1. Finding Michigan Contracts & Awards … Fast!
Laura L. Leavitt
Labor Relations & Human Resources Librarian
Michigan State University
50 Law College Building
East Lansing, MI
May 16, 2008

2. AWARDS Fact Finding Reports & Act 312 Awards Features:
Simplified interface with basic and guided (advanced) search features
Keyword searching of the full-text (newer decisions only)

3. CONTRACTS MI Public Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements Features:
Full-text of current contracts
Citations of older (expired) contracts
Basic and guided search features
Additional fields…

4. Start at the LIR Library Webpage http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/lir/
FF/Act 312 Arb. Decisions are linked here.
Collective bargaining agreements are linked here.

5. AWARDS – Main Page

6. AWARDS – Basic Search
Advanced searching also available.

7. AWARDS – Advanced Search
Note: Several limits are available.

8. AWARDS – Results Page
Click here to retrieve document

9. CONTRACTS – Main Page 9

10. CONTRACTS – Search Page
Important Tip: Check this box if you only want to see records with full-text documents (pdfs).
Another tip: leave search box blank for a complete list of what is currently available. 10

11. CONTRACTS – Results Page

12. Contact Info
Laura L. Leavitt
Human Resources & Labor Relations Librarian
Michigan State University
50 Law College Building
East Lansing, MI