Research Guides: Government Information: State/Local Government

Locating Local documents in the collection

Documents produced by the City of Syracuse can be located in Library's Online Catalog by searching "Syracuse (N.Y.)" as an author search.

Documents produced by Onondaga County can be located in Library's Online Catalog by searching "Onondaga County (N.Y.)" as an author search.

These items will have Library of Congress call numbers.

City & Community Information

Welcome to the City of Syracuse
Links to Mayor's Office, Common Council, City Services, Attractions, Press Releases. Includes maps and travel directions, notices of traffic pattern changes and details on redevelopment projects, live web casts, etc.
Downtown Committee
A private, not for profit, professional downtown management organization, representing all property owners and tenants within the central business district of Syracuse. The Committee "undertakes programs to improve downtown's image, strengthen its economic base, increase its attractiveness, and assure that it is clean and safe."
Association of Towns of the State of New York
Serves town governments by providing training programs, research and information services, technical assistance, legal services, computer software programs, insurance programs and a variety of publications to member towns in New York State.

Counties

Welcome to Onondaga County, New York
Official web site for Onondaga County. Links to employment, taxpayer guides, parks, elected officials, and other county agencies and services.
County Web Sites
Clickable map of counties of New York State with links to official county pages.
USA Counties
Users select state, then county, then table of interest. Data comes from recent Censuses of Population and Housing, and Economic Censuses.

New York State - Facts and Information Sources

New York State Library
Catalog is excellent source for NYS agency publications.
New York State Archives
The State Archives "cares for and provides access to more than 130 million documents that tell the story of New York from the seventeenth century to the present."
New York State Facts
Brief facts and statistics about New York State.
New York State Data Center
New York's primary repository of economic and demographic data. Syracuse University Library is an affiliate in the New York State Data Center program.
New York State Statistical Yearbook
From the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

New York Government Agencies and Publications

New York State
Official state site. Links for business, employment, education, recreation, health care, etc. Includes some press releases.
New York State Assembly
State Assembly home page. Links for Bill Search, Legislative Calendar, Public Hearing Schedules, Assembly Calendars, and Assembly Agenda.
New York State Senate
State Senate home page. Includes schedule, rules, directory of senators, maps, biographies, press releases. Links to live senate proceedings.

Other States

50 States and Capitals
Links to official state pages, online newspapers, birds, flags, etc.
State and Territorial Governments
Link from USA.GOV to find all US state and territorial government websites
State Agencies Database
Provides links to Agencies by State. Updated continuously by the Government Documents Roundtable of the American Library Association.
Full-text state statutes and legislation
Links to sites "containing full-text state constitutions, statutes (called codes or compiled laws in some states), legislation (bills, amendments and similar documents), session laws (bills that have become laws), and administrative rules."
State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations
Provides direct links to each state's legislature, state statutory code and state administrative or regulatory code. Also provides telephone numbers (when available) to each state government operator, legislative assembly, legislative reference center, and state law library.
State and Local Government on the Net
Guide to government-sponsored sites. Also includes links to national organizations and multi-state sites.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Site seeks to provide comprehensive legislative information to states and share research on critical state issues. Includes recent topics in the news.
NCSL 50 State Bill Tracking
NCSL's mission is to advance the effectiveness, independence and integrity of legislatures and to foster interstate cooperation and facilitate the exchange of information among legislatures.
Book of the States
Current and archived source for state information from CSG (Council of State Governments).