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American FactFinder
  • Government information about population, housing, the economy and geographic data from the United States Census Bureau.
Browse Topics
  • Contains approx. 150 subjects, and links to nearly 4,000 online US government resources.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)

  • The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.
Checklist of United States Publications 1789 - 1909
  • Retrospective bibliography for executive branch publications and documents from the first sixty Congresses.
Google Uncle Sam
  • A component of the search engine Google that Searches government sites - those with the extension .gov or .mil.
GPO Access-The Pathway to Federal Information
  • A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), this is the primary portal for gaining access to official information from all three branches of the Federal Governemnt.

FEDWORLD

  • Search U.S. Government Information Servers using the The Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval/U.S. Business Advisor govbot database.

FERRET (Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool)

  • A computer search tool developed by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides one-stop access to statistics from the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation. Future data topics will be: employment, health care, education, race and ethnicity, health insurance, housing, income and poverty, aging and marriage and family.

USA.gov

  • The official government search engine. Provides searchable access to information from the US government plus US state and local governments. You'll find a rich treasure of online information, services, and resources.
Government Databases by Subject
  • Alphabetical listing, including descriptions, of governmental databases on a wide variety of subjects.
Government Information Locator Service (GLIS)
  • A component of GPO Access, GILS identifys public information resources within the Federal Government, describes the information available in these resources, and assists in obtaining the information.
GovInfo: Government on the Web
  • Portal to Canadian databases, directories, statistics and statutes for all levels of government.
LLRX - legal research
  • Web journal providing legal news and current information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools.
Meta-Subject Index to Government Information
  • Alphabetical subject index for identifying government internet resources.

SearchGov.com

  • Provides search capabilities and links to the three branches of government, executive and independent agencies, state and local governments, and the military.