Key Sites for Government Information
Nearly all United States government and quasi-governmental agencies provide information on the World Wide Web. The nature of the information and its format varies by agency. You can expect to find the mission and policies of the agency, its director, and other contact persons. Most agencies provide considerably more information, including recent publications, statistics, and images.
USA.gov:
This is the official government site that searches over 87 million sites. Can
search for just federal, federal and a specific state, federal and all states,
all states, or a specific state. Advanced search gives the most flexibility.
Core Documents of U. S. Democracy
GPO
Access/Superintendent of Documents Home Page
Links to U. S. Government Databases including Commerce Business Daily, MoCAT,
Products for Sale, Federal Register, U. S. Code, and Weekly Compilation of
Presidential Documents; The Federal Bulletin Board; Government Information
Locator Service; and more.
Federal Web
Navigator
A service of the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy, this site
provides an agency oriented approach to locating government information.
Government
Document Brochures and Pamphlets
This digital collection contains selected general interest publications
produced by the U.S. Federal Government and received by the University at
Buffalo Libraries through the Federal Depository Library Program.
FedWorld
Provided by NTIS, this site offers a subject oriented approach to locating
government information
Selected Subject Areas
Aerospace
NASA Scientific & Technical
Information Program
Provides access to more than three million aerospace-related bibliographic
citations. It includes
CASI TRS (RECONselect) containing bibliographic citations and abstracts
for public aerospace documents, journal articles, and conference proceedings
from 1970 to the present. Documents may be available at Michigan Tech Library
or through interlibrary loan.
Census/Demography
Bureau of the Census
Demographic, economic, and social statistical information. Consult a number of
ready-made tables or use on-line software to create custom tables or maps.
Energy
Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge
Full text of DOE scientific and technical reports from January 1996 to
present.
Department of Energy Office of
Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
OSTI provides access to a wealth of energy, science, and technology research
and development (R&D) information from the Manhattan Project to the
present.
Executive
White House
Information about the President, Vice President, and First Lady. White House
press releases, links to cabinets and information about former presidents also
can be found at this site.
Intellectual Property
Copyright Office
Texts of many U.S. Copyright Office publications including Copyright Basics
and Information Circulars.
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
Texts of many PTO publications. Search the
Patent Database (1976 to present).
Judicial
Findlaw: Laws: Cases and
Codes
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions (1898 -), U.S. Courts of Appeals, State Courts,
and more.
Selected
Historic Cases
325 Historic Decisions courtesy of Cornell University's Legal Information
Institute.
Federal
Court Locator
The Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the
Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be
the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the World
Wide Web. This list is maintained to bring the cyber citizen to the federal
government's doorstep.
Directory of
Electronic Public Access Services
Automated information in the United States Federal Courts
Legislative
United States Senate
Information from and about Senators, Senate Committees, Senate leadership and
support services, etc.
United States House of
Representatives
Access to legislative information as well as information about members,
committees, etc.
U.S. House of
Representatives Internet Law Library
Provides access to legal resources including the U.S. Code and the Code of
Federal Regulations.
GPO Access
Full text versions of Congressional Bills, Congressional Calendars,
Congressional Directory, Congressional Documents, Congressional Reports,
Congressional Record, Congressional Record Index, Economic Indicators, Federal
Register and Unified Agenda, General Accounting Office (GAO) Reports,
Government Manual, History of Bills, Public Laws, Code of Federal Regulations,
and United States Code.
Thomas
User friendly legislative information provided by the US Congress through its
library.
Maps
US Geological Survey
Maps and related products available from the USGS.
Digital Raster Graphics
(DRG)
Scanned images of USGS quadranges. Many Upper Peninsula quadrangles may be
downloaded.
Geographic Names Information
System (GNIS)
Official Repository of U. S. Geographic names information
Tiger Mapping Service
Create your own maps using Census and other publicly available data.
Centre for Topographic
Information
Canada's national topographic mapping agency.
Earth Science Information Center
Search index maps for 7.5 minute topographic maps and aerial photographics or
download digital cartographic data (may require specialized software).
Soils
National Resource Conservations
Service Soils web page
This page is the gateway and part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an
effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies
to deliver scientifically based soil information. It includes a link to the Web
Soil Survey, a web site which allows online viewing of soil survey maps and
reports. This new application greatly enhances access to information on soils.
