American University
Library
Reporting COMM-320
Spring 2008--Professor Hall
DC Government/ANC’s
DC Government Official website
DC Council website
ANC Homepage
DC Schools website
Advocacy
General
DC Watch
Federation of Citizens’ Associations of the District of Columbia
Resource link on DC neighborhoods
DC Vote Coalition Partners (list of local advocacy groups on various topics)
CQ Washington Directory (Reference Book on the library's first floor) REF F 192.5 .W3 2006
Schools
DC Public Schools Watch
21st Century School Fund
DC Public Charter Schools Association
DC VOICE
Fix Our Schools
FOCUS (charter schools advocacy group)
Parents United for the DC Public Schools
Save Our Schools
Senior High Alliance of Principals, Parents, and Educators (SHAPPE) cathy.p.reilly@verizon.net
Zoning/Development
Advocates for Building Assets and Affordable Housing
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development
Coalition for Smarter Growth/Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities
Empower DC
TENAC (DC Tenants Advocacy Coalition)
Transportation Advocacy Groups
from Commuter.com
Local Newspapers
Google list of local papers
List of local newspaper links from Arlington County Public Libraries
Selected list of local DC papers from MDDC Press Association
Current Newspapers (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current, Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)
The Georgetowner
Hill Rag, DC North, East of the River
The In-Towner
The Southwester
Washington CityPaper
Washington Post
Washington Times
Lexis-Nexis on ALADIN—Access to Washington Post and Washington Times
Federal Agencies
Try Googling the Agency. If you have an issue to find and are not sure which agency works on that issue, try FirstGov, a government portal. Search your topic and see which agencies come up.
Background Information on an issue:
A recommended database is CQ Researcher on ALADIN.
Maintained by Melissa
Becher, Reference Librarian, x3263
Last revised: 01/22/08
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