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Finding Tools: Search Engines or government information by Agency, Title, or Subject

Google Search Engine - A commercial search engine that retrieves web sites with the .gov or .mil domain name.  Excellent relevance ranking.

INFOMINE - Indexes government web sites of  relevance to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level.

usgovsearch (Northern Light) - Search engine to web pages from government and military sites.

FirstGov - "The first-ever government website to provide the  public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government  resources. 

Specialized Collections of Full Text Information -Links are provided to the full text of Federal Government information at GPO or other offical sites.

Arizona@YourService
Official website of the state of Arizona. Provides links to information provided by many different state agencies.

BY TITLE
Government Documents by Title or SuDoc (Univ. of Memphis) 
Government Periodicals by Title  (Univ. of Louisville)
U.S. Government Periodicals on the Web (Auburn Univ.)
Alphabetical List of Government Documents and Web Sites (Univ. of VA)

BY SUBJECT
Government Web Sites by Topics (Browse Topics via GPO Access)
Meta-Subject Index to Government Information
Topical Index to Federal Government Web Sites and Related Sites (Univ. of Colorado) 

Executive Branch
 

The White House

Executive Branch Resources on GPO Access
Provides full-text, searchable versions of valuable publications such as: Budget of the U.S. Government, Code of  Federal Regulations, Economic Report of the President, Federal Bulletin Board, and the Federal Register.

The Federal Web Locator for the Executive Branch - Extensive listing of federal executive agencies web sites.

Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders

White House Press Releases (Univ. of NC)

Standard Industrial Classification Manual (1987)

North American Industry Classification System
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) replaces the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC).

 

Legislative Branch

 

LEGISLATION

GPO Access - Provides full-text, searchable versions of valuable publications such as: Congressional Bills (103rd Congress-) Congressional Directory (104th Congress) Congressional Record (103rd Congress-) Congressional Record Index (1992-) Congressional Reports and Documents (104th Congress-) GAO Reports (Oct. 1994-) History of Bills (1994-) Public Laws (104th Congress-) U.S. Code.
   
See also the U.S. Code from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and   Tables that show where recently enacted laws will appear in the US Code.

THOMAS, Legislative Information from the Library of Congress.
Provides access to bills, committee reports, Congressional Record, bill summaries and status, and major legislation by topic. Coverage includes the current and previous Congress.

Current Status Table on Selected Legislation  pdf file (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)

Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research (Georgia State Univ.)
Searchable legal indexes on the World Wide Web for opinions, legislation, regulations, journals, and other legal information.

CongressTrack  (ProjectVote Smart)
Scroll down to "Voting Records" for votes by individual members or by party.

CONGRESS

U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate
Provides information on membership, committees, and the legislative process.  Also see Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present.

Congressional Documents
Congressional Hearings on the Web - Access to a selective number of Congressional hearings.
Select hearings are also available from GPO Access. Consult Helpful Hints For Searching Congressional Hearings when using GPO Access.

U.S. Senate Bibliographies, a comprehensive listing of hearings, prints, and publications printed by the Senate from 1983 to the present.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
CRS "works exclusively as a nonpartisan analytical, research, and reference arm for Congress." The Penny Hill Press list by category is good place to start.  Selected reports by subject, by title, and by number are available from the Senate Democratic Policy Committee and Sen. Tom Daschle. See also the Congressional Research Service WWW Accessible Reports.

   

Judicial Branch

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Constitution of the United States:  Analysis and Interpretation
One of the few annotated primary sources on the Internet. Provides reference to federal court opinions interpreting constitutional provisions.  Includes tables of federal and state laws declared unconstitutional.

Findlaw's Laws:  Cases and Codes
Contains decisions of federal courts, from district, appeals and Supreme to specialty courts.

SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court of the United States
Access to the Court's current slip opinions, orders, argument calendar, schedules, Rules, bar admission forms and instructions, visitors' guides, case-handling guides, special notices, press releases, and general information.

Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court (Cornell University)
Includes all opinions of the Supreme Court issued since May of 1990 and over 580 of the most important historical decisions. Selected historic decisions can be searched by topic, party name, or opinion author.

GPO Access- Supreme court decisions and links to judicial web sites hosted on GPO Access.
Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975) are also fully searchable via GPO Access.

Oral Arguments (Supreme Court) Online  (Northwestern Univ.)

 

U.S COURTS OF APPEALS

Decisions of the U.S. Courts of Appeals (from approx. 1995-, Villanova Univ.)

