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Web-based Databases & Resources
on U.S. Government

Some electronic resources listed are provided by  DISCUS or  Collegiate DISCUS

U.S. GOVERNMENT - General Information

FirstGov
The U.S. government's official Web portal

GPO
(FirstSearch) Gamecock Block C logo
Index to government documents published since 1976. 

SIRS Government Reporter (SIRS Knowledge Source) Gamecock Block C logo
Valuable source for current and historic government documents; landmark and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions; information aboutfederal departments, agencies, elected leaders and more.

FedWorld
A source of federal information and links, including fee-based service

White House Home Page

US House of Representatives

US Senate Home Page

FBB: Federal Bulletin Board 
Distinctly useful for the federal agency files, such as regulations, that you can download

Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collection
Huge collection of government resources and guides from the University of California, Riverside

Library Guide to Federal Documents

LLMC Digital  Gamecock Block C logo
(Law Library Microform Consortium )
World's largest collection of legal literature and government documents in microform. Over 7,500 titles, over 98,000 volumes, of interest to researchers in law and history.

U.S. GOVERNMENT - Legislative and Regulatory Information
Congress.Org 
Searchable member directories and current awareness

GPO Access 
Well-organized, easy to navigate guide to the Web sites of many legialtive, executive, and judicial agencies, with emphasis on congressional and regulatory sites.

 

Library of Congress 
Guide to the U.S. Legislative Branch

Thomas
 
Search & retrieve legislation from the 103rd to current congresses

Biographical Directory of the US Congress: 1774-present

State Information
State Government Collections -- try one of the following:

American Law Sources On-Line 
ALSO, for short.

Virtual Law Library 
Indiana University School of Law.  From the "Browse by Information Type" menu, select "State Government Servers"


FindLaw

Piper Resources

State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information
 
Cornell University

StateList 
The Electronic Source for State Publication Lists from UIUC

U.S. GOVERNMENT - Statistical Resources
U.S. Statistical Abstract 
Annual statistics compilation.  Print version located in Library's Reference collection

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Business & Economics Numeric Data

Fedstats 
Search engine for government statistics and data

Stat-USA
One-stop internet browsing for business, trade and economic information

InfoNation (United Nations)

Statistical Information 
UNT's Government Information Connection

US Census Bureau

Historical Census Data, 1790-1970

CIA's World Factbook

U.S. GOVERNMENT - Judicial Information
Federal Court Locator 
Access to federal judicial information, including slip opinions
Supreme Court Decisions since 1990
U.S. GOVERNMENT - Sites of Special Interest
POTUS:
Presidents of the United States

Vote-Smart  
Candidates and issues. 

IRS Tax Forms

US Patents (Community of Science) Gamecock Block C logo
Citation database of all awarded U.S. patents from 1975-present.

U.S. Gazetteer
Map-making site based on information from the 1990 U.S. Census.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Compendium of Federal financial and non-financial programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public.

USAJOBS 
Federal job openings, mostly organized by job category

FEDJOBS 
Federal job openings, searchable by state.  Includes info on GS salary ranges. 

Federal Register (Community of Science)Gamecock Block C logo

International Information
Country Studies
From the Library of Congress

Foreign Governments
Links to individual foreign government pages, Northwestern Univ.

United Nations

US State Department Home Page

International Government Information

International Governmental Organizations Northwestern University

U.S. GOVERNMENT - Additional Resources

"Agency Approach" To Locating Government Information on the Internet
Tutorial

GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications 
Search for government documents
 

Sales Product Catalog via GPO Access

Policy.com
For students of public policy issues, including an Issue of the Week.  Balanced.

Migrating Government Publications 
The Federal Government is in the process of converting publications to electronic format. Consult these lists to go directly to the publications. (From the University of Memphis.)


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