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Iowa Sources

The University of Iowa Libraries is a permanent depository for the State of Iowa. This means the library regularly receives the documents of Iowa state agencies and makes them available to the public. Many of the print titles can be located through the library catalog.

"Core" Documents. Core documents are provided by the State Library of Iowa to depository libraries in the State of Iowa. The University of Iowa Libraries receives these titles in print and also provide a link to equivalent web pages, where available.
The Iowa Guide. Links featuring various resources in Iowa
Iowa State Publications. A research guide that provides an overview to this print title written by Helen Stewart, which covers the time period 1838-1936 .
Legal Sources. Selected Iowa legal materials. Links to Internet versions are provided when available.
Reference Materials. A bibliography of selected reference sources on Iowa. Links to Internet versions are provided when available.

Iowa. Government web sites

Administrative Offices
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
State Departments (Agencies)
State Library of Iowa
Statistical Materials. Links to various web-based statistical sources. Researchers may also be interested in LexisNexis Statistical which is described below.

State & Local Web Sites

City and Town Official Web Sites
State and Local Government on the Net, from Piper Resources, is a searchable index of state, county, municipal, and regional government Web sites.
State Legislative Source Book provides links to state legislatures and laws, plus the telephone numbers of legislative offices.
StateList: The Electronic Source for State Publication Lists allows access to many states' publication catalogs.
State Resource Center (lexisONE) provides access to state and county offices, rules of court, and legal forms.
State Statistical Information Resources from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Links to state statistical pages.
U.S. State Fact Sheets from the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture.
Yahoo's state government directory provides links to Internet sites of numerous state agencies.

Research Guides

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Revised, B. Cloyd
August 2007