State Courts Directory
http://www.washlaw.edu/

EDUCATION

Education Commission of the States
http://www.ecs.org

National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
http://www.highereducation.org/

The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/

State Higher Education Executive Officers
http://www.sheeo.org

State of Utah Office of Education
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/Welcome/index.html

Utah Education Network
http://www.uen.org/

Utah System of Higher Education
http://www.utahsbr.edu/

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR)
http://www.library.unt.edu/gpo/acir/default.html

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov

FirstGov - The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
http://www.firstgov.gov/

Pew
http://www.pewtrusts.org/

Social Security Administration
http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html
Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
http://www.rockinst.org
U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
http://www.census.gov
United States Government Manual
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

GENERAL REFERENCE

Barlett's Famliar Quotations
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett
Britannica Encyclopedia
http://www.britannica.com
Clipart - Microsoft's clipart gallery
http://dgl.microsoft.com/

Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia
http://www.encyclopedia.com

EbsoHost, Factiva, and Newsbank (free full search capabilities via pioneer online, state library system)
http://pioneer.utah.gov

Official Time
http://nist.time.gov

Research-It! - dictionary, thesaurus, maps
http://www.iTools.com/research-it/research-it.html

StateMaster for State Statistics
http://www.statemaster.com/index.php

Statistical Resources - this is a great site!
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Utah State Legislature's Research Resources
http://www.le.state.ut.us/documents/researchresources.pdf
Utah State Telephone Directory
http://web.state.ut.us/phone.htm
Switchboard - national telephone directory
http://www.switchboard.com
The Elements of Style, William Strunk, Jr.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
U.S. West Yellow Pages
http://www.qwestdex.com
Zip Codes
http://www.zipcode.com/

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Boards and Commissions
http://www.governor.state.ut.us/boards/home.html
Council of State Governments (CSG)
http://www.csg.org
Directory of Official State, County, and City Government Websites
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Elections
http://governor.state.ut.us/lt_gover/elections/elections.html
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/elect/elect.htm
http://www.electionline.org
Lobbyists
http://elections.utah.gov/lobbyists.html
National Governors' Association
http://www.nga.org
State Links
http://www.csg.org/about/states.aspx
State of Utah
http://utah.gov

Utah Foundation
http://www.utahfoundation.org

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
http://www.aphsa.org/
Health Care Financing Administration
http://cms.hhs.gov
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
http://www.nashp.org

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
http://www.epic.org/
Internet Copyright
http://www.benedict.com/
U.S. Copyright Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/

JUDICIARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT & CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Bureau of Justice Assistance
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA
Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA)
http://www.jrsa.org/
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/

LEGAL LINKS, LAWS & REGULATIONS

All Law Home Page
http://www.Alllaw.com
CodeCo - Utah law
http://www.code-co.com
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Constitutions, Statutes, and Codes
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html

Historical Utah Laws, Memorials, Resolutions, etc.
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/uthisstat
http://images.archives.utah.gov/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/432 (working bills only1896-1989)

Lawlinks - ABA legal research selected starting points
http://www.abanet.org/lawlink/home.html
LEXIS
http:www.lexis.com
Uniform Laws - (NCCUSL) The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
http://www.nccusl.org/update/
Utah Administrative Rules
http://www.rules.utah.gov
Utah State Bar
http://www.utahbar.org
U.S. Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode

LEGISLATURE

American Legislative Exchange Council
http://www.alec.org/
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) - surveys, studies, reports
http://www.ncsl.org/legis
NCSL Legisbriefs
http://www.ncsl.org/legis/lbriefs/legdoc2003.htm
NCSL State Legislature Sites
http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm
NCSL Staff Contacts (Topical Index)
http://www.ncsl.org/legis/ncsl/stafsrch_timss.cfm

State Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF) - State Legislative Sites
http://www.sllf.org

Suggested State Legislation
http://www.csg.org/programs/ssl/pubs.aspx

Uniform Laws - (NCCUSL) The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
www.nccusl.org/Update/

U.S. Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov
Utah State Legislature
http://le.utah.gov

LIBRARIES

Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
Pioneer - Utah's Online Library
http://www.pioneer.utah.gov
Salt Lake City
http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us
Salt Lake County
http://www.slco.lib.ut.us

MEDIA

Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/
Deseret News (for archived articles, use: http://www.pioneer.lib.ut.us )
http://www.desnews.com
Newspapers - worldwide
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com
Salt Lake Tribune (for archives, use: http://www.pioneer.lib.ut.us )
http://www.sltrib.com

NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, & ENVIRONMENT

Department of the Interior
http://www.doi.gov/
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/

POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

Directory of Official State, County, and City Government Websites
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Utah Association of Counties
http://www.uacnet.org

Utah League of Cities and Towns
http://www.ulct.org

PUBLICATIONS & RELATED LINKS
CCH Incorporated (tax and business law information)
http://www.cch.com/
CSG Online Publications Directory (The Book of the States, ECOS, Research Checklist, Spectrum, America's Best Innovations, Suggested State Legislation, Corrections Policy Profiler, Health Policy Monitor, Solutions, State Government News, State Trends, etc.)
http://www.csg.org/pubs/default.aspx
ECOS
http://www.ecos.org
Education Week
http://www.edweek.com
Governing
http://governing.com
Legisbriefs
http://www.ncsl.org/legisbriefs/index.htm
NCSL Online Publications Directory (Legisbriefs, State Legislatures Magazine, State Legislative Reports, State Health Notes, State Budget & Tax News, Online Databases, Books & Periodicals)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/pubs.htm
Spectrum
http://www.csg.org/pubs/pubs_spectrum.aspx
State Budget & Tax News
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/
State Constitution Law Bulletin
http://www.NAAG.org
State Health Notes
http://www.statehealthnotes.org
State Legislatures Magazine
http://www.ncsl.org/legis/pubs/01slmag.htm
State Legislative Reports (SLRs)
http://www.ncsl.org/legis/slrs/SLRTABLE2003.htm
Suggested State Legislation
http://www.csg.org/programs/ssl/pubs.aspx
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com
United States Government Manual
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
Utah Advance Reports - use the office user id and password
http://www.code-co.com/utah/
Wired
http://www.wired.com

REVENUE & TAXATION

Multistate Tax Commission
http://www.mtc.gov/
State Revenue Report
http://www.rockinst.org

The Fiscal Link
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/fskllink.htm

US Census Bureau (Finances, Tax, Expenditures, Payroll, etc.)
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/index.html

Utah Division of Finance
http://www.finance.utah.gov/

Utah State Auditor's Office - Financial & Audit Reports
http://www.sao.state.ut.us/reports/reports.htm

Utah State Tax Commission
http://www.tax.utah.gov

US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov/

US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/

SEARCH ENGINES

AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com
Hotbot
http://hotbot.lycos.com
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com

TRANSPORTATION

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
http://www.aamva.org
Commuter Link
http://www.utahcommuterlink.com/ie.htm
National Highway Traffic Safety Association
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
National Safe Kids Campaign
http://www.safekids.org/
State Transportation Websites
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/webstate.htm
Traffic Link
http://www.ksl.com/TV/traff/traffic.htm
U.S. Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.gov/
Utah Department of Transportation
http://www.sr.ex.state.ut.us/
Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
http://www.utabus.com/