Municipal Reference & Research: A Resource Guide

Prepared by staff of the Dallas Public Library’s Urban Information Center.

The document you are now viewing is a pathfinder, developed to facilitate research into issues of practical concern to municipal governments. If you have a question or if we have omitted a resource, please send us an email. The links below focus upon library collection development resources, national and Texas professional associations and municipal reference and research organizations.

1. City Auditors Online
2. Collection Development
3. Databases
4. Professional Associations - National
5. Professional Associations - Texas
6. Municipal Reference Libraries / Services
7. Research & Policy Organizations

 

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I. City Auditors Online

• NALGA (National Association of Local Government Auditors)
• Albuquerque, N.M.
• Austin, Tex.
• Baltimore, Md.
• Boston, Mass.
• Charlotte, N.C.
• Chicago, Ill.
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Columbus, Ohio
• Dallas, Tex.
• Denver, Colo.
• Detroit, Mich.
• El Paso, Tex.
• Houston, Tex.
• Indianapolis, Ind.
• Jacksonville, Fla.
• Las Vegas, Nev.
• Long Beach, Calif.
• Los Angeles, Calif.
• Memphis, Tenn.
• Milwaukee, Wis.
• New York City
• Nashville-Davidson, Tenn.
• New Orleans, La.
• Oakland, Calif.
• Oklahoma City, Okla.
• Philadelphia, Pa.
• Phoenix, Ariz.
• Portland, Ore.
• San Antonio, Tex.
• San Diego, Calif.
• San Francisco, Calif.
• San Jose, Calif.
• Seattle, Wash.
• Tucson, Ariz.
• Washington, DC

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II. Collection Development

The links below should be useful to anyone purchasing books for a municipal reference collection.

Architecture, Landscape & City Planning
Book Reviews & Bibliographies
City Management, Auditing & Finance
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Demographics
Economic Development, Housing, Land Use & Taxation
Firefighting
Forensics / Police / Criminal Justice
Law & Regulation
Parks & Recreation
Public Health & Social Science
Regional
Transportation & Public Works
Urban History, Geography, Public Policy & Miscellaneous


Architecture, Landscape & City Planning

• American Planning Assn.
• NAi Publishers
• Builders Booksource
• Butterworth-Heinmann
• Greenwood Press
• John Wiley & Sons
• Preservation Books
• Rizzoli Books
• Spon Press Architecture

Book Reviews & Bibliographies

• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Planetizen

City Management, Auditing & Finance

• Assn of Government Accountants
• Government Finance Officers Assn.
• International City / County Managers’s Assn.
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• International Facility Management Association
• League of California Cities
• National League of Cities

Civil & Environmental Engineering

• American Waterworks Assn.
• Civil Bookstore
• Scranton Gillette Bookstore
• McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
• John Wiley & Sons

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Demographics

• ESRI / CACI
• Greyhouse Publishing
• Morgan Quitno Press

Economic Development, Housing, Land Use & Taxation

• Brookings Institution
• Downtown Research & Development Center
• International Assn. of Assessing Officers
• International Downtown Association
• ITDG Publishing
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• National Civic League
• Tax Foundation
• Urban Land Institute

Environment / Sustainability / Community Organizing

• Apex & Bootstrap Press
• Chelsea Green
• Earthscan
• Island Press
• New Society Publishers
• Zed Books UK

Firefighting

• IFSTA
• Brady EMS
• Jones & Bartlett
• Firehouse Books
• NFPA
• PennWell

Forensics / Police / Criminal Justice

• CRC Press
• Charles C. Thomas
• Criterion Press
• Academic Press / Elsevier / Butterworth / Wiley
• Institute of Police Technology & Management
• Jones & Bartlett
• Josey-Bass
• Wadsworth

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Law & Regulation

• Building Codes
• Community Associations Institute
• Lexis Nexis

Parks & Recreation

• Golf Course Management
• Haworth Press
• Human Kinetics
• John Wiley & Sons
• National Parks & Recreation Assn.

Public Administration

• American Society for Public Administration
• International Public Management Association for HR
• Lexington Books
• Local Government Commission
• M.E. Sharpe, Inc.

Public Health & Social Science

• American Public Health Association
• Ashgate Publishing
• Greenwood
• Pearson
• Pineforge Press
• SAGE

Regional

• University of North Texas Press
• University of Texas Press

Test Preparation

• ARCO / Thomson Learning
• Barrons Educational Books
• National Learning Corporation - Passbook Series
• REA
• Thomson / Delmar Learning

Transportation & Public Works

• AASHTO
• American Public Works Assn.
• Detour
• ITE
• Transportation Research Board

Urban History, Geography, Public Policy & Miscellaneous

• Blackwell
• ESRI Press
• Center for Urban Policy Research
• Center for American Places
• National Academies Press
• Northeastern University Press
• Perseus / Westview
• SAGE
• SUNY Urban Policy
• University Press of America
• Urban Institute

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III. Databases & Email Lists

The following databases and email lists are of interest to librarians and others engaged in municipal reference related research.

