Government Resources
From Subject Guides
| The Moore Library is a Selective Federal Depository and State of New Jersey Depository Library. These documents can be accessed via the Library Catalog. The documents are open to the public. This Guide provides gateways to access online documents issued by the federal, states, local, and foreign governments, and organized by subject. |  |
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Research Tools and Guides to Government Documents
Library of Congress - Browse Government Resources
- Includes Sources of government Information of Broad Scope, Official Federal Government Web Sites, Other Federal Government Information, U.S. Politics, International Information, European Community/Union Information.
University of Michigan Documents Center
- A central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international.
Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Government Information
- Search by subject, keyword and title.
- US Government official Web portal. Locate federal, state and local government information.
U.S. Government Documents Ready Reference Collection
- From the Documents Service Center at Columbia University. Includes more than 200 titles (mostly statistical) within 15 subject areas.
U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
- A list of federal agencies on the Web.
GPO Access - Government Information Locator Service
GovSpot - Federal, State and Local Government Resources
Catalog of United States Government Publications(title of print version: Monthly Catalog)
- Oldest continuously published catalog of U.S. Government publications. Coverage available from 1994-
Federal Depository Library Program: FDLP Desktop
- The FDLP Desktop serves as a centralized resource for the Federal Depository Library Program.
- Searches over one-million military pages.
Federal Government
Legislative Branch:
U.S. Congress - Links to information about committees of the U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Congress - Links to information about committees of the U.S. Senate
Congressional Directory - C-SPAN
- Search for current senators and representatives in the U.S.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
Judicial Branch
Supreme Court of the United States
Executive Branch
United States Government Manual
Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
- Provides information about and access tools for the FDLP.
State and Local Government
Piper: State and Local Government on the Net
- Includes state sites, multi-state sites, Federal resources, national organizations.
- Government resoources at the federal, state and local government level
University of Michigan: State and Local Government and Politics
- Includes State Governments: congressional delegations, constitutions, courts, forms, government directories, government reports, governors, jobs, laws and regulations, taxes. State Legislatures: bills, legislators, legislative research agencies, legislature web sites. Public Policy: web sources, advocacy groups, political parties, state government associations, think tanks, books, journals, newspapers. Special Subjects: elections, statistics. Local Government.
Library of Congress: State and Local Governments
- Includes meta-indexes for state and local government information, state government information.
National Association of Counties (NACO)
- Includes county news, legislative affairs.
- Includes link to municipal codes, minutes, etc. listed by state.
- Links to city and county codes available for unrestricted searching on the Web.
Stateline.org: Your Source for State News
International Sites
Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
- Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.
Statistics
Federal and States
- More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
- The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Statistics Every Writer Should Know
- A site about statistics that also provides links to statistics for subjects such as crime, economics, energy, health, law and politics, and nonprofits.
Uncle Sam: Statistical Resources of the U.S.
- Provides links for starting points, demographics, economics, guides to economic data, agriculture, education, energy, entitlements, health.
University of Michigan Documents Center: Statistical Resources on the Web
- Provides links for agriculture, business and industry, comprehensive subjects, consumers, cost of living, demographics, economics, education, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, transportation, weather.
Statistical Sources: Print & Internet
- From the Documents Service Center at Columbia University. Arrangement is by U.S. & Canada, International, and New York.
International Statistics
- Among the many statistics included here are Economic and Social Development statistics, including the Environment, Human Rights, Social Development, Trade, and Women.
- Important regional and global information presented in the form of charts and graphs, sometimes accompanied by insightful summaries. Subjects covered include population, health, food and agriculture, women, children, economic development, climate and environment, and social indicators.
- An easy-to-use database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
- The indicators presented here consist mainly of the minimum list which has been proposed for follow-up and monitoring implementation of recent major United Nations conferences on children, population and development, social development and women.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
- From the University of Auckland Library, links are provided to international statistics, both by country and topic; sources are both governmental and non-governmental.
International Statistical Agencies
University of Michigan Documents Center: Statistical Resources on the Web
- Provides links for agriculture, business and industry, comprehensive subjects, consumers, cost of living, demographics, economics, education, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, transportation, weather.
Statistical Sources: Print & Internet
- From the Documents Service Center at Columbia University. Arrangement is by U.S. & Canada, International, and New York.
Business
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
Health
NCHS: National Center for Health Statistics
State of New Jersey. Dept. of Health & Senior Services: Center for Health Statistics
Defining Health Statistics and Developing Criteria for Evaluating Health Statistics
Sociology
Geostat (Geospatial and Statistical Data Center)
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Subjects
Business
Edgar Database of Corporate Information
- EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the SEC, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- An interface for the Edgar Database of company filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
University of Michigan Documents Center: Statistical Resources on the Web: Comprehensive Economics
- A comprehensive statistical resources site for economics.
National Information Center (NIC)
- Provides comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest including both domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S.
Economic Indicators1995-forward
- Prepared and published monthly for the Joint Economic Committee, by the Council of Economic Advisors.
Producer Price Indexes (PPI)
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Division Structure
- Provided by: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Dept. of Labor.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
- NAICS is replacing the SIC system. Includes: NAICS definitions and NAICS to SIC comparability tables.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
- Data provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis includes historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators, exchange rates, balance of payments and regional economic data for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): Encyclopedia of ED Stats
- Brings together data from several sources published by NCES including The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics.
