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Administrative Law

Code of Federal Regulations: via GPO Access Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): via LexisNexis Congressional Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Federal Register: via GPO Access 1994 - current Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia

All Branches

American Memory: A collection of digital texts and images, including books, manuscripts, photographs, and film created from the collections of the U.S. Library of Congress Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications: provides an index to print and electronic publications created by Federal agencies. When available, links are provided to the full-text of these publications. Additionally, the locate libraries feature enables users to find libraries by state or area code that can make print publications available for their use. Coverage begins with January 1994. New records are added daily. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
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. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS): Classified Government Documents as they are declassified. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Digital National Security Archive: The most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to US foreign and military policy since 1945. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Federal Citizen Information Center: Since 1970, the Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) has been a trusted one-stop shop for answers to questions about consumer problems and government services. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
FedLaw: FedLaw was developed to see if legal resources on the Internet could be a useful and cost-effective research tool for Federal lawyers and other Federal employees. Fedlaw has assembled references of use to people doing Federal legal research and which can be accessed directly through "point and click" hypertext connections. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
FedStats: One-stop access to publicly available statistics produced by more than 70 US agencies. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
FedWorld: The NTIS-sponsored FedWorld Site is huge including tens of thousands of NTIS files available via FTP; Federal job announcements, about 1500 updated daily, five days a week (Tues-Sat); all the government reports, studies, and other information sent to NTIS within last 30 days, in searchable form; IRS forms and information (or browse them); world news, and numerous links to other agencies, including a fairly good index of U.S. Government servers by subject. The goal of NTIS FedWorld is to provide a one-stop location for the public to locate, order and have delivered to them, U.S. Government information. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
GPO Monthly Catalog: Consists of records published by the GPO (Government Printing Office) since July 1976. Includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and more. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
NTIS-National Technical Information Service: The National Technical Information Service(NTIS) serves our nation as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. Here you will find information on more than 600,000 information products covering over 350 subject areas from over 200 federal agencies. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
PAIS International: Materials on public affairs from 1972 to date. Includes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
SearchGov.com: Searches U.S. Government, state and local web sites (excluding .mil sites) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
U.S. Government Graphics and Photos: Many high-quality images on a wide variety of topics. Most of these images and graphics are available for use in the public domain they may be used and reproduced without permission or fee. However, some images may be protected by license. Browse alphabetically. Some links are to other, equally rich collections, such as the link named Digital Library System, which leads to the image collection of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. From FirstGov.gov. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia

Executive Agencies, Commissions, etc.

