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I-SHARE
Catalog
- Use the I-SHARE catalog to locate U.S. print documents
from all time periods in the Benedictine University Library
collection. If you do not locate a government document
in our collection, expand your search to include the
other I-SHARE libraries.
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- WorldCat
- OCLC Firstsearch Union Catalog
- Most publications of the GPO for recent years will be
listed in Worldcat. However, not all libraries catalog
their government document holdings.
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- Web Indexes to Documents and Government Information
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Uncle Sam
- Google Federal and State documents.
FirstGov - The
first-ever Government Web site to provide the public
with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal
Government resources.
GPO Access
- The Superintendent of Documents' Home Page and main
site for federal government information. This site
provides access to the web via several university
"gateways" (Also see Help
Files.)
Browse
Government Internet Sites By Topic
Browse
Government Internet Sites By Agency
GODORT's
Frequently Used Sites - Broken down by category:
Business & Industry, Census, Consumer Information,
Statistics, Tax Forms, Voting/Elections, etc.
Browse
Government Resources (Library of Congress) - Links
to general government information, official government
Web sites, and political and international information.
Federal
Information Sources (East Carolina Univ.) - Extensive
page of links is strong on statistical information.
GODORT
Handout Exchange - Guides to government information
sources written by library staff across the United
States, arranged by broad subject classification..
Government
Information Locator Service (GILS) - Supplements
other government and commercial information dissemination
mechanisms.
FedWorld Information
Network Home Page - Extensive, annotated subject
index to gederal government web sites.
Government
Reference Resources - Provides many valuable links
to such items as the Congressional Record, the U.S.
Code, The Code of Federal Regulations, and the Uniform
Commercial Code.
The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: US Government Information
Sources - And index of 900+ government link
Federal Citizen Information
Center, National Contact Center - your "front
door" to the U.S. government
- Federal
Government Resources on the Web - University of
Michigan Documents Center
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- Federal Web
Locator - Center for Information Law and Policy
Retrospective
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- Monthly Catalog of U.S.
Government Publications, 1893- .
- Since 1940, the Monthly Catalog is the most comprehensive
index to publications of all U.S. government departments
and the Congress. The Document Catalog is preferred
for the period 1893-1940. The arrangement is by government
agency. Indexes refer to Monthly Catalog (MoCat)
entry numbers. Entries provide full bibliographic information
and Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) Number. A web
version of the
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP
covers 1994 to the present and a Telnet
version covers 1976 to the present. The bibliographic
records are also available in
GPO / FirstSearch and WorldCat
/ FirstSearch from 1976.
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- Document Catalog 1893-1940.
25 vols.
- The most complete index to all types of U.S. documents
for the period 1893-1940. Lists government authors, personal
authors, and subjects in a single alphabet and gives full
bibliographic information at each entry, including Serial
Set numbers when present.
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Checklist of United States public documents
1789-1909, congressional: to close of Sixtieth Congress,
departmental: to end of calendar
year 1909. 3rd. ed. Washington, Govt.
Print. Off., 1911.
Bills
Online
Lexis-Nexis
Academic: Includes Hot
bills and topics section
- THOMAS - Legislative
Information on the Internet
Includes the full-text of House and Senate Bills for the
101st Congress (1989-90) to the present, bill summary
and status from 1973 to the present, as well as lists
of hot bills by topic, popular name, and number.
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- Congressional
Bills - from GPO Access
Includes access to Congressional Bills from the 103rd
Congress (1993-1994) to the present.
Congressional Record
Congressional Record (1875 - present) is available
online for the years 1994 onwards at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html.
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- Annals of Congress (1789 - 1824)
- [Periodicals Collection 328.73 U47]
- Register of Debates (1824 - 1837)
- [Periodicals Collection 328.73 U48]
- Congressional Globe (1833 - 1873)
- [Periodicals Collection 328.73 U5 ]
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- GPO
Access - Congressional Record
Full-text from 1995 to present, Congressional
Record Index from 1983 to the present.