• Best Practices Database (US Conference of Mayors)
• City Knowledge Network (National League of Cities)
• CounciLink Network (subscribers only)
• Governing Magazine (archives)
• Ideas in Action (ICMA)
• Index to Current Urban Documents (subscribers only)
• The Innovation Group
• Local Government Solutions

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IV. Professional Associations - National

• Air & Waste Management Association
• The Airport Association for Benchmarking
• American Academy of Environmental Engineers
• American Association of Airport Executives
• American Association of Port Authorities
• American Association of Zookeepers
• American Association State Highway & Transportation Officials
• American Bus Association
• American Community Gardening Association
• American Concrete Pavement Association
• American Concrete Pipe Association
• American Consulting Engineers Council
• American Council of Engineering Companies
• American Institute of Architects
• American Library Association
• American Planning Association
• American Public Health Association
• American Public Power Association
• American Public Transit Association
• American Public Works Association
• American Road & Transportation Builder’s Association
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Highway Engineers
• American Traffic Safety Services Association
• American Water Works Association
• Association of Government Accountants
• Association of Iron & Steel Engineers
• Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies
• Association of Nature Center Administrators
• Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
• Association of State Floodplain Managers
• The Community Development Society
• Equipment Maintenance Council
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
• Intermodal Association of North America
• International Association of Chiefs of Police
• International Right of Way Association
• Institute of Transportation Engineers
• International Association of Emergency Managers
• International Association for Food Protection
• International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association
• International City / County Management Association
• International Facility Management Association
• International Festival & Events Association
• International Municipal Lawyers Association
• International Society for Concrete Pavements
• Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust
• National Animal Control Association
• National Asphalt Paving Association|
• National Association of Local Government Auditors
• National Association for County Community & Economic Development
• National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• National Association of County Engineers
• National Association of Fleet Administrators
• National Association of Regulatory & Utility Commissioners
• National Association of State Chief Information Officers
• National Association of State Telecommunications Directors
• National Community Development Association
• National Contract Management Association
• National Environmental Health Association
• National League of Cities
• National Parking Association
• National Precast Concrete Association
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• North American Power Sweeping Association
• Portable Sanitation Association International
• Public Fleet Supervisors Association
• Public Technology, Inc.
• Snow & Ice Management Association
• Society of Municipal Arborists
• Solid Waste Management Association North America

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V. Texas Associations

American Planning Association - Texas Chapter

• North Texas Community Development Association
• Texas Association of Certified Public Accountants
• Texas Association of Counties
• Texas Airport Management Association
• Texas Animal Control Association
• Texas Association of Regional Councils
• Texas District & County Attorneys Association
• Texas Economic Development Council
• Texas Hospital Association
• Texas Library Association
• Texas Mosquito Control Association
• Texas Municipal Clerks Association
• Texas Municipal League
• Texas Municipal Police Association
• Texas Police Chiefs Association
• Texas Public Health Association
• Texas Transit Association

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VI. Municipal Reference Libraries / Services

• Chicago Municipal Reference Collection
• California Research Bureau
• Detroit Municipal Reference Library
• Institute for Local Self Government
• National League of Cities
• New York City Hall Library
• Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington
• Plano, Texas, Municipal Reference Library

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VII. Research & Policy Organizations

• American Association for Budget & Program Analysis
• American Society for Public Administration
• Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
• Association of Government Accountants
• Brookings Insitute: Metropolitan Policy Program
• The Bruton Center (UT Dallas)
• The Cato Institute
• The Center for Immigration Research (Univ. of Houston)
• The Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Center on Urban & Metropolitan Policy (Brookings)
• The Community Policing Consortium
• The Congressional Institute, Inc.
• Council for Excellence in Government
• Cyburbia.org
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• FedStats
• General Accounting Office
• Governing Magazine Online
• The Greater Dallas Crime Commission
• Knowledgeplex
• Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
• The International Downtown Association
• The Innovation Groups
• Institute for the Study of Homelessness & Poverty
• Institute of Public Administration
• International City/County Management Association
• International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management
• International Public Management Association for Human Resources
• Institute of Applied Economics (Univ. of North Texas)
• The Kennedy School of Government (Harvard Univ.)

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• Legislative Reference Library of Texas
• LBJ School of Public Affairs (UT Austin)
• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation
• Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance
• Municipal Code Corporation
• Municipal Management Assistants of Northern California
• National Academy of Public Administration
• National Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials
• National Academy of Public Administration
• National Center for Public Productivity
• National Civic League
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Governor’s Association
• National Performance Review
• The National Urban League
• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• North Central Texas Council of Governments
• Office of Management and Budget
• The Perryman Group
• Police Executives Research Forum
• Population Research Center (Univ. of Texas)
• The Project for Public Spaces
• Public Employees Roundtable
• Public Sector Continuous Improvement Site
• Real Estate Center at Texas A&M
• School of Community Service (Univ. of North Texas)
• The Surface Transportation Policy Project
• Survey Research Center (Univ. of North Texas)
• Tax Foundation
• The Tax Policy Center
• Texas Municipal League
• Texas Public Policy Foundation
• Texas State Data Center
• The Trust for Public Land
• The Urban Institute
• Urban Land Institute
• U.S. Conference of Mayors
• UT Arlington School of Urban & Public Affairs
• Wharton School of Business - Public Policy & Management
• World Road Association

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