E-mail this pageLocating Government Information in Feinberg Library and on the Internet
Government Documents Collection in Feinberg Library
The Government Documents Collection consists of over 400,000 New York State, U.S. and Canadian Federal government publications. The documents collections are located on the first and second levels near the Reference Room.
As part of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), Feinberg Library selects approximately 40% of the U.S. Government Documents listed in the GPO Monthly Catalog.
United States Government Documents are organized and shelved according to the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) Classification System .
Locating Government Documents in Feinberg Library
Online Government Collections
Listed here are web pages for the U.S. Federal
, State and Local
governments, and for the Canadian
and other International
governments. They can provide an excellent introduction to a variety of sources. See also the Subject Guides to Government Information
.
For an excellent starting point for locating government information, try Government Information on the Internet: A Primer
: by the International Association of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
GovEngine.com
"The premiere federal, state, and local government site on the Internet."
United States Government Information
[U.S. Executive Branch ] [U.S. Legislative Branch ] [Federal Judiciary Homepage ]
- Federal Web Locator: "The Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for Federal government information on the World Wide Web."
- FirstGov: "The Official Government Gateways for Citizens, Business, and Governments."
- Ameristat: "AmeriStat gives you instant summaries in graphics and text of the demographic characteristics of the U.S. population."
- U.S. Census Bureau Homepage: Includes demographic and economic census data, as well as estimates and projections, and TIGER maps. Data is now available from the 2000 Census.
- Census Information Guide from Pace University: A How-to Guide for finding census data at several levels, including coimmunity and census tract.
- The Government Printing Office
------ GPO Access: Indexes and retrieves the full text of major government publications
- Code of Federal Regulations
- The Library of Congress
: The Library of Congress "preserves nearly 121 million items," in various media. "These include the largest map, film, and television collections in the world." Sections of the Library of Congress website include:
------Thomas : a searchable reference service on federal legislation.
------American Memory Project : "American history in words, sound, and pictures."
------The United States Copyright Office
- Federal Consumer Information Center
: Provides information and resources for Federal programs, benefits, and services.
- opensecrets.org
: From the Center for Responsive Politics, this site provides funding amounts and sources for politicians at all levels of government, as well as a breakdown of donors, by sector, state, industry, and other factors.
- Project Vote Smart
: "A comprehensive source for information on candidates and issues." This site is searchable by zip code.
- Fedforms
: Provides forms for government services needed by the public.
- Federal Tax Forms Online
- Legal Resources
:
Federal, State & Local, and International sites.
- U.S. Government-Related Reference Sources
State & Local Government Information
- New York State Homepage : Official website for New York State.
- New York State Government Information Locator Service
: An excellent starting point for all New York State government information. Includes, but is not limited to, links to NYS agencies, a subject guide for NYS information, and a citizen's guide to federal, state, county, and local governments.
- New York State Library : Sponsored by the NYS Education Department, at this site, you can search the library catalog, find NYS documents, and link to the NYS Newspaper Project, the Talking Book & Braille Library, and many other useful sources.
- New York State Statistical Yearbook
: Developed by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, it includes extensive data on demographics, economics, elections, government finance, education, and more.
- State and Local Government on the Net (via Piper)
:
A guide to U.S. State, multi-State, and Federal Internet sites, as well as to National organizations. This database includes a topic index and a search-by-state feature.
- Clinton County, New York Official Website
- City of Plattsburgh : Includes links to City Departments, the Mayor's Office, City Councillors, City Clerk forms, Community Development, the Chamber of Commerce, Plattsburgh Downtown Association, local news sites, and several others.
Canadian Government Information
- Canadian Government Information : Here you will find links to Federal, Provincial/Territorial, and Municipal governments, Canadian government agencies, the Prime Minister's office, Canadian government publications and forms, and gateways to business, consumer, cultural, historical, health, and many other subjects for Canadians. In addition, an entire section is devoted to information such as immigration, commerce, and tourism for non-Canadians.
- Government of Canada Publications
Covers all types of Canadian federal government documents, including many in full-text.
- The Parliamentary Internet
:
"Created and maintained jointly by the Senate, House of Commons and the Library of Parliament," find senators and members, committee and chamber business, and information on parliamentary bills and inter-parliamentary relations.
- Canadian Government Information on the Net
: Provides information by level of government and by topic.
- Statistics Canada
: "produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country its population, resources, economy, society and culture."
- AMICUS: National Library of Canada
: Access to the National Library as well as to all of Canada's major research libraries.
- Strategis Canada
: Canadian business information web site.
- Foreign Government Resources on the Web
: From the University of Michigan
- Governments on the World Wide Web
: "Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories as of December 2000. Frequently updated."
- Directory of International Embassies
: Includes links to country homepages.
- Country Studies/Area Handbooks
: From the Library of Congress, "the Country Studies series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors."
This site covers 101 countries and regions, excluding several Western and African nations.
- Country Commercial Guides: Through the combined efforts of U.S. embassies and U.S. government agencies, countries' commercial environments are analyzed. Reports date from 1996 to the present.
Subject Guides for Government Information
- Uncle Sam - Internet Resource Guides
: Topical Guide from the University of Memphis.
- University of Michigan Government Documents Center
:
Renowned as one of the top academic sites for government information.
- FirstGov : Subject Index to U.S. government Information