- THOMAS, Legislative
Information on the Internet
Access to the full text of the Congressional Record
from the 101st Congress to the present, as well as the
Congressional Record Index from 1994 to the present.
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A Century of Law Making for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional
Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
Annals of Congress (1789 to 1824), Register
of Debates (1824-1837), and Congressional Globe
(1833-1873).
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Constitution
- Constitution
of the United States of America - via GPO Access
- Constitution
of the United States - Digitized version of the Constitution via National Archives and Records
Administration
Federal Budget
United States. Bureau of the Budget. The budget
of the United States Government. Washington,
D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print.
Off.]
- Budget
of the United States Government.
- Federal Budget publications back to 1996.
Foreign Relations
- Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations
of the United States 1861-1931. Washington,
D.C.: G. P. O., 1870-1931.
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- Foreign Relations of the United States,
1932- . Washington, D.C.: The Department. U.S. G.P.O.,
1948-
- 1932-1964/68 and continuing. Foreign Relations of
the United States is an important source of information
about American foreign policy. It constitutes the State
Department's official record and provides access to previously
classified material that otherwise would be unavailable.
Simultaneously, its status as the official record also
compromises its completeness, since it is heavily edited,
with much material remaining classified.
It is organized by year or groups of years, with geographical
or topical sub-divisions. Many volumes deal with specific
countries at specific times. For many years some volumes
are simply labelled "general" to include those
documents that do not fall into more specific categories.
The documents in each volume are arranged chronologically.
Each document has notes indicating its source and, where
necessary, annotations providing contextual information
or data relating the document to others. There is also
a table of sources and abbreviations at the beginning
of each volume, and each volume has its own detailed subject
and author index. Cumulative indexes, shelved with the
set, cover 1861-1899 and 1900-1918.
- Foreign
Relations of the United States - from the State Department.
- Includes many volumes online.
Federal Register
- The Federal Register is published by the Office of
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
It is the official publication for Presidential Documents
and Executive Orders, as well as Notices, Rules and Proposed
Rules from Federal agencies and organizations. The Federal
Register is published Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
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- Federal
Register online via GPO Access.
- Text of the FR from 1994 to the present.
Hearings
- Congressional
Hearings on the Web - from the University of Michigan
Documents Center
- Congressional
Hearings - GPO Access
Limited number of hearings from the 105th Congress, 1997
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Presidential/Executive
Documents
- Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993- .
- Published every Monday by the Office of the Federal
Register, National Archives and Records Administration
and contains statements, messages, and other Presidential
materials released by the White House during the preceding
week. Texts of Addresses, Bill Signings, Communications
to Congress and Federal Agencies, Executive Orders, Interviews,
Statements, etc. Quarterly, semi-annual, and annual name
and subject indexes. -- Most documents are eventually
included in the Public Papers of the Presidents of
the United States.
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Public Papers of the Presidents
of the United States.
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- Clinton Presidential
Materials Project
- Includes press briefings, radio addresses, Executive
Orders, and all other publicly released White House publications
between January 20, 1993 through January 20, 2001.
- United States. President. A Compilation
of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents 1789-1897
by James D. Richardson. Washington [D.C.] : U.S.
Govt. Print. Off., 1896-99.
Public Laws
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic
- Full text of all Public Laws from 1988 to the present.
Public laws are added to the database within 10 days after
they are passed.
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- Public
Laws - GPO Access
- Public Laws for the 104th Congress (1995-1996) to the
present.
- Public Laws - THOMAS
- Legislative Information on the Internet
- Includes Public Laws from 1973 to the present.
Serial Set
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- Sequentially numbered bound volumes of congressional
reports and documents.
- Online
from GPO Access
- 104th congress, 995/96 to the present.
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Staff Directories
Statutes at Large
- Statutes at Large, 1789- (Containing
the Acts of Congress, including the Public Laws of the
U.S.)
