The links below focus upon library collection development resources, national and Texas professional associations and municipal reference and research organizations.
- City Auditors Online
- Collection Development
- Databases
- Professional Associations - National
- Professional Associations - Texas
- Municipal Reference Libraries / Services
- Research & Policy Organizations
I. City Auditors Online
- 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
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
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
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
Forensics / Police / Criminal Justice
- CRC Press
- Charles C. Thomas
- Criterion Press
- Academic Press / Elsevier / Butterworth / Wiley
- Institute of Police Technology & Management
- Jones & Bartlett
- Wadsworth
Law & Regulation
Parks & Recreation
- Golf Course Management
- Haworth Press
- Human Kinetics
- John Wiley & Sons
- National Parks & Recreation Assn.
- American Society for Public Administration
- International Public Management Association for HR
- Lexington Books
- Local Government Commission
- M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
Public Health & Social Science
- ARCO / Thomson Learning
- Barrons Educational Books
- National Learning Corporation - Passbook Series
- REA
- Thomson / Delmar Learning
Transportation & Public Works
Urban History, Geography, Public Policy & Miscellaneous
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
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
- 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
V. Texas Associations
- American Planning Association - Texas Chapter
- North Texas Community Development Association
- 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 Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Texas Transit Association
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 Congressional Institute, Inc.
- Council for Excellence in Government
- Cyburbia.org
- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- FedStats
- General Accounting Office
- Governing Magazine Online
- Knowledgeplex
- Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
- The International Downtown Association
- The Innovation Groups
- Institute for the Study of Homelessness & Poverty (United Way of Greater L.A.)
- 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.)
- The North Texas Crime Commission
- 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 Center for Public Productivity
- National Civic League
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Governor's Association
- National Partnership for Reinventing Government Reports (formerly 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 Sector Continuous Improvement Site
- Real Estate Center at Texas A&M
- School of Public Affairs and 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
- World Road Association