Search all U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions

Statistical Information

| CENSUS |   | EDUCATION|    | ECONOMIC |   | CRIME |

FEDSTATS
Index to publicly available statistics in publications from more than 70 federal agencies.

CENSUS DATA

U.S. Census Bureau Publications
Source for current social, demographic, and economic information.
Access to the Statistical Abstract of the United States is provided. Links to specific census publications (in PDF) are also included.

County and City Data Books (Univ. of Va)
Latest official socioeconomic and housing statistics for 1,078 cities, all U.S. counties, and 11,097 places of 2500 or more inhabitants.

1997 Economic Census
Advanced Reports from the 1997 Economic Census are beginning to be distributed via the Web.  This is the first time that statistics based on NAICS are being provided.

American FactFinder - Access to data from the 2000 Population and Housing Census.

CENSTATS
    A service to select databases from the Census Bureau.  Portions of CENSTATS might require a password.
Provides interactive search-and-display access to:

      County Business Patterns,  Zip Business Patterns, International Trade Data, USA Counties,
      Census Tract Street Locator, Annual Survey of Manufacturers, Building Permits,
      Consolidated Federal Funds Report.

U.S.A. Counties Data  (Oregon State University)

U.S. Historical Census Data Browser, 1790-1960

Census & Demographic Data (Larry Schankman)
Extensive list of links to census and demographic data.

EDUCATION STATISTICS

National Center for Educational Statistics

Condition of Education (PDF)
Conditions and trends in elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and vocational education. Search capabilities also available.

Digest of Education Statistics (PDF)
Major source of statistical information for education at all levels.

Projections of Education Statistics

ECONOMIC STATISTICS

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
Access to price indexes and data on employment/unemployment, productivity, compensation, and working conditions.  

County Business Patterns
See also the Census Bureau's site for County Business Patterns.

Economic Indicators
Provides statistics on employment, unemployment, wages, income and more.

Economic Statistics from the Census Bureau

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Business and Economic Numeric Data (Larry Schankman of Mansfield University)
Provides an extensive list of links to local, national, and international economic data.

CRIME STATISTICS

Crime Statistics - Statistics from the FBI, including the Uniform Crime Reports.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics

National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Criminal Justice Statistics

   
Arizona Government Information
 

State of Arizona
Access to information, created by states agencies, on a variety of topics.

Arizona State Legislature

Access to bills, sessions laws (1995-), AZ Constitution, AZ laws (statutes), and more.

Arizona Courts:

Arizona Judicial Department - Includes access to AZ Supreme Court opinions.
Court of Appeals, Division One
Court of Appeals, Division Two
Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County

Opinion Search (Arizona Judicial Department) Scope

FindLaw: ARIZONA

Access to a wealth of AZ legal documents, including court opinions, bills, and city ordinances.

Internet Law Library: AZ

Access to the administrative code, municipal codes, tax forms, and other legal materials.

OTHER STATES

WWW Virtual Library of State Government Servers (Washburn School of Law)

State Legal Materials (Legal Information Institute)
Internet-accessible sources, state by state, of the constitutions, statutes, judicial opinions, and regulations for the fifty states, plus D.C., and the U.S. territories and affiliated jurisdictions.

State Legislatures, State Laws and State  Regulations (Law Librarians' Society of D.C.)
 
 

International Resources
 

GENERAL BACKGROUND

Foreign Governments  (Northwestern Univ.)

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

CIA Publications and Handbooks

International Intergovernmental Organizations (Northwestern Univ.)
Access to information on the UN, IMF, OECD, WHO, and other organizations.

World Factbook

INTERNATIONAL LAW

International Constitutional Law
Links to constitutions and other related information for 57 countries.

Laws of Other Nations (formerly from the U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library)

International Law by Subject and/or Geographic Area (ForInt-Law, Washburn University)

Treaties and International Law  (formerly from the U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library)

 

THE EUROPEAN UNION   (Univ. of CA - Berkeley)
Government and social science information.

HANDBOOK OF  INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS

TRAVEL ADVISORIES
Consular information and travel warnings from the U.S. State Department.

THE UNIVERSAL CURRENCY CONVERTER

 

  Forms from the Federal Government

FORMS FROM THE FED  (Univ. of  Memphis)
Contains downloadable government electronic forms from a variety of government agencies.

Internal Revenue Service
To access forms, publications, and information about online filing.
 
 
 

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