Directories & Finding Aids

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Arranges U.S. Government sites by topic. The site is a partnership between GPO Access and the Oklahoma State University Edmon Low Library.

USA.gov

Official information and services from the U.S. government. USA.gov is an interagency initiative administered by the U.S. General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services and Communications.

U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory

Agency sites organized according to the structure in the U.S. Government Manual. The site is maintained by Louisiana State University.

Popular Resources (alphabetical)

American FactFinder

Interactive, searchable interface for Census 2000, 1990 Census, the American Community Survey and 1997 Economic Census.

Budget of the United States Government

Full-text of current fiscal year budget as well as links to previous budgets back to 1996.

Census Information

Census Bureau: Demographic and economic information, including news, access tools, Subjects A-Z and publications.

County and City Data Books
2000 County & City Data Book
1994 & 1988 County & City Data Books

 

United States Historical Census Data Browser : Census information which describes the population and economy of the U.S. states and counties from 1790 - 1960.

CIA World Factbook

Maps and facts about all of the countries of the world as gathered by the CIA.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

A codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

Consumer Health Information

healthfinder: A free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

 

medlineplus.gov: Available for you and your family's health with accurate, current, commercial free and totally private health information.

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 the GPO Access service. Categories are: Legislative and Legal, Regulatory, Office of the President, Demographic, Economic and miscellaneous.

ERIC

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.

Federal Register

Official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other presidential Documents. Volumes from 1994 - present.

FedStats

The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

FedWorld

Established by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, to serve as a comprehensive central access point for locating and ordering federal government information from job announcements to tax forms.

GPOAccess

A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to Federal information arranged by the branches of government.

Health, United States

Vital and health statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

House of Representatives

Information on House members, committees, votes and the House schedule.

IRS Tax Forms

Forms and publications from the IRS.

Library of Congress

Major sections of the site include: The Library Today (an electronic magazine of the Library of Congress featuring news and events); THOMAS (for comprehensive federal legislation information); The American Memory Historical Collections (multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections); Copyright Office; Exhibitions (online presentation of many of the exhibitions held at the Library); and The Library of Congress Online Catalog (a database of records that represent and describe the nearly 121 million items held by the Library.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Source of career information published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Senate

Information on Senators, committees, legislative activities, Senate history, as well as a virtual tour.

science.gov

Contains reliable information resources selected by the respective agencies as their best science information. Two major types of information are included; selected authoritative science web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, and other published materials.

Smithsonian Institution

Online resources from the Smithsonian including information regarding exhibitions, events, individual museums, and research.

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Census Bureau's basic annual compendium of federal statistics; includes nearly 1,600 tables of social, economic and political statistics.

Supreme Court

Includes docket information, oral arguments, rules, opinions, and information about the Court.

Thomas

Legislative information provided by the Library of Congress.

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