KPL Website and Catalog Topics
Full text articles, plus maps and pictures and TV and radio transcripts
Full text Facts On File from 1980. Includes current events, what happened on this date, country profiles, World Almanac, and Today's Science.
Magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, ebooks available in the library or at home with your KPL library card or with your Michigan Driver's License or ID by going to Mel.org
Includes Computer Database; Custom Newspapers; General Reference Center Gold; Grand Rapids Press; Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File ASAP; Legal Trac; InfoTrac Onefile; Health Reference Center Academic ASAP
A collection of approximately 900 full text newspapers from around the country and the world. Includes the last 12 months of the New York Times and the Grand Rapids Press (1996-current).
Selected full text articles from the following Michigan newspapers: Detroit News, Grand Rapids Press, and Lansing State Journal.
Michigan eLibrary collection of ebooks.
Quick facts on a variety of subjects, including quotations, English and bilingual dictionaries, art and architecture, encyclopedias, timelines and subjects such as food and drink, computers, sciences, economics, history, law, mythology, performing arts, politics and social science, math and religion.
Business, trade and economic information from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Please ask at Reference Desk for username and password. Available in Library-Central Only
Newspapers and Magazines
View detailsHide detailsCongressional Digest
CPI Detailed Report (DOC) L2.3 8/3
CQ Researcher
Economic Indicators (DOC) Y 4. EC7:
Employment and Earnings (DOC) L 241/2:
EPA Journal
Export America (DOC) C 61.18/2:
Federal Jobs Digest
Foreign Affairs
Inside Michigan Politics
Michigan Municipal Review
Monthly Labor Review (DOC)L 2.5:
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (DOC) HE 20.7009:
Survey of Current Business (DOC) C59.11:
U.N. Chronicle
Community Resources
Phone 269-382-4676
Local contact for state government information/assistance; assistance in resolution of problems; referral to other programs for ongoing help; assistance to low income individuals, senior citizens, and the mentally fragile with state taxes and tax rebates/credits; mediator for conflict resolution.
Phone 269-375-6576
Responding to individual complaints alleging violation of constitutional rights and, when valid and appropriate, pursue them by advising, intervening, and, if necessary litigating. Defend the Bill of Rights (first ten Amendments of Constitution).
Phone 269-384-0219
To endorse and support qualified citizens for election to the Kalamazoo City Commission and to foster debate on issues affecting the City of Kalamazoo.
Phone 269-382-0223
o act as a medium for education and consensus building in an attempt to promote understanding and harmony between the various units of government in Kalamazoo County. This is based on the principle that what impacts one of us impacts us all.
Phone 269-544-0303
Conducts voter registration; publishes election guides; studies local issues; answers questions about local, state and federal government; conducts public forums on current issues; monitors local governmental activities through attendance at meetings; provides speakers to interested groups on election and ballot issues.
Phone 269-668-3549
To lobby government and news media through letter-writing campaigns, interviews, etc.; to promote solutions to hunger and poverty; face to face meetings with Congress members.
Phone 269-323-0045
Area-wide programs and technical assistance in: economic and community development, transportation and environmental programs. Projects focused on housing, zoning, land use, growth management, historical preservation, resource recovery, solid waste management, agricultural land preservation, water quality, energy conservation, grants and application procedures. Standing committees: Economic Development Commission; Water Quality Coordinating Commission; Criminal Justice Commission; Resource Recovery Advisory Committee; Housing Advisory Committee; Growth Policies Advisory Committee; Physical Resources Technical Committee. Produces customized census reports.
Phone 269-385-0039
Maintains a liaison between community and federal government; provides assistance for businesses regarding compliance with federal regulations; assists with questions/problems related to areas such as: IRS, Veterans/Armed Forces, Social Security, Medicare, Immigration, passports, and The State Department; provides information on legislative issues and government reports through the Library of Congress.
Phone 616-451-3051
Public advocacy and education on environmental and sustainability issues; team monitoring program; ground water education; West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum (www.wmsbf.org) Sustainable Food and Agriculture Systems, Rain-gardens of West Michigan.
State and Local Websites
Executive (Michigan)
General (Michigan)
Consumer protection, the steps necessary to file a complaint, a list of Attorney General opinions, and department literature and publications.