Data Files | Forms

About Elections and Voting: A source of statistics and information on the United States Federal election process from the Federal Election Commission. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Age Pages & Fact Sheets: Information on health topics for older people from the National Institute on Aging Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
American FactFinder: American FactFinder is a new data access and dissemination system that provides useful facts and information about your community, your economy, and your society. The system will find and retrieve the information you need from some of the Census Bureau's largest data sets. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Business.Census.gov: Includes economic snapshots of selected industries and business facts and ratios about every industry Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
CIC Floppy Disk Project: A partnership between GPO and the Indiana University, Bloomington Libraries on behalf of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), making publications that were distributed to federal depository libraries on floppy disk available over the Internet. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
CMH Series and Collections: Center for Military History publications Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Cold Regions Bibliography: This project is carried out under an Interagency Agreement between the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress and the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). Its mission is to disseminate information on cold regions science and technology. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Country Studies: This online series presently contains studies of 101 countries. Most of the books in the series deal with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions. From the Library of Congress. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
CRISP: (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects): biomedical database system containing information on research projects and programs supported by the Department of Health and Human Services. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
CyberCemetery: Permanent public access to electronic Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions provided by the University of North Texas in partnership with GPO Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Defense Acquisition University: Abstracts of projects, journal articles, etc. from Defense Systems Management College and DAU Press Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Defense Technical Information Center: (DTIC): unclassified military scientific and technical documents, Dec. 1974 to present. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Development Experience Clearinghouse: (DEC): a global resource for development experience from USAID. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Educators Reference Desk: Includes lesson plans, access to the ERIC database. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Energy Citations Database (ECD): Contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related STI from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The Database provides access to DOE publicly available citations from 1948 through the present, with continued growth through regular updates. 1948-to date. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
ERIC via CSA: Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Coverage from 1966 - Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse: Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
GAO Reports: The GAO (General Accounting Office) Reports database contains all published reports, except correspondence and reports that are restricted or classified. The database is updated within two business days after reports are released. Each GAO report is available as an ASCII text file and as an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Full text of some reports 1976-1980, most reports 1981 to date. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Grants.gov: A useful source for locating and applying for Federal government grants. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights: Offers full text of the publications of the Civil Rights Commission from its inception in 1957 with title, subject, date and Sudoc call number access. From the Thurgood Marshall Law Library of the University of Maryland School of Law. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
HUD User: The only bibliographic database exclusively dedicated to housing and community development issues. It contains more than 10,000 full-abstract citations to research reports, articles, books, monographs, and data sources in housing policy, building technology, economic development, urban planning, and a host of other relevant fields. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Information Bridge: Provides the open source to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics. The Information Bridge consists of full-text documents produced and made available by the Department of Energy National Laboratories and grantees from 1995 forward. Additional legacy documents are also included as they become available in electronic format. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Institute for National Strategic Studies: Publication Directorate: The Publication Directorate of INSS publishes books, monographs, reports, and occasional papers on national security strategy, defense policy, and national military strategy through National Defense University Press that reflect the output of university research and academic programs. In addition, it produces Joint Force Quarterly, a professional military journal published for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
MERLN: the Military Education & Research Library Network: The MERLN (Military Education Research Library Network) website represents United States military education libraries, United States Department of Defense Regional Center libraries and their international counterpart libraries in a comprehensive website devoted to international military education outreach Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
NACA Technical Report Server: The NASA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) Technical Report Server is an experimental service that allows users to search the many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Specifically, it is a unified interface to many separate WAIS servers. NTRS is both a superset of the of the various servers, and a canonical listing of the servers. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
National Climate Data Center NOAA: NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center for Meteorology which is collocated at NCDC in Asheville, North Carolina, and the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology which is located in Boulder, Colorado. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Indexes and abstracts more than 160,000 criminal justice publications including: federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, unpublished research. Includes a full text subset of more than 1,500 publications on this site and from NCJRS partner agency web sites. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS): The National Environmental Publications Information System [NEPIS] began in 1997. Offers one-stop shopping for over 6,000 full text, online Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] documents. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