- From 1789 to 1873, the text of the statutes can be found
in the appendices to each volume of the three forerunners
to the Congressional Record: Annals of Congress
[Periodicals Collection 328.73 U47], Register of Debates
[Periodicals Collection 328.73 U48], and Congressional
Globe [Periodicals Collection 328.73 U5].
Supreme Court Decisions
- Search
Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 - 1975 and U.S.
Supreme Court Opinions 1992 - , both from GPO Access.
FindLaw:
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
US Supreme Court decisions from 1893 to the present,
from volume 150 of the US Reports.
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Decisions
of the U.S. Supreme Court
Text of decisions from May, 1990 to the present. Plus
over 600
historic cases. Compliments of Legal Information
Institute, Cornell University
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FedWorld/FLITE
Supreme Court Decisions
Text of decisions from 1937 to 1975.
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Oyez Project
Information about major constitutional cases heard
and decided by the Supreme Court. Digital records
of Court proceedings in RealAudio.
United States Code
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic Current version.
- U.S. Code - U.S.
House of Representatives
- United
States Code - Legal Information Institute, Cornell
Law School
- Based on the version provided by the U.S. House.
- GPO
Access
- The United States Code is prepared and published by
the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of
Representatives, and contains the general and permanent
laws of the United States in effect as of January 1994,
plus supplements, and some volumes of the 2000 Code.
Frequently Visited U.S. Government
Sites
National
Elections
- Campaign
2004 News - this site, sponsored by publisher
Lexis-Nexis, provides links to the latest updates
on Election 2004 candidates, and issues surrounding
the 2004 presidential election.
- Election
2004 (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center) - Numerous
links to information on candidates and voting, policy
issues, and what happens after the elections.
Bibliographies
of U.S. government publications
Executive Branch
Legislative
Branch
Judicial Branch
Government
periodicals
Copyright
Patents and
Trademarks
Tax Information
Law
Enforcement
- United States
Department of Justice Home Page - Describes
the Office, provides links to speeches, annual
reports, and information on the anti-gang and
youth violence initiative.
- Department
of Homeland Security - provides the unifying
core for the vast national network of organizations
and institutions involved in efforts to secure
our nation.
- Bureau
of Diplomatic Security - Features information
on security for Americans at home and abroad.
While this site does not cover all aspects of
terrorism in the U.S. and abroad, it does provide
a look at how one federal agency is involved in
the fight against terrorism.
- Drug Enforcement
Administration - Offers basic information
about the agency including some documents published
since 1995.
- The FBI -
A broad collection of information resources is
included in this site: individuals wanted by the
FBI, employment opportunities, the history of
the bureau, plus reports on recent investigations.
- Fugitives
- Wanted - Includes links to lists of wanted
fugitives from the FBI, the DEA and the U.S. Marshals
Service.
- U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service - The
FAQ
section of this site is fairly extensive, offering
information on asylum, green cards, citizenship,
etc.
- Central Intelligence
Agency - Along with information about the
CIA, this site provides access to the World
Factbook and the Handbook
of International Economic Statistics among
other valuable publications.
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U.S.
International Trade Commission - An important
source for government import/export data, with
user-friendly access. Includes ITC Trade DataWeb,
Summary U.S. Trade by Region, & U.S. Trade
by Partner Country.
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The
International Market - List of resources (including
Web links, print and CD-ROM resources) for international
business information and statistics.
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Morehead, Joe. Introduction to United States
Government Information Sources. 6th ed. Englewood,
Colo., Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
R 015.73053S439 U1994
Sears, Jean. Using Government Information Sources;
print and electronic. 2d ed. Phoenix, Oryx,
1994. 539p. Index. Subject search, agency search, statistical
search, special techniques: legislative history, budget,
treaties, etc.
R 025.1734 R662T
Robinson, Judith. Tapping the Government Grapevine;
the User-friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources
3rd ed. Phoenix, Oryx, 1999.
025.173 S34G21969
Schmeckebier, Laurence. Government publications
and their use. 2d ed. Washington, Brookings
Institution, 1969. 502p. The standard guide until replaced
by Morehead.
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