Library: Government Resources: Books & eBooks

Catalog Search

Use the Columbus State library catalog to search for books, journals, eBooks, and audio-visual materials owned by Columbus State Community College.

eBooks

Electronic full-text books are available through our Columbus State's library catalog, OhioLINK's catalog, and through various databases. To login from off-campus, you'll need to enter your first and last name and your Cougar ID or password.

Campaign and Election Reform by Glenn H. Utter; Ruth Ann Strickland
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2008
"This handbook provides a sweeping overview of U.S. campaign and election reform efforts, past and present, from the introduction of the secret ballot to touch-screen voting. Emphasizing the major electoral reforms since 2000, this second edition of Campaign and Election Reform investigates the development of the American electoral system from colonial times to the present."
Prosecution of the President of the United States : the constitution, executive power, and the rule of law by Brian H. Lowell
Publication Date: 2022
"This book provides an in depth look at the constitutional, historical, and political arguments concerning presidential immunity from prosecution, as well as the opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel that provided the justification for the decision not to prosecute President Trump."
Government statistical agencies and the politics of credibility by Cosmo Howard
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2021
"The power over statistics is distributed differently in different countries, and this book explains why. Differences in decision-making powers across countries are the result of shifting pressures politicians and statisticians face to be credible, and the different national contexts that provide distinctive institutional settings for the production of government numbers."

E-Book Links and Other Digital Materials from Web Sites

DATABASES: Library of Congress E-Resources Online Catalog
The FREE ACCESS databases are the only ones available to use.
Hathi Trust Digital Library: Public Collections
Select "View Public Collections." Public domain volumes are freely accessible to the public... The public collections cover a variety of topics. As of early 2011, 2,071,547 volumes are in the public domain and are available as text or in PDF format.
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Mission: The mission of HathiTrust is to contribute to the common good by collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, and sharing the record of human knowledge.
Health, United States
Health Statistics from the U.S. Department of Health's National Center for Health Statistics. See also our reference copy at Ref. 362.1 N277h 2010.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
More than 29 million images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites. Visitors to the Wayback Machine can type in a URL, select a date range, and then begin surfing on an archived version of the Web. Find web sites, videos, films, music, audio, and text.
Open Library
Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Other projects include the Wayback Machine, archive.org, nasaimages.org, archive-it.org & opencontentalliance.org.

E-Reference Sources on Campus

A Guide to Countries of the World by Peter Stalker
ISBN: 9780199580729
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This e-book is available via Oxford Reference Online."This invaluable global handbook contains separate entries for every country in the world. Each entry gives a succinct overview covering the contemporary social, economic, religious and political issues that shape the country. It also contains vital statistics such as GDP, life expectancy, income distribution, and internet use."

OhioLINK Catalog Search

Still can't find what you're looking for? Try OhioLINK. Use your name and Cougar ID to request items be delivered to the Columbus State Community College library.

Reference Books (Print)

Here's a small sampling of reference books available in the Library that offer government or statistical information. These are books that can be viewed on the Second Floor of the library but cannot be check out.

Proquest Statistical Abstract of the United States 2016 by Bernan Press Staff
Call Number: Ref. 317.3 U58s
"A comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people."
Handbook of U. S. Labor Statistics by Mary Meghan Ryan (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 331.1 H236
"The Handbook is a comprehensive reference providing an abundance of data on a variety of topics including: -Employment and unemployment; -Earnings; -Prices; -Productivity; -Consumer expenditures; -Occupational safety and health; -Union membership; -International labor comparisons; -And much more."
Business Statistics of the United States 2018: Patterns of Economic Change by Susan Ockert (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. 330.973 B9798
"Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data from as early as 1913 that reflects the nation's economic performance. It provides over 80 years of annual, quarterly, and monthly data in industrial and demographic detail including key indicators such as: gross domestic product, personal income, spending, saving, employment, unemployment, the capital stock, and more."
Crime in the United States by Shana Hertz Hattis (Editor)
Call Number: Ref 364 C9293
"Crime in the United States contains findings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the offenses known to law enforcement. This reference is the most comprehensive official compilation of crime statistics in the United States."
Digest of Education Statistics
Previously held title that has gone online only: Find statistics gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics. For more current statistics, our catalog is linked to the Digest of Education Statistics web site.
State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State by Hanna Anderson Krog
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Call Number: Ref 317.3 S7974
"The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State has been completely updated and provides a wealth of current, authoritative, and comprehensive data on key demographic and economic indicators for each U.S. state and the District of Columbia."
Employment, Hours, and Earnings by Mary Meghan Ryan (Editor)
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Call Number: Ref 331.12 E556
ISBN: 9781641432719
"A special addition to Bernan Press's Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data, this reference is a consolidated wealth of employment information, providing monthly and annual data on hours worked and earnings made by industry, including figures and summary information spanning several years. These data are presented for states and metropolitan statistical areas."
Patterns of Economic Change by State and Area by Hanna Anderson Korg
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Call Number: Ref 331.1 P3168
"Patterns of Economic Change by State and Area: Income, Employment, and Gross Domestic Product presents data on personal income, employment, and gross domestic product for the United States as a whole, and by region, state, and metropolitan statistical area (MSA)."