POL 202: Mary Shumaker

American State and Local Government

Illinois State Board of Elections: Find District/Official by Address ~ you can type in your address to find out your district number and the name of your officials
Project Vote-Smart ~ if you know it, you can type in your ZIP+9 code into the box on the left-hand side; clicking on the links to the representative's name will give you more information about that person

Illinois General Assembly: House Members ~ click on the link of the representative for biographical information that might give more insight into the person and his or her beliefs and voting strategies
Illinois General Assembly: Senate Members ~ click on the link of the representative for biographical information that might give more insight into the person and his or her beliefs and voting strategies
Project Vote-Smart: State Senate of Illinois ~ click on the link of the person's name for complete information, as well as a link to an official web site with contact information
Project Vote-Smart: State House of Illinois ~ click on the link of the appropriate individual for complete information, as well as a link to an official web site with contact information

C-SPAN: Illinois Legislative Action Center ~ from here, you can look up your elected official by your address, look at a list of Illinois elected officials, and more. The "Issues and Action" button will reflect current bills when the General Assembly is in session (this happens October 25)

Illinois General Assembly ~ use the box on the left-hand side to search By Keyword on your topic

Academic Search Elite ~ contains articles from both popular and scholarly sources on a wide range of topics, many in full text.
CQ Researcher ~ published by Congressional Quarterly, this resource weekly focuses on a particular topic, such as violent video games or the abortion pill RU486; good for finding out background information or learning more about the topic at hand
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe ~ this database accesses a wealth of legal news and information.

Chicago Tribune
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe ~ also provides access to newspapers from all over the world
Newspaper Source ~ another database providing access to newspapers both large and small

Use Illinet Online to determine if the library owns the journal in print or in microfilm
Check Alphabetical List of Journals Online to see if the article is available through another database
If you cannot find an article at Elmhurst, you can request it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form

Illinois General Assembly ~ use the box on the left-hand side to search By Keyword on your topic; find a similar bill, then click on Bill Status; look to see what kind of action has been taken on that bill, and by what committee; up at the top, you'll see a link for Votes; click on that link; click on the link for the reading of the bill, and scan the names of the representatives or senators to see how he/she voted

Illinois General Assembly: House Members ~ click on the link of the representative; then, click on the tab labelled "Bills" for a list of all bills that your representative/senator has sponsored
Illinois General Assembly: Senate Members ~ click on the link of the representative; then, click on the tab labelled "Bills" for a list of all bills that your representative/senator has sponsored

Letter Writing for Advocacy ~ from the Reading Recovering Council of North America; also look at the information on faxing
Letter Writing ~ from the League of Women Voters from New Jersey

Illinois General Assembly: House Members ~ click on the link of the representative for contact information
Illinois General Assembly: Senate Members ~ click on the link of the person for contact information

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5th ed. R 808.042 M685 1999 (Ask for this at Reference)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. R 808.06615 P976 2001(Ask for this at Reference)
Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed. R 808.042 T929m6 1997 (Ask for this at Reference)
Writing and Citing ~ from Elmhurst College; includes guidelines on Turabian, MLA, and APA, among others

Created 7 September, 2005
Revised 8 September, 2005 by Ayanna Gaines, Assistant Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College