NBBI, National Biological Information Infrastructure: The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is an initiative to help locate, evaluate, and access biological data, information products, and data analysis tools from a distributed network of cooperating data and information sources. The NBII Metadata Clearinghouse contains standardized metadata-based descriptions of biological data sets and information products. Metadata descriptions follow the FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
NIST Virtual Library (NVL): This site features information on the National Institute for Standards and Technology programs and publications. Also features full text copy of the new NIST Journal of Research, subject guides, and links to related Internet sites. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey: A subset of the GeoRef database established by the American Geological Institute, this database provides access to the publications of the USGS and includes references to U.S. Geological Survey reports and maps published from 1880 to date, references to non-USGS publications with USGS authors published from 1983 to date, and 225 references to reports produced by the Hayden, King, Powell, and Wheeler surveys. The database contains more than 130,000 references. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Reports of the Surgeon General (from NLM): Contains official reports, conference and workshop reports, and proceedings from the Office of the Surgeon General. The National Library of Medicine has digitized and made available the Reports of the Surgeon General for use by the public. (Official Reports from 1964-2000) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Southern Research Station - Publications: U.S. Forest Service: This database contains publications in support of this group's mission to create the science and technology needed to sustain and enhance southern forest ecosystems and the benefits they provide. The database can be searched by author, title, keyword, date range, and publication origin; publication number; and by the most recent publications added to the database. There are also online versions of Compass, a publication catalog of research products from scientists at SRS. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
STAT-USA/Internet: Business, trade and economic information, includes NTDB (available in the Strozier Library Documents Department, a librarian must log you in) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services) a component of the National Transportation Library: A composite file with records that are either abstracts of published articles and reports, or summaries of ongoing or recently completed research projects relevant to the planning, development, operation, and performance of transportation systems and their components. Users can search the entire TRIS database or restrict their searches to any combination of subfiles and record types. TRIS provides international coverage of ongoing research projects, published journal articles, state and federal government reports, conference proceedings, research and technical papers, and monographs. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
United States Patent and Trademark Office: Provides full-text access to patents and trademarks granted since 1976 (full-page images since 1790), as well as patent applications received by the office; subject areas covered includes: biology, business, chemistry, engineering, optometry, pharmacy, sciences, technology. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Academic Institutional Profiles: Produced annually for those universities and colleges reporting non-zero data for the past three fiscal years in at least one of the following surveys: the National Science Foundation (NSF) Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges (academic R&D expenditures survey); the NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (graduate student survey); and the NSF Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges and Nonprofit Institutions (Federal support survey). Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
CAGE Codes: Searchable Commercial and Government Entity codes provided by the Defense Logistics Information Service. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations: Identifies prevailing wage rates for construction-related occupations by county in the United States. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
EDGAR: 10-K reports and other electronic filings and forms from the Security and Exchange Commission. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Fraser: The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research is the newest project by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to expand on its mission to provide economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy. On this web site you will find links to scanned images (in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
FRED® II: (Federal Reserve Economic Data)a database of over 2900 U.S. economic time series. With FRED® II you can download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): Physical and cultural geographic features in the United States. A similar database for the Antarctica is also available through this link Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS): Contains data related to the Federal program to ensure the safe transportation of hazardous materials by air, highway, rail, and water Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Historical Census Browser: Data available on this site describes the population and economy of U.S. states and counties from 1790 to 1960 (from the University of Virginia Library). Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Institution-level data in such areas as enrollments, program completions, faculty, staff, and finances. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
ONET OnLine: Dictionary of Occupational Titles updated and searchable online. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI): Via RTK/NET reports individual facilities information about releases and transfers of toxic chemicals. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
TranStats HomePage: TranStats is a website for transportation researchers and analysts aimed at providing "one-stop shopping" for transportation data. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
USPS Zip Code Lookup: Find zip codes and address information from the United States Postal Service. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Forms.gov: The United States government's official site for federal forms. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
IRS Forms and Publications: For downloading Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Uncle Sam - Forms from the Feds: A collection of links to their "most requested forms", compiled by the University of Memphis, Regional Depository Library. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia

The Congress

GPO Access: 1993 (103rd) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
LexisNexis Congressional: 1989 (101st) to present. Click on Bills. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Thomas: 1989 (101st) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Universe: 104th Congress (1995) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
GPO Access: 104th Congress (1995) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Committee Prints: -- from 1997 Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Universe: 1993 (103rd) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
LexisNexis Congressional: 101st Congress (1989) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Thomas: 104th Congress (1995) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Universe: 100th Congress (1988) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
GPO Access: 103rd Congress (1993) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet: Full text access to current bills under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. American Memory: Historical collections for the National Digital Library. Catalogs: Books, journals, documents, maps, and other materials owned by the United States Library of Congress. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports: via the State Dept. Foreign Press Center Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Research Service Reports: on the legislative process in the House Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Research Service Reports: from The Memory Hole Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Research Service Reports at NLE: (National Library for the Environment) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Research Service [CRS] Archives: from the Federation of American Scientists Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Lexis Nexis Congressional: (1916-present) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Biographical directory: Online, continuously updated version of the print publication: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present. Database searchable by name, position, and state. Most entries includes a short biography, plus biobibliographical information. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Historical Indexes, 1789-1969: from LexisNexis. Includes indexing of unpublished hearings as current as 1980

Most of these hearings are available in the Documents area (Strozier basement). If Strozier owns the hearing in paper, it will be found under the SuDoc call numbers given in the Indexes; microfiche is found in row 5E filed by the CIS number. Unpublished hearings are available only on microfiche and are also in row 5E filed by CIS number. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
CQ Researcher: Provides in-depth reports on current events and topics of current interest. Each report provides historical background on the topic, outside commentary, pro/con arguments, chronological information, and a substantial bibliography. CQ Researcher addresses a wide range of topics including legal, political, and social issues, communication and mass media, health, education, science, and technology. Coverage is from 1923 to the present. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet: Full text access to current bills under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. American Memory: Historical collections for the National Digital Library. Catalogs: Books, journals, documents, maps, and other materials owned by the United States Library of Congress. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
U.S. Congressional Serial Set – Readex: The Serial Set is a collection of U.S. Government publications compiled under the directive of Congress. It includes Congressional reports and documents as well as executive agency and departmental reports ordered to be printed by Congress. The Readex Serial Set will cover 1817-1980. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Hearings: Selected hearings, from 1997 - Present -- transcripts of testimony before House and Senate Committees Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Historical Indexes, 1789-1969: from LexisNexis. Includes indexing of unpublished hearings as current as 1980

Most of these hearings are available in the Documents area (Strozier basement). If Strozier owns the hearing in paper, it will be found under the SuDoc call numbers given in the Indexes; microfiche is found in row 5E filed by the CIS number. Unpublished hearings are available only on microfiche and are also in row 5E filed by CIS number. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Universe: 1988 (100th) - present; witness testimony only Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
CQ weekly: CQ Weekly Online includes an archive dating back to 1983 of this important weekly magazine. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Congressional Universe: 100th Congress (1988) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
GPO Access: 104th Congress (1995) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
LexisNexis Congressional: 1789 - present (Statutes at Large) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Thomas: summaries; 93rd Congress (1973) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
GPO Access: 104th Congress (1995) - present Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia

The Judiciary

Supreme Court | U.S. Appellate Courts | U.S. District Courts

Oral Argument Archive: Provides information about major constitutional cases heard and decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Audio files begin in 1995 and are downloadable. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation: annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 29, 1992: (with 2000 supplement) is available in print via GPO Access. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
U S Supreme Court Opinions: 1893 - present via FindLaw Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
US Supreme Court Briefs: 1979 - current via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
(click on Legal Research, then Federal Case Law; select Supreme Court Briefs on Court menu) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
US Supreme Court Lawyers Edition Cases: (opinions) 1791 - present via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe (click on Legal Research, then Federal Case Law; select Supreme Court Cases on Court menu,
or, if citation number is known, click on Legal Research, then Shepard's for U.S. Supreme Court) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
US Supreme Court Previews: 1991 - current via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
(click on Legal Research, then Federal Case Law; select Supreme Court Previews on Court menu) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
US: via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe see the Source List entry for content details;
(click on Legal Research, then Federal Case Law; select Court of Appeals on Court menu) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
U.S. District Courts: Includes links to the County/District Court locator, Federal Court fees, subpoena regulations, post judgment interest rates and statistical reports. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
US 1789 - present: via Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe LEXIS-NEXIS; see the Source List entry for content details;
(click on Legal Research, then Federal Case Law; select District Courts on Court menu) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia

The Presidency

Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget | Executive Orders and Proclamations

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: A compendium of over 1,000 programs, programs, services and activities that provide assistance or benefits to state and local governments, public and private institutions, and specialized groups and individuals. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
The Budget of the United States Government: via GPO Access 1997 - present. Paper editions located in the Documents Collection of Strozier Library. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
Federal Register: via GPO Access 1994 - current Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
GPO Access: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 1993 - present. Older paper editions located in the Documents Collection of Strozier Library (AE2.109:) Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia
LexisNexis Congressional: Federal Register 1981 to present. Click on Federal Register. Save to del.icio.us Save to Ma.gnolia