Research Guides: Public Administration: Getting Started

Databases

Public Administration Abstracts
Includes citations and abstracts on subjects such as: Administration and Economy, Administration and Politics, Administrative Structures and Organization, International Relations, Organizations, and Policy, Public and Social Services, Taxation, Budgeting, and Finance, Theory and Method. Indexes important sources in the discipline, such as Journal of Public Economics and Public Administration Review.
Military & Government Collection
Covers public administration and military periodicals.
ABI/Inform Complete Plus
Covers management periodicals.

Public Sector
This contains a plethora of statistical and other information on U.S. federal state and local governments from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
Published since 1878, the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political. and economic organization of the of the United States. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizaitons. For editions after 2012 please see the Proquest editions.. NOTE: If you get asked to select your library, please choose GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

Statista
Statistics and Studies from more than 18,000 Sources. Aggregates statistics and data sets from a variety of international free and proprietary sources, including industry and marketing. Data sets can be displayed in multiple graphical formats.
IMF eLibrary (International Monetary Fund)
Provides direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and statistical tools. Includes government finance statistics. Free for all users

International encyclopedia of public policy and administration- 1998
Ref H97 .I574 1998

Handbook of public administration- 1998
JF1351 .H277 1998