Sciences
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Water Resources of the U.S.
- Includes water data, publications and products, technical resources, programs, local information.
Health
- Find information on hundreds of diseases, conditions and wellness issues.
- National Library of Medicine's Databases and Electronic Information Sources
- National Library of Medicine provides a wide variety of resources related to the biomedical and health sciences, both past and present.
- National Library of Medicine's NLM Locator plus
- National Library of Medicine's catalog of books, journals, and audiovisuals and access points to other medical research tools.
NIH: National Institutes of Health
- Follow the link to Health Information.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NAHDO: National Association of Health Data Organizations
- Lists sites with interactive datasets. Grouped by type of site or type of organization.
- State data links. Public health expenditures, Healthy People 2010 planning, improving health in communities, and identifying community health status.
National Center for Health Statistics
- Primary source for federal vital and health statistics in U.S.
NHIC: National Health Information Center
- NHIC is a health information referral service.
AHA: American Hospital Association
- AHA's annual survey of hospitals. Offers primary data for hospital networks and systems.
State of New Jersey, Dept. of Health & Senior Services: Center for Health Statistics
- Vital stats and comparisons by year.
- A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- National Cancer Institute's Comprehensive Cancer Database
- Rich statistical site.
Food and Nutrition Information Center
- FNIC is one of several information centers at the National Agricultural Library.
USDA: Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans
NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Sevices
MEPS: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Department of Health and Human Services
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Defining Health Statistics and Developing Criteria for Evaluating Health Statistics
Federal Health Information Centers and Clearinghouses
CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPN)
- HIV/AIDS, STDS, TB
Alzheimers Disease Education and Referral Center
The Center for Mental Health Services
- A Service of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Sociology
National Crime Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
- Contains summaries of more than 150,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- Brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the U.S. presented in over 600 tables from more than 100 sources. Includes continual updates of tables and new data sources.
County and City Data Books (University of Virginia Library)
- A computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.
- The Population Estimates Program produces for states each year: total population estimates, estimates by age and sex, and estimates by race and Hispanic origin. The release of total population estimates at the end of the calendar year also includes demographic components of change. In the spring, the Program releases population by age and sex, presenting tables for different age groupings as well as single year of age. A third release in the summer presents estimates by age, race, sex, and Hispanic origin. All estimates are for the resident population unless noted otherwise.
- Since 1978, the State Data Center (SDC) Program has provided training and technical assistance in accessing and using Census data for research, administration, planning, and decision making by the government, the business community, university researchers, and other interested data users. The Business and Industry Data Center (BIDC) Program, initiated in 1988, supports the business community by expanding SDC services to government, academic, and non-profit organizations that directly serve businesses.
- Provides county, state, and national level business data for 1998-2006. Statistics include number of establishments, payroll - annual and 1st quarter, number of employees, and number of establishments by size class for 2 digit SIC industry groupings. The data is collected annually by the Bureau of the Census.
- Provides regional statistics for agriculture, demographics and economics, crime, education, energy and environment, health, labor and national accounts.
Law and Justice
International Law
Rutgers Law School Library - Guide to Law Resources
- Contains: New Jersey Law, Federal Law, Law of Other States, Foreign Law, International Law, Organizations, General Legal Sites and Miscellaneous.
- A codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. Search the entire set of CFR databases by keyword, or retrieve available CFR sections by citation, or search CFR titles and/or volumes.
- The official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. The database includes 1995-2000, vols. 60-65.
Law and politics - Internet Guide
- Designed for the legal profession, academia and the public for legal research.
- Compiled by members of the Legislative Special Interest Section. Includes current status on selected legislation, questions and answers in legislative and regulatory research, quick links to House and Senate Committee Documents and Hearings, Union List of Legislative Documents 1994.
NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL)
- NAIL is the working prototype for a future online catalog of holdings in Washington, D.C., the regional records services facilities, and the Presidential libraries. Until a full catalog is developed, NAIL will continue to serve as the NARA' on-line information system. Contains information about a wide variety of NARA's holdings across the country. Represents a limited portion of NARA's vast holdings.
- A service provided for by Sponsored by National Center for State Courts, this site provides judicial branch links for each state, focusing on the administrative office of the courts, the court of last resort, any intermediate appellate courts, and each trial court level.
Full-text State Statutes and Legislation on the Internet
- Links to sites containing full-text state constitutions, statutes - called codes or compiled laws in some states, legislation - bills, amendments and similar documents, and session laws - bills that have become laws.
Constitutions, Statutes and Codes
- Both Federal and State included.
Topical Index: State Statutes on the Internet
- Most but not all state statutes on the Web are organized along lines fitting the topical breakdown given here, including such topics as agriculture, business and professions, education, family law, labor, and taxation.
- Includes legal organizations, "search for attorneys", forms, and journals.
- Includes bills, statutes, chapter laws, constitution, legislative digest, legislative documents.
Treaties
United Nations Treaty Collection
Humanities
History
Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
- Includes pre-18th-century documents, 18th-century, 19th-century, and 20th-century documents
- On-line version of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army.
Political Science
- Highlights at this site are Country Background Notes, Country Commercial Guides, and International Topics and Issues.
Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
Other
- Includes directories for U.S. House and Senate members, Cabinet Agencies and Other Agencies/Commissions.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Lists of information in the form of rankings of different people, organizations, companies, etc.
