Last Modified: January 30, 2008

Guides and Tutorials

• "Agency Approach" To Locating Government Information on the Internet (tutorial)
• Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Style (University of Nevada, Reno)
• DocsCite (Arizona State University)
• GODORT Handout Exchange (links to government information resource guides)
• Government Information Subject Guides (Joyner Library)
• Government Printing Office Style Manual
• Guide to Citing Government Publications (Indiana University)
• How Do I Find Government Documents? (Joyner Library)
• Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (University of Memphis)

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Directories and Bibliographies

• Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government (Indiana/Purdue University Indianapolis)
• Browse Topics (federal Web sites organized by subject from Oklahoma State University)
• CyberCemetery (Archived Web sites of defunct government agencies, hosted by the University of North Texas.)
• Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information (ALA GODORT FDTF)
• Government Periodicals on the Web (University of Louisville)
• GPO Access (links to over 300,000 online federal depository documents)
• GPO Subject Bibliographies
• Uncle Sam Migrating Government Publications (Web-based documents that have "migrated" from print format)
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory (locate all federal agencies via LSU)
• U. S. Government Manual (Full listing of government agencies, with descriptions and contact info.)
• U. S. Government Online Bookstore
• U.S. Government Periodicals on the Web (Auburn University)
• University of Michigan Documents Center (Comprehensive directory of government-related Web sites)
  
• USA.Gov (official US government Web portal)
  

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Catalogs and Search Engines

• Federal Digital System (FDsys) (provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies)
• FirstGov (official US government search engine, made available through GPO Access)
• Google Uncle Sam
• GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (search for government documents)
• Joyner Library Online Catalog (find documents in Joyner Library)

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Business and Economics

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Business.gov (legal and regulatory info for small businesses)
• Export.gov (Portal site featuring export forms, publications, trade events, press releases, and research publications, and international market research information.)
• Economic Report of the President
• EDGAR Database (Company reports and other documents filed with the SEC)
• Energy Information Administration (research and statistics)
• Federal Business Opportunities
• Federal Poverty Guidelines (Department of Health and Human Services)
• Federal Reserve Education.org (info for students and consumers)
• Joint Economic Committee (economic data and analysis)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• US Census Bureau Economic Programs
• White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room

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Citizen Information

• FirstGov Citizen Gateway
• National Traffic and Road Closure Information
• National Weather Service: Internet Weather Source
• The Official U.S. Time
• Popular Baby Names (Social Security Administration - browse by name or year)
• Ready.Gov (Info on how to be prepared for terrorist attacks or other emergencies)

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Congressional

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present
• A Century of Lawmakers (1774-1875) (historical laws and documents provided by the Library of Congress)
• Congress.Org (searchable member directories and current awareness)
• Congressional Directory
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (Open CRS)
  
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (University of North Texas Libraries)
  
• GPO Access Legislative Resources (search and retrieve congressional information from the US Government Printing Office.)
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional (includes the full text of congressional bills, testimony, reports, documents, selected prints, and the Congressional Record)
  
• LLSDC Legislative Source Book: Quick Links to Congressional Publications (documents and hearings arranged by committee)
• Library of Congress: Guide to Legislative Branch Internet Resources
• Thomas (search & retrieve legislation from the 101 ^st to current congresses)
• U.S. Congressional Bibliographies (Lists Senate hearings and publications from 1983-present, and House hearings from 1985-present. Produced by North Carolina State University.)
• US House of Representatives
• US Senate Home Page

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Consumer Resources

• Consumer.gov
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Federal Consumer Information Center
• Federal Trade Commission
• Internet Crime Complaint Center
• National Do Not Call Registry
• The "Nigerian" Scam: Costly Compassion
• USDA Nutrient Database

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Criminal Justice

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBI Uniform Crime Reports
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• US Department of Justice

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Education

• Afterschool.gov
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
• Childcare.gov
• Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) (portal to "Federally supported teaching and learning resources")
• Gateway to Educational Materials (Find lesson plans, curricula, and other classroom resources.)
• Institute of Education Sciences
• Kids.gov
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Library of Education
• US Department of Education

