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Background Information

Index to Current Urban Documents (UTSA subscription)
Location: Downtown Library, Reference JS331 .U73 Index
A guide to local government publications. Indexes annual budgets, city council minutes, planning board rulings, hearings, and other official publications from cities, counties, and regional governments. Indexed both by subject and by city or county. Texas publications are available on microfiche.

The Municipal Year Book
Location: JPL Reference Stacks JS342 .A2 I52
Location: Downtown Library, Reference JS342 .A2 I52
Overview by topic taken from an annual survey of city and county officials on topics such as revenue, staff, budgeting, and planning. Includes a directory of current local officials.

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
Search UCAT to locate books, journal titles (not articles), government documents, maps and multimedia materials available at the UTSA Library. Read the Search Tips to learn how to conduct a better search.

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  Library Of Congress Subject Classification

Books and Materials Elsewhere

• Want to find books and journal holdings in other libraries?
  Check the Catalogs list to search other library catalogs
  
  
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  TexShare Cards
  
  
• Want the UTSA Library to obtain materials for you?
  Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

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Databases & Article Searching

Academic Search Complete (UTSA subscription)
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Complete provides full-text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full-text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. Updated daily. Full Text/Full Image

Academic Universe (LexisNexis) (UTSA subscription)
Provides abstracts and/or full-text to nearly 6,000 titles relating primarily to news, business, and legal information. Includes U. S. and foreign newspapers, wire services, government and political news, company profiles and financial reports, industry and market news, federal and state case law, law reviews, accounting and tax information, medical news and abstracts, and state and country profiles. Updated continuously. Full Text

Congressional Universe (LexisNexis) (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to information from and about the U.S. Congress. Includes congressional publications; bill tracking and full-text of bills; legislative history; federal regulations; and member affiliations, demographic, financial, and voting records. Dates of coverage vary from 1789 to current. Updated daily. Full Text

GPO Monthly Catalog
Records for materials published by the U.S. government from 1976 to the present. Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including: Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. Full Text

MasterFILE Premier (UTSA subscription)
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full-text for nearly 2,000 general reference publications with information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes 315 reference books, nearly 100,000 biographies, 76,000 primary source documents, and an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily. Full Text/Full Image

Newspaper Source (UTSA subscription)
Newspaper Source provides selected full-text for over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. Updated daily. Full Text/Full Image

PAIS International (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical information in a variety of subjects including, agriculture, business, education, finance, health, political science, and the social sciences. Corresponds to the last ten years of citations from the print indexes, PAIS Bulletin, PAIS Foreign Language Index, and PAIS International in Print. Updated monthly. Citations Only

ProQuest (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to journal articles in a number of databases across all subject areas, with particular strengths in business and the social sciences. Also includes 9 major national newspapers, including Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Complete content of the following databases is included: ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, Accounting & Tax, Alt-Press Watch, Criminal Justice Periodicals, Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, National Newspapers, and ProQuest Research Library. More than 5,500 titles are indexed and abstracted from at least 1971 to the present. Full text and/or images are available for more than 2,000 titles. Full Text/Full Image

Statistical Universe (LexisNexis) (UTSA subscription)
Provides access to statistical information produced by the U.S. Government. Includes indexing and abstracting from 1973 to the present. Significant full-text content from 1995 to the present including Statistical Abstract of the United States. Full Text

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Government Information

Federal Government links

U.S. Census
Free Website: http://www.census.gov/

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Free Website: http://www.bea.gov/

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Free Website: http://www.bls.gov/

Congressional Budget Office
Free Website: http://www.cbo.gov/

Federal Register
Free Website: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

FedStats
Free Website: http://www.fedstats.gov/

Fedworld
Free Website: http://www.fedworld.gov/

General Accounting Office
Free Website: http://www.gao.gov/

New Code of Federal Regulations
Free Website: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States 1878-2006
Free Website: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Thomas
Free Website: http://thomas.loc.gov/

The United States Government Manual
Free Website: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

Texas Government links

Texas Administrative Code
Free Website: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac/

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Free Website: http://www.window.state.tx.us/

Texas Legislative Budget Board (LBB)
Free Website: http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/

Texas Legislature Online
Free Website: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer
Free Website: http://txsdc.utsa.edu/

The Texas Statutes
Free Website: http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html

TRAIL, the Texas Records and Information Locator
Free Website: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/index.html

City and County Information

Bexar County
Free Website: http://www.co.bexar.tx.us/

City of San Antonio
Free Website: http://www.ci.sat.tx.us/

City of San Antonio - Planning Department
Free Website: http://www.ci.sat.tx.us/planning/

Municipal Code Corporation List of Codes
Free Website: http://www.municode.com/

Municipal Codes Online
Free Website: http://www.spl.org/govpubs/municode.html

National Association of Counties (NACo)
Free Website: http://www.naco.org

State and Local Government on the Net
Free Website: http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm