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Current 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.
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.
Web
Indexes to Documents and Government Information Google
- U.S.Government Search- 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. 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
- Federal
Web Locator - Center for Information Law and Policy
Retrospective
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.. The
bibliographic records are also available in
GPO / FirstSearch and WorldCat
/ FirstSearch from 1976.
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.
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.
Executive
- White House | Federal
Agencies | Departments
| Independent
Agencies Legislative - Senate
| House | THOMAS
| Library of Congress Judicial
- Supreme Court | U.S.
Courts | FindLaw
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.
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.
Annals
of Congress (1789 - 1824) formally known as The Debates and Proceedings
in the Congress of the United States, they cover the 1st Congress through the
first session of the 18th Congress.
- Register
of Debates (1824 - 1837) a record of the congressional debates of
the 18th Congress, 2nd Session through the 25th Congress, 1st Session.
- Congressional
Globe (1833 - 1873) contains the congressional debates of the 23rd
through 42nd Congresses .
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.
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).
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. 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. 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. 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 - .
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.
Public
Papers of the Presidents of the United States.
- Example of a Title Search: Public Papers
of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman
- 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.
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 Sequentially
numbered bound volumes of congressional reports and documents.
Online
from GPO Access 104th congress, 995/96 to the present.
Staff Directories Government
Manual, 1995/96 - present. Congressional
Directory, 1995/96 - present. Congressional
Pictoral Directory - 105th Congresse - present
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 , Register
of Debates , and Congressional
Globe .
Supreme
Court Decisions - Search
Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 - 1975
U.S.
Supreme Court Opinions 1992 -
FindLaw:
U.S. Supreme Court Opinions
US Supreme Court decisions from 1893 to the
present, from volume 150 of the US Reports. - 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 - FedWorld/FLITE
Supreme Court Decisions
Text of decisions from 1937 to 1975. - 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 SitesCore
Documents of U.S. Democracy - Current & historical Government publications,
incl. the Bill of Rights, Constitution, Congressional Record, Federal Register,
etc. Bibliographies
of U.S. government publications Legislative
Source Book (Law Librarian's Assn. of Washington, D.C.) - Sources of legislative
& regulatory information, tips on legislative and regulatory research, and
quick links to House and Senate Committee documents and hearings. Supreme
Court Decisions - Provides access to current Supreme Court decisions - Slip
Opinions and Preliminary Prints. Internal
Revenue Service Home Page - Requires Adobe Acrobat software to view and print
tax forms and publications. Software and installation instructions available on
this site. The
Foundation Center - Links to foundation libraries around the country. Requests
for IRS 990's can often be filled by Foundation Center cooperating collections. Justice
Information Center (NCJRS) - This site contains an amazing number of publications
on a wide range of criminal justice and law enforcement topics. This is a useful
site for locating criminal justice statistics. U.S.
Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit - Contains opinions from May, 1995 to the present
from the Seventh Circuit of the Federal Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over
Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
Law EnforcementDepartment
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. 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..
International
Affairs Resources - over 2000 annotated links in a range of international
affairs topics. Sites are carefully selected for long-term value, favoring those
with cost-free, high-quality information and analysis online.
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. The
International Market - List of resources (including Web links, print and CD-ROM
resources) for international business information and statistics.
015.73 M825I1983
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.
U.S.
Government Online Bookstore Federal
Depository Library Program Documents
Data Miner - Search List of Classes, Inactive/Discontinued Lists, profiles
of all depository libraries. Item
Lister - List a Depository Library's Current Item Number Selection Patent
and Trademark Depository Library Program Glossary
of Terms used for U.S. Government Publications Updated
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