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Texas Constitution
Texas Legislation
Texas Capitol News
Who Represents Me?
Campaign Finance
Local Government
Immigration
More Sites

Search for Articles from Magazines, Journals and Newspapers
  • Specific Periodical Titles
    Hard Copy Periodicals in the Library: Texas
    Texas Monthly (in the Academic Search Complete database)
  • Search in Library Article & Research Databases
    Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
    Texas Reference Center (Ebsco)
    NewsBank Full Text Texas Newspapers
    Campus Research (Westlaw)

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    Main Web Sites
  • TexasOnline

  • Legislative Reference Library of Texas

    • Texas Constitution
  • Texas Constitution
  • Constitutional Amendments
  • Texas Almanac
    AY311.D3 T5 (print copy in the Reference Collection at the MCC Library)
  • Handbook of Texas Online


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    Texas Legislation
  • Texas Legislature Online
  • Texas Legislative Reference Library
  • Texas Senate
  • Texas House of Representatives
  • Senate Bill Analysis (You must know the Legislative Session)
  • Texas Ethics Commission


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    Texas Capitol News
  • Virtual Capitol: Texas Legislature (Austin American-Statesman)
  • News: State Government and Captiol Briefs (when in session) (Austin Chronicle)
  • Texas Senate News
  • Texas House News

  • Search for "Texas Legislature" in library database NewsBank Full Text Texas Newspapers

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    Who Represents Me?
  • Who Represents Me (Texas) Search by address and zip code to locate US representatives, Texas representatives, and district members of the State Board of Education.
  • Project Vote Smart: Search for state and national representatives by zip code

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    Campaign Finance
  • Texas Ethics Commission: Search Campaign Finance and Lobby Reports

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    Local Government
  • City of Waco
  • McLennan County
  • Municipal Codes (most Texas cities)
  • State of Texas Government Links: Cities and Counties
  • Texas Association of Counties: Online Resources

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    Immigration
  • Search for articles in our library database Texas Reference Center, NewsBank Full Text Texas Newspapers or CQ Researcher
  • US Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Texas & Mexico Border Issues (Attorney General of Texas)
  • Center for Immigration Studies
  • Comprehensive Immigration Reform (Whitehouse.gov)

  • Window on State Government (Texas Comptroller) Special Reports
         Bordering the Future (July 1998)
         State Functions at the Texas-Mexico Border and Cross-Border Transportation (January 2001)
         The Border: Where We Stand (January 2001)
         The Border: On the Brink (March 2001)
         The Border: Snapshot (Novemver 2003)
         Undocumented Immigrants in Texas (December 2006)

    Immigration History
  • Destination America (PBS)
  • Immigration: American Memory (Library of Congress)


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