U. S. Government Information via the Internet
Nearly all United States Government and quasi-government agencies provide
information on the World Wide Web. The nature of the information and its format
varies with the agency. The least information you can expect to find are the
mission and policies of the agency, its head, and other contact persons. Most
agencies provide considerably more information, including recent publications,
statistics, and images.
Key Sites for Government Information:
Search for additional sites using Selected
Subject Areas or your favorite search engine.
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:
Search for additional sites using Key Sites
or your favorite search engine.
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
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
Text of many U.S. Copyright Office publications including Copyright Basics
and Information Circulars.
Patent and Trademark Office
Text 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.
Tax Forms
IRS website
This is a direct link to the IRS for tax forms and publications.
Tax Resources on the Internet
Federal tax forms and publications, also forms and publications from many
states. Courtesy of Michigan Electronic Library.