Locate victim resources and an offender search database through the Michigan Department of Corrections web site, that also features prison locations, publications, and information about rehabilitation programs.
For clients of the Department of Human Services receiving cash assistance.
This site is about expanding participation in government, encouraging community involvement, promoting a strong democracy, and improving government accountability.
OnlineResources ofr women in Michigan, including women-owned businesses, safety and health, women in technology, economic independence, and running for office.
Michigan's Secretary of State Office has important information about driver's licenses, registration and plates, auto insurance, employment opportunities, and the organ and tissue donation committee.
Official Internet source for Michigan Sex Offender Registration information.
Find out if your new business venture or occupation requires a state license.
Includes how to file for unemployment online.
Judicial (Michigan)
Biographical sketches of judges, a court overview, court rules, filing requirements, court opinions, and much more.
Legislative (Michigan)
Read or print off the online version of the Citizen's Guide to State Government pamphlet.
Locate information about state legislative issues, members, events, and party positions. Kalamazoo area District 60; District 61; District 63.
Register to be notified by email about new bills, bill status changes, and legislation sponsors.
Find bills, compiled laws, public acts and more.
Locate legislative information about the Michigan State Senate, contact information of elected officials, noteworthy issues of debate, and session schedules.
Locators (Michigan)
Need quick information about Michigan and local government? These links will direct you to valuable information about the state legislature, state elections, state taxes, laws, local governments and more.
Contains state government contact information here, including addresses and phone numbers, plus commonly asked questions.
The one step to information links about and for Michigan government, including access to departments, agencies, educational resources, reports, statistics, news, and much more.
The State and Local Government on the Net Directory provides convenient one-stop access to the web sites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments.
Federal Websites
Executive
Codification of the general and permanent codes published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government.
Overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices.
The official publication of United States Presidents' public writings, addresses, and remarks.
The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published every Monday and is the official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary.
Locate general information about the President of the United States, including his policies, agenda, White and much more here
News, activities and games about the White House and the Presidents.
General
Principal fact-finding federal agency in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
Database of all Federal assistance programs.
Link to KPL's Census Topic Guide for census information.
Description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
Access the online bookstore for U.S. Government publications, available for purchase from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Thurgood Marshall Law Library's complete electronic record of United States Commission on Civil Rights publications held in the Library's collection and available on the USCCR Web site.
Access our national heritage through the various kinds of documents and records stored at the National Archives and Records Administration, including The U.S. Constitution, genealogical resources, and The Bill of Rights.
Visit an online atlas of the United States, including access to easy-to-use tools to display, manipulate, and query National Atlas data so that users can produce their own relevant information.
Working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Official handbook of the Federal Government.
Learn how the U.S. Patriot Act impacts libraries, librarians, and library users here at the American Library Association's web site. Included is the ALA's resolution regarding the recent legal changes.
Statistical data, maps, quantitative research, geography, government types, population make up and economics.
Judicial
This web site is a gateway to government information, including federal job postings, IRS tax forms, Supreme Court decisions, and an array of government reports.
Supreme Court Nomination Hearings (1971 - forward)
Find a specific Supreme Court decision or search past cases through this site, that provides information about case updates, court rules, and much more.
Legislative
All published bills from the 103rd Congress (1993-1994) forward.
U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives from USA.Gov.
Includes contact and biographical information.
Includes contact and biographical information.
A one stop guide to the legislative branch of the federal government, including bill summary and status, congressional contact information, and a comprehensive FAQ section about how to navigate the site.
Enacted by Congress from the 104th Congress (1995) to the present.
Official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.
Contact information, news updates, bill overviews, and more.
Codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
Locators
A site designed to introduce children to the different levels, agencies, and functions of the United States government
This GPO and Oklahoma State University library project arranges U.S. Government sites by topic. The main list of topics is based upon the Guide to U.S. Government Information also known as The Subject Bibliographies Index.
Finding tool for government publications.
Direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society.
Stepping stone to federal agency websites.
Make your search for government information more thorough by using this site, that allows for multidatabase search capabilities.
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Resources to determine if eligible to receive government benefits or assistance.
Chat online with a government information librarian.
The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government, including legislative, executive, and judicial resources.
A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
Access hundreds of statistical reports regarding a variety of subjects including population, education, health, vital statisistics, and banking.
Browse U.S government bookstore titles by topic.