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Mini MPA Program

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The resources on this guide will assist you in completing your capstone project and professional research.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with your librarian via the contact information to the left. I'm happy to communicate through email or online appointment.

Research Resources

State Library of Kansas Databases
Requires a Kansas Library eCard, which you can get from any library in the state.

Some databases useful for this project include Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier for human resources topics, and Newspaper Source Plus or U.S. Newsstream for current events and perspectives on local issues
WSU Libraries SmartSearch
Use the "Open Access" filter to find articles that are freely available
Google Scholar
Some articles are available for free using the links to the right of the title and description

State of Kansas Agencies list
Kansas Government Information
Includes city and county data portals
Kansas Statutes
Online listing of Kansas Statutes, courtesy of the Kansas State Legislature.
Bill Tracker: Kansas State Legislature
Track bills progressing through the Kansas State Legislature.
Kansas Economic Data
Kansas Traffic Patterns
Maps showing the 24 hour traffic counts at major intersections throughout Kansas cities, from the Kansas Department of Transportation.

For more data sources, see the Demographics and Social Data Research Guide

US Census Data
The main page of the U.S. Census with quick links to different data sets for city county and zip code areas
PolicyMap
Mapped data relating to demographics, housing, income, crime, mortgages, health, jobs, manufacturing, supermarket access, and more. Includes data sets from over 65 public and proprietary sources.

Local Newspapers

Below are newspapers available through WSU Libraries. You can come to here or any state college in Kansas for access, or check with your local public library.

Newsbank This link opens in a new window
Current full-text access to six Kansas newspapers: Emporia Gazette (2002- ), Kansas City Star (1991- ), Lawrence Journal-World (1990- ), Manhattan Mercury (1997- ), Topeka Capital-Journal (2002- ) and Wichita Eagle (1984- ). Also accessible, Access World news, which is a comprehensive news collection of local, regional, national, and international topics. Terms of Use
New York Times (1851-3 years ago) with Index (1851-1993) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the New York Times online for the years 1851-three years ago. This database offers full-page-images and article images. Digital reproductions of every page from every issue, cover to cover, in downloadable PDF files.
Terms of Use