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Election Resources

• Clerk of the House of Representatives: Election Information (Federal election results from 1920-present.)
• Federal and State Election Resources (Law Library Resource Exchange)
• Federal Election Commission
• Follow the Money (Data on campaign contributions in state politics.)
• NARA: U.S. Electoral College
• Opensecrets.org (Detailed info on campaign contributions and the effect of money on politics.)
• Project Vote Smart (Excellent research source on political candidates and issues.)
• 2008 Election Resources (Joyner Library) 

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Employment Opportunities

• Student Jobs.Gov
• USA Jobs (Find federal employment openings)

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Executive Branch

• The American Presidency Project (Full text of presidential speeches, debates, and complete coverage of the Public Papers of the Presidents)
• Federal Administrative Decisions (University of Virginia)
• GPO Access Executive Branch Resources
• NARA Guide to Presidential Documents
• Presidential Executive Orders (Index from 1937-present. Full text available for Clinton and George W. Bush administrations.)
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (1992-present)
• U.S. Federal Executive Branch Agencies Directory (locate agency Web sites via LSU)
• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• White House Web Site

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Grants and Assistance Programs

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (Disaster relief information and programs.)
• GovBenefits.gov ("This is a FREE, confidential tool that helps you find government benefits you may be eligible to receive.")
• Grants and Related Resources (Comprehensive directory from Michigan State University.)
• Grants.gov (Cross agency portal)
• Medicare.gov
• Social Security Online
• Student Financial Aid on the Web

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Health and Medicine

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Health.gov (Interagency portal site)
• Healthfinder (Directory of reliable Web health resources, from the Department of Health and Human Services.)
• HealthierUS.gov (Info on fitness, nutrition, and avoiding risky behaviors)
• MEDLINEplus
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institutes of Health (Includes consumer health, research, and grant information.)
• National Library of Medicine (Includes free access to the MEDLINE database.)
• National Women's Health Information Center
• PubMed Central (Free archive of life sciences journal literature, from the National Library of Medicine.)
• USDA Nutrient Database

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Historical Documents

• The American Presidency Project (Full text of presidential speeches, debates, and complete coverage of the Public Papers of the Presidents)
• Avalon Project (Full-text of treaties and international agreements from Yale University.)
• Charters of Freedom (Online NARA exhibit on the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights)
• Core Documents of US Democracy
• Finding Historical Government Publications (Joyner Library)
• Foreign Relations of the United States (Official documentary record of American diplomacy. Over 30 volumes online, covering 1945-1968.)
• Government Publications from World War II (Southern Methodist University)
• Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (Full-text documents, provided by Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland)
• Library of Congress American Memory (Collection of over 7,000,000 primary source items, including letters, documents, images, maps, and sound files.)
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Security Archive (Declassified Cold War documents from George Washington University.)
• Our Documents (100 milestone documents from American history)
• Presidential Libraries Web Sites (many offer full-text documents)

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Homeland Security

• Department of Homeland Security
• Federal Bureau of Investigation: War on Terrorism
• Ready.Gov (Info on how to be prepared for terrorist attacks or other emergencies)
• War on Terrorism Resource Guides (Joyner Library, ECU)
• Whitehouse.Gov: Homeland Security Actions

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International Affairs

• CIA World Fact Book
• Country Analysis Briefs (Energy Information Administration)
• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• GODORT International Documents Task Force - Web Links (foreign governments, international organizations, NGOs)
• Guide to United Nations Documents in Joyner Library
• Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide (Duke University)
• Official Documents of the United Nations (Full text of all documents from 1993-present)
• State Department Background Notes
• US State Department Home Page
• United Nations
• War on Terrorism Resource Guides (Joyner Library, ECU)

