Guide to Government Information                 

General Information

• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy-A core group of current and historical Government publications is being made available for free, permanent, public access via GPO Access.

• Documents Center - One-stop shopping from the University of Michigan

• FedWorld Information Network-FedWorld was established by The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, to serve as the online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the Federal Government.

• GovSpot-A commercial, non-partisan government information portal designed to simplify the search for government information online

• LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directory-This partnership provides for Federal depository library access to the List of Federal Agency Internet Sites from Louisiana State University Libraries.  Based on the U.S. Government Manual, the List directs users to the Web sites of active Federal agencies, and can be searched in several ways.

• MarciveWeb DOCS - Search for U.S. Government Publications from July 1976 to the present (SDSU campus or affiliates, only).

• Plum Book-The Plum Book is used to identify presidentially appointed positions within the Federal Government.

• Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century

• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States

• Supreme Court of the United States

• United State Copyright Office

• United States Government Manual

• USA.gov

• U.S. Government Online Bookstore

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate Home Page

• White House Home Page

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This guide is only an introduction to locating government materials.
For more in-depth information or for assistance in using these sources, contact the

Government Documents Department.

 

Vickie Mix, Documents Librarian
Telephone: (605) 688-5958

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8 May 2008