LibGuides: Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning (General): Historic Policies & Plans

State Government Information

50 State Agency Databases
The Government Documents Round Table maintains a list of agency databases for all 50 states and the District of Columbia on its wiki. The databases contain useful information on businesses, licensed professionals, plots of land, and even dates of fish stocking.
Open States: Legislative Data Across All 50 States
From the Sunlight Foundation. Using the site is simple: enter a U.S. address or select a state to start to research bills, review voting records, contact elected officials and more. All states on one site.
State Cases and Codes via FindLaw
Easy links to State statues, administrative code, bills, etc.
State Court Web Sites
From the National Center for State Courts

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni contains more than 15,000 news, legal and business sources including print and online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs; Local, regional, national and international newspapers with deep archives; Extensive legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790; Information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies and more than 75 million executives.

Pre-1945 Policies & Plans

Identify a location, municipality & topic for your policy or plan. Identify the different governments that could be involved: town, city, county, state, federal. Start by searching each government's website - many municipalities have digitized archives and historic documents. If that does not work, use secondary sources (histories, encyclopedias) to identify several policies/plans by name, and search for them.