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Laws and Regulations

• Business.gov: Business Laws (legal and regulatory info for small businesses)
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Federal Register
• Guide to Law Online: United States Law (Annotated links to the US Code, Statutes at Large, and public laws, from the Law Library of Congress.)
• Public and Private Laws (Browse or search laws passed from 1995-present)
• Regulations.gov (Find regulations under review by keyword or agency, and submit comments)
• Statutes at Large (Browse or search public and private laws from 1789-1875)
• Unified Agenda (six months of actual and proposed regulations, by agency)
• United States Code (Cornell Univ.)
• United States Code (GPO Access)
• United States Code Classification Tables
• United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources (Annotated list of sources, from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington DC)

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Legal Research

• American Law Sources On-Line
• Findlaw
• GPO Access: Judicial Branch Resources
• Guide to Law Online (Directory of Web resources from the Law Library of Congress.)
• Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System (Law Library Resource Exchange)
• Legal Information Institute (find court opinions, laws, and constitutions, from Cornell University)
• Supreme Court Web Site
• WWW Virtual Law Library (Indiana University School of Law)

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Maps and GIS

• East Carolina University Center for Geographic Information Science
• Geodata.gov
• GIS Resources Available in Joyner Library (PDF)
• Joyner Library Map Collection
• MapTech Online Maps (Free online access to over 65,000 topographic maps, nautical and aeronautical charts, aerial photographs and satellite images covering the United States. Maps can be printed, saved, or emailed. Also includes some historical topographic maps.)
• National Ocean Service Data Explorer
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (Online maps from the University of Texas.)
• TopoNC (Searchable index of 7.5 NC topographic maps)
• TopoZone (Find, retrieve, and customize topographic maps.)
• USGS Geography
• USGS Store (locate and order 7.5 minute topographic and other maps)

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Military

• Air University Library Bibliographies
• Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP)
• Center for Defense Information
• Defense Technical Information Center (Official DOD source for scientific and technical information)
• Defenselink (Official Department of Defense site)
• DOD Defense Almanac
• Federation of American Scientists: Military Analysis Network
• Global Security.org
• Project on Defense Alternatives
• Where to Find Military Information (Detailed Web directory from Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School)

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Science and Technology

• Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (Includes the DOE Information Bridge .)
• E-PRINT Network (database of pre-publication science manuscripts, from the Department of Energy)
• NASA Mars Rover Mission
• NASA: Shuttle Columbia Info
• NASA Technical Reports Server
• National Academy of Sciences
• National Biological Information Infrastructure (Gateway site for biological information on the Web, designed for both specialists and general users.)
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
• National Science Foundation
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
• Science.Gov (portal for government science Web resources)
• Scientific and Technical Information Network
• SciTech Resources.Gov (portal site for finding government STM Web resources)
• United States Geological Survey (A wealth of information and research reports on geology, biology, and water resources. Also, find USGS information by state .)
• United States Patent and Trademark Office

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State Information

• FindLaw: State Resources
• Joyner Library North Carolina Collection (Find subject guides, N.C. Web sites, and resources in Joyner Library)
• National Governors Association
  
• State and Local Government on the Net
• State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell University)
• State Tax Forms
• Stateline.org (state news by topic)

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Statistical Resources

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• American Factfinder (primary source of 1990 and 2000 census numbers)
• Census Bureau International Data Base (statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world)
• Census Bureau State and County QuickFacts
• CensusScope (Portal for Census 2000 data from the Social Science Data Analysis Network)
• Cyberschoolbus (United Nations)
  
• Fedstats (Search for government statistics and data, or browse by topic.)
• FirstGov Citizen Gateway: Facts About Your Community
• Historical United States Census Data: 1790-1960 (University of Virginia)
• Lexis Nexis Statistical Universe (includes American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, and Index to International Statistics
  
• Non-Population Federal Census Publications: 1810-1997
• Population Reference Bureau (basic demographic info and analysis)
• State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)
• Statistics from Government (Web resources by topic, from the University of Minnesota.)
• US Census Bureau

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Tax Information

• Federal Tax Forms and Publications
• Internal Revenue Service
• Internal Revenue Service 1040 Central (info for individual taxpayers)
• North Carolina Tax Forms
• Other State Tax Forms
• Tax History Project
• Tax Links (IRS revenue rulings from 1954-present, plus links to other resources.)

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