Federal Government Resources
Meta-Search
Tool &
Portals
/ Legislative
Information
/ The
Judiciary / The
Presidency
U.S. Documents Online / The
U.S. Economy / Regulatory
/ Finding
Government Grants
/
Intellectual Property /
Maps, etc
/ Foreign
Relations
News
Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq,
by General Petraeus
Statement of Ambassador Croker
USA.gov
Formerly FirstGov.gov: The U.S. government's official web portal--"connecting the world to
all U.S. government information and services."
Google
U.S. Government Search Fast, easy, and
effective commercial search portal for government information.
Fedworld.gov A Federal government
portal to government information, including web sites, Supreme Court decisions,
and government research and development publications.
Introduction to United States Government Information Sources (online book)
 http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=11187
GPO
Access Links to the free Catalog of U.S. Government Publications and
online use of over 1500 databases of Federal information in over 80
applications. Includes Budget of the U.S. Government, Commerce Business Daily,
Congressional Hearings, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations,
Supreme Court Decisions, the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and
many more.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
"The CGP is the online counterpart of the Monthly Catalog of United States
Government Publications, and is the finding tool for electronic and print
publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S.
government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S.
Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and
current publications and provides direct links to those that are available
online."
U.S. Government Manual
U.S.
Federal Government Agencies Directory
From LSU. Locate all federal agencies by name or branch. Searchable.
USInfo.State.Gov
The U.S. State Department's portal, with resources on current events and
international affairs.
Science.gov "Science.gov is a gateway to
authoritative
selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including
research and development results."
Government Documents by Subject
Compiled by Kathy Amen at St. Mary's University, a subject list of government
information, as well as a list of sites that provide subject browsing for U.S.
Government documents.
Frequently used sites related to United States federal government information
From the American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable.
THOMAS Designed
to make federal information searchable online and freely available to the public.
The
United States Code*
The general and permanent law of the United States, searchable online.
THE SERIAL SET*
A collection of House and Senate reports and documents dating back to1789.
The
Congressional Record The
official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress,
published daily when Congress is in session.
Full-text online 1994-present. See QUEST for the call number of the print
version for older content.
Senate.gov A rich source of Senate legislative information, including a
page on
Legislation & Records, the current
Senate Legislative Calendar & Floor Schedule,
Treaties, and
Nominations.
House.gov The official page of the U.S. House of Representatives,
including
floor procedings,
schedules, and
roll call
votes.
The Earmarks Database
"This database provides more information on earmarks in one place than has ever
been available through the Federal Government. It is part of an effort to bring
greater accountability to federal spending."
Congress
Votes
"This site, washingtonpost.com's U.S. Congress Votes Database, is a deep
database of every vote in the United States Congress since the 102nd Congress
(1991). It lets you browse votes in a variety of ways -- both in aggregate and
for individual members of Congress."
Congressional Record 1994-2006. The Daily Digest of the
Congressional Record serves as a table of contents for the House and Senate
actions reported in the issue and for statements published in the Extensions of
Remarks of the Congressional Record. For questions, comments or assistance, try
their online
Help page.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
While CRS reports are not distributed directly to the public, a number of online
resources now exist for obtaining copies of these materials:
OpenCRS
"A project of the Center for Democracy & Technology through the cooperation of
several organizations and collectors of CRS Reports, Open CRS provides citizens
access to CRS Reports already in the public domain and encourages Congress to
provide public access to all CRS Reports."
CRS Reports
at UNT
"This site aims to provide integrated, searchable access to many of the
full-text CRS reports that have been available at a variety of different Web
sites since 1990."
CRS Search Zfacts
This search looks into every CRS report on the Web and only into CRS reports."
Congressional Directory--Current Congress
The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress,
prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) and is made available during
the first session of each new Congress.
Congress New Member Pictorial Directory
*
refer to
QUEST for the call number of the
print edition
The Judiciary
Project
Hermes Electronic Distribution of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions,
1937-1975.
Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Collection
Recent decisions, orders, and case updates, and notable historical decisions.
Oyez Supreme Court multimedia database.
USCourts.gov: The Federal Judiciary Homepage
The Global Legal Information Network
The
Supreme Court of The United States
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings
Supreme Court Nominations
From the Law Library of Congress.
The Presidency
The
White House A good place to find the members of President Bush's
Cabinet.
Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents*
The text of Presidential documents during the preceding week, a monthly
dateline, lists of laws approved by the President and nominations submitted to
the Senate.
The
American Presidency Project
An online archive
containing 72,879 documents related to the study of the Presidency,
including elections and poll data, and audio and video clips.
The Miller Center of Public Affairs
A repository of knowledge on the American presidency and
government.
The
Federal Budget* From
The Office of Management and Budget:
Fiscal Year 2008,
Fiscal Year 2007,
Fiscal Year
2006,
Fiscal Year 2005,
Fiscal Year 2004.
*
refer to
QUEST for the call number of the
print edition.
