SOWK 420: Practice IV
Part 1: Policy Analysis
Library (background info.) databases
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Finding your Bill: details, supporters, & detractors
- Congress.gov
- Search for legislation
- Browse legislation by subject (US Code)
- Video: Info avilable under tabs (on each bill's webpage) e.g. S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 114th Congress (2015-2016)
- Video: Sign up for alerts on legislation
- Law by Jurisdiction (State, Federal, World): Page within the Legal Information Institute (LII), the research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School
Federal Information
- GovTrack.us: "Tracking the United States Congress: Track bills in Congress, your representative’s voting records, upcoming committee meetings, and get alerts by email"
- Congressional Record: 1994-present. Must choose individual session of Congress.
- Illinois General Assembly: Search for State legislation
- U.S. Census Bureau: "The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy."
Library (article) databases
- News: Current Subject Guide
- News: Historical Subject Guide
- Social Work Subject Guide
- Sociology Subject Guide
- Psychology Subject Guide
Part 2: Oral Testimony
Use Transcripts as an example
Change date prior to browsing or searching
Part 3: Fact Sheet
Open Access sources of EBP from NASW
Part 4: Letter to Legislator
- Comment letters from the NASW: Note, these letters are much longer than yours should be!
- Tips from NASW-Minnesota
- Contact Info
- Salutations
- Dear Senator_________: (To a U.S. Senator (male or female))
- Dear Mr. or Ms._______: (To a Member of the House of Representatives)
- Dear Mr. or Madam Chairman: (To a male or female Member as chairperson of a committee or subcommittee)
- Dear Mr. or Madam Speaker: (To the Speaker of the House of Representatives)
- Dear Mr. or Madam President: (To the Vice President of the United States in his/her capacity as the President of the Senate)
APA style
- Benner Library’s APA Citation links
- Posts from the APA Style blog about legal references
- "Citing Legal Materials in APA Style” from the University Library at California State University Stanislaus