Internet Resources for U.S. Federal Government Documents
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Executive Branch |
- The White
House
- Includes links to the offices of the President and Vice President.
White House Electronic Publications
- Contains access to press briefings, radio addresses, Executive Orders,
and all other publicly released White House publications.
The Plum Book: Policy and Supporting Positions
- Published every four years after the latest Presidential election, the
United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions, is commonly
known as the Plum Book. This publication contains data on over 8,000 Federal
civil service
leadership and support positions in the legislative and executive
branches of the Federal Government that may be subject to
noncompetitive appointment.
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Legislative Branch |
Thomas: Legislative Information
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
Voting Records via Project Vote Smart (and other congressional information)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present
Congressional Pictorial Directory: 105th Congress and 106th Congress
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Judicial Branch |
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Law
Resources
United States Supreme Court Multimedia Database (The Oyez Project: Northwestern University)
- Includes searchable indexes of cases, biographical material of
present and past justices, and a virtual tour of the Supreme Court
Building.
...also Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975
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Search Engines, Federal Agencies, Publications, and Resources |
Search Engines
- GovBot
- Approximately 535,000 web pages from
government and military sites located in the United States searchable by
using a form search and keywords for the entire database or only URLs (source)
and/or web page titles.
Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
- "As part of the Federal role in the National
Information Infrastructure, GILS identifies and describes information resources
throughout the Federal government, and provides assistance in obtaining
the information. GILS supplements other government and commercial information
dissemination mechanisms, and uses international standards for information
search and retrieval so that information can be retrieved in a variety
of ways."
- U.S.
Federal Government Agencies Directory (LSU)
- This page maintained by
Louisana State
University Libraries is a directory of U.S. Federal Government agencies
as represented in the United
States Government Manual. Indentations will inform the reader of
the institution's place in the hierarchy. Not every level of organization
will be indexed here. Some organizations (such as the Navy) have numerous
sub-organizations and provide excellent indexes from their home pages.
If an institution is not represented here, try the parent
organization.
Browse Pathway GILS Records (GPO)
- Cabinet-level and major independent Federal
agencies.
- Catalog
of U.S. Government Publications (MoCat)
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The Catalog is a search and retrieval
service that provides bibliographic records of U.S.
Government information resources. Use it to link to Federal agency online resources or identify
materials distributed to Federal Depository Libraries. Coverage begins with January 1994 and new
records are added daily.
Browse Electronic Titles (GPO)
- Publications are entered on the Browse
Electronic Titles web page maintained by the U.S.
Government Printing Office. It is a service that assists users
in obtaining Federal Government information via the internet, and
provides direct access to individual publications located on servers at
official Federal agency web sites.
Uncle Sam Migrating Government Publications (Univ. of Memphis)
- This page attempts to track printed government
publications that are migrating to the Internet by identifying URLs and
linking them directly to the electronic documents.
U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection (Columbia)
- The most frequently used depository document
titles in subject categories.
Government Periodicals on the Web (Auburn)
- An alphabetic listing of many magazines,
newsletters, and serial publications published by a variety of governmental
organizations. By no means complete, this listing includes Superintendent
of Documents numbers, and indexing information.
Government Periodicals (Univ. of Louisville)
- Another alphabetic listing which then
links to other related information.
Resources
- Browse
Topics (GPO)
- Government Internet sites by subject
topic.
Federal Government Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center)
- This site is divided by broad subject
categories.
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Other Websites of Interest |
The Federal Web Locator (Villanova Law)
FedStats -Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
Foreign Governments Web Pages (Northwestern)
GAO Blue Book Reports (via GPO Access)
Government Information Resources (Univ. of Virginia)
Information on Selected Foreign Countries (Auburn)
Legislative Histories: A Guide for class assignments (Univ of Michigan Documents Center)
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR)
Soundex for use with the "census manuscripts."
State Government Finance Data, by State
U.S. Imports/Exports History, 1993-1997
U.S. Patents (IBM)
U.S. State Fact Sheets
YouthInfo
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Citing Electronic Resources |
- Style
Manuals and Citation Guides
- Includes link to Citing Government Publications
along with MLA, Turabian, APA styles.
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