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Attorneys, judges, legislators and others interested in law
Businesses and economic development agencies
- Arizona facts and figures
- Business information on the Web
- L.E.E.D. Implementation Guidelines (Local Engines of Economic Development)
Citizens
- About Arizona
- Arizona @ Your Service (state portal)
- Arizona facts and figures
- Arizona Library Directory
- Arizona state government
- FirstGov.gov (federal portal)
- Government information and publications
- U.S. Constitution and history
- U.S. facts and figures
Consumers
Federal Depository Librarians
Genealogists and family historians
- Arizona Biographical Index
- Arizona Cultural Inventory Project
- Arizona family history
- Arizona Memory Project
- Frequently asked genealogy questions
- Genealogy collection
- Historical Arizona photograph collection
- Lunchtime family history lessons
Historians, authors, students and other researchers
- About Arizona
- Accessing Arizona's public records
- Arizona Biographical Index
- Arizona Cultural Inventory Project
- Arizona family history
- Arizona History and Archives Division
- Arizona Memory Project
- Frequently asked questions about research in the State Archives
- Friends of the Arizona Archives (FAzA)
- Government information and publications
- Historical Arizona photograph collection
- Information resources on the Web
- Law and Research Library Division
- Local Arizona government records in the State Archives
- Selected Arizona state agency databases
- Museum Division
- Teacher Resource Guide (pdf)
- The Road to Statehood
Kids pages
Legislators, government officials and staff
- About Arizona
- Arizona facts and figures
- Arizona Library Directory
- Arizona Memory Project
- Arizona state government
- Ask a question or request an article or publication
- Government information and publications
- Interlibrary Loan
- Law and Research Library Division
- Online Resources
- Ready reference resources
- Selected federal information portals
- U.S. Constitution and history
- U.S. facts and figures
Librarians
- About Arizona
- Adaptive technology in Arizona libraries
- Apply for a Library Services and Technology Act grant
- Arizona convocations
- Arizona facts and figures
- Arizona Library Directory
- Arizona library job line
- Arizona Memory Project
- Arizona state government
- Collection development training module
- Continuing education
- Continuing education - online registration
- Digital projects guidelines
- Federal depository librarians
- FirstGov.gov (federal portal)
- Government information and publications
- Library Development Division
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in Arizona
- Professional collection for practitioners
- Statewide library development plan (pdf)
- U.S. Constitution and history
- U.S. facts and figures
- Web search engines and directories
Records managers
- Accessing Arizona's public records
- Appraisal criteria for archival records
- Continuing education - online registration
- Local Arizona government records in the State Archives
- Professional collection for practitioners
- Public records standards and laws
- Records Management Division
- Records Management Forms and Manuals
- Training and classes
Staff of cultural and public information institutions
- Arizona convocations
- Arizona cultural inventory project
- Arizona Memory Project
- Digital projects guidelines
- Professional collection for practitioners
Visitors
- About Arizona
- Arizona Capitol Museum tours
- Information resources on the Web
Visually impaired or disabled
- Adaptive technology in Arizona libraries
- Braille and Talking Book Library

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Arizona
Braille and talking books
Genealogy and family history
Government
- Arizona @ Your Service (state portal)
- Arizona facts and figures
- Arizona state government
- FirstGov.gov (federal portal)
- Government information and publications
- Law and Research Library Division
- U.S. Constitution and history
- U.S. facts and figures
Interlibrary Loan (for Arizona state government officials, staff and other libraries)
Laws and legislation, rules and regulations
Library development and continuing education
Maps
Museum tours
Professional Collection (for librarians, archivists, records managers, conservators and museologists)
Records management

When...? Tours, Programs, Training...

Where Is/Are...?

Adaptive technology in Arizona libraries
Arizona cultural inventory project
Arizona executive orders
Arizona library job line
Arizona legislative study committee reports on the Web
Arizona newspapers
- Arizona Newspaper Project
- Historical Arizona newspapers
- List of current subscriptions
- Most recent five years
Arizona state agency publications
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
- Contact information
- Map
- Map and directions
Arizona's public records
Braille and talking books
Collection development training module
Digital projects guidelines
Economic Development Information Centers
Federal depository libraries in Arizona
Federal publications
FirstSearch (OCLC) (for in Library use)
Genealogy
Law
- American Jurisprudence (AmJur)
- American Law Reports (ALR)
- Arizona specific
- - Arizona Administrative Code (AAC)
  - Arizona executive orders
  - Arizona legislative history
  - Arizona legislative study committee reports on the Web
  - Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS)
  - Attorney General's opinions
  - Bills
  - Court cases
  - Session laws (chaptered bills)
- Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS)
- Decennial digests
- Federal
- - Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
  - Congressional Record (CR)
  - Court of Claims Decisions
  - Federal Agency Decisions
  - Federal Practice Digest
  - Federal Register (FR)
  - Federal Reporter 2d, 3d Series
  - Federals Rules Decisions
  - Federal Supplement
  - Hein Online (for in Library use)
  - Supreme Court Decisions-Lawyers Edition
  - Supreme Court Reporter
  - United States Code (USC)
  - United States Reports
  - United States Supreme Court Digest
  - United States Statutes at Large
- Other states
- - Alabama - New Hampshire
  - New Jersey - Wyoming
- Periodicals
- - Current Law Index
  - Hein Online (for in Library use)
  - Index to Legal Periodocals & Books
  - Legal periodicals
  - LegalTrac (for in Library use)
- Reporters:
- Treatises/texts including:
Maps
Online catalogs
- Braille and Talking Book Library Catalog
- Law and Research, History and Archives' Catalog
- Library of Congress Online Catalog
- WorldCat (OCLC) (for in Library use)
Professional Collection (for librarians, archivists, records managers, conservators and museologists)
Records
- Accessing Arizona's public records
- Appraisal criteria for archival records
- Continuing education - online registration
- Local Arizona government records in the State Archives
- Public records standards and laws
- Records Management Center
- Records Management Forms and Manuals
Teacher Resource Guide (pdf)

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The conservation and preservation of historical items, ask a conservator.
Federal or state government, legal citations, genealogy, maps or if you have questions of a general nature, visit the Law and Research Library's Frequently Asked Questions or Ask a Librarian site.
The history of Arizona or about records of your family in Arizona, visit the Arizona History and Archives' Frequently Asked Questions site or ask an archivist.
Laws and standards related to the management of public records or need to store records, visit the Records Management Division's site or ask a records manager.
Library development, LSTA grants or continuing education for librarians, visit the Library Development Division's site or ask a consultant.
Library services for the visually impaired in Arizona, visit the Braille and Talking Book Library's History and Services site or ask BLBL staff.

Updated: 11/12/2008