The 2004 U.S. Election
United States Documents Online
The Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
"To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic
Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of
current and historical Government publications is being made available for free,
permanent, public access via GPO Access. These titles contain
information which is vital to the democratic process and critical to an informed
electorate. They support the public's right to know about the essential
activities of their Government. Immediate, online access to authenticated
versions of these Core Documents of Democracy increases in importance as
Americans grow ever more dependent on remote electronic access to basic
information resources -- both past and present."
The Library of Congress
In addition to the collection of record for the United States, the Library of
Congress online hosts a variety of current and historical U.S. government
documents, from collections including
A Century of Lawmaking and
Documents from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention.
The Avalon Project
From Yale Law School, full text of a large number of historical U.S. documents
from the areas of law, history, and diplomacy, including a number of documents
from a wider historical scope that form the backdrop for U.S. democracy.
Organized by era, author, title, and subject.
National Archives & Records Administration
The National Security Archive
Declassified
Government Documents From UC Berkeley, an "on-line primer to the
classification of government materials. Access to electronic records, national
archives, presidential libraries, Central and East European archives are all
discussed. There are finding aids with accompanying analysis and description as
well as close to thirty links to relevant material."
The U.S. Economy
Read the latest on the
U.S. Gross Domestic
Product from the
Bureau of
Economic Analysis.
The
Federal Reserve See the
What's New
page for current topics.
State of the Nation,
available through
STAT-USA
Business, trade and economic information. See
Help Desk for access. New!--older materials are now available through the
State of the Nation Archive. Government Spending
The
Federal Budget* From
The Office of Management and Budget:
Fiscal Year 2008,
Fiscal Year 2007,
Fiscal Year
2006,
Fiscal Year 2005,
Fiscal Year 2004.
Statistics To link a more comprehensive page on Statistics,
click here.
FedStats
Collects stats of interest to the public from 70 agencies.
STAT-USA
Business, trade and economic information. See Help Desk for access.
Includes USA Trade-Online, source of custom data on U.S. foreign trade.
First-time users
click here.
Statistical
Abstract of the United States*
Facts and Stats about the American people, institutions and economy.
County
and City Data Book*
Social and economic data for states, counties, cities and census regions.
Historical Census Browser "Describes the
population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960."
EDGAR
Publicly traded firm's electronically filed forms with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Agricultural
Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Census
American Fact Finder
An interactive feature of the
U.S. Census Bureau
website, American Fact Finder lets you build custom data tables of
Census data from the 2000 and 1990 short and long forms. You can export the data
to Excel for further manipulation as well. For a tutorial on using American Fact
Finder, click
here.
Decennial Population & Housing
Censuses
Guide
From North Carolina State University, a librarian's guide to all of the aspects
of each of the U.S. Decennial Censuses. An excellent place to see an overview of
what the Census collects and provides, with links to content.
2002 Economic Census
Census
Publications*
*
refer to
QUEST for the call number of the
print edition
|
Regulatory
See:
ECON/BUSN 3338, Government Regulation of Business
Publications of the
Office of the
Federal Register, with
Help for those new to Federal Regulation.
Federal
Register*
CFR (Code of
Federal Regulations)*
Final regulatory rulings and presidential materials are compiled yearly.
They are arranged over 50 subject titles. Try the
Electronic Code of Federal
Regulations Beta version for easy online browsing by Table of Contents.
Finding Government Grants & Contracts
Grants.gov
"Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for more than
$400 billion in federal grants."
Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CPDA)*
A general directory of federal grant programs.
Commerce
Business Daily*
Government contracting opportunities.
Intellectual Property:
Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Copyright
US
Patent and Trademark Office
Information on a variety of intellectual property resources, with
emphasis on obtaining patent and trademark protection. Includes a helpful
faq and a page of
How To Guides. Those interested in researching outstanding patents and
trademarks should start with the
Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program.
Manual
of Classification*
Lists class and subclass titles in the U.S. Patent classification system
Official
Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office*
United
States Copyright Office
Maps, etc. (See also
Online Maps)
National Atlas of the United States
Includes a number of
interactive map viewers.
National Map
From USGS, "The Nation's Topographic Map for the 21st Century."
US
Geological Survey Maps, Atlases,
geo-spatial data, environmental information.
Aerial
Photos
USGS searchable tool for finding
aerial photos of the U.S.
Foreign Relations
Foreign Relations of the United States 1861-1960
From the University of Wisconsin, full-text searchable page images of the
original documents.
Treaties in Force 2005, A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of
the United States in Force
U.S. Department of State Includes a
the
searchable
Foreign Relations of the United States, the "the official documentary
historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant
diplomatic activity."
United Nations
Homepage --English version.
Official Documents of the United Nations (ODS) "ODS covers all types of
official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents
are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to
the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social
Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards."
Official Website
Locator for the United Nations Alphabetic
Index of Websites of the United Nations System of Organizations.
United
Nations System Pathfinder Identifies
major publications of various U.N. organizations: global studies,
handbooks, bibliographies, etc.
*
refer to
QUEST for the call number of the
print edition
Return
to Government Documents Homepage
|
