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2. Changes in government publications and
access to the government
New transparency & feedback mechanisms
Extends research resources
How the FDLP can assist you
5. Blog, rapid posting of material
Accountability websites
Task Forces
6. Consolidated place to:
find proposed regulations
Find accompanying documents
Submit your comments
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8. Core government reference tools
Full
text US Code, Federal Register, & Code of
Federal Regulations
Aggregator site: some hosted material, lots of
links to other sites
Generally
organized by branches of the
government
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10. http://thomas.loc.gov
Access to current and recent legislation:
Read the text of bills your Senators or
Representative are considering
See how legislators voted on bills
Read the text of speeches and debates in Congress
Updated daily
Great access for materials 1989-present
12. Quick access to contact information for
legislators
http://www.house.gov
http://www.senate.gov
Access to Congressional committees/hearings
Senate Reference materials
13. What do these initiatives cost?
What’s the budget for a specific program?
What programs and governments get grant
money?
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
Official Presidential budget
Recovery.gov
http://www.recovery.gov
Accounting for the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act
17. The U.S. Government is the largest
producer of statistical information in the
world.
Data is needed in many kinds of research
projects.
Statistical Abstract first
It can be helpful to ask, “Who would be
interested in this data? Who would collect
it?”
19. Data on most aspects of American life, from
basic demographics, to economics, to
household characteristics.
Historical data on
ethnicity, religion, finances, and more.
Census Bureau A to Z is good for pointing in
the right direction.
22. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Energy Information Administration
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
23. URL: http://www.science.gov/
Cross-departmental
Searches over 1,800 government science websites
(more than 50 million pages)
Offers email alerts
25. EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/
Always a good place to start for environmental topics
Organized by topic & links to related agencies (good
aggregation of info by subject)
“Learn the Issues” tab and A-Z Index often best places
to start
“Where you live” functions are powerful
26. National
Climatic Data Center (NCDC):
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
Free access to detailed climate data for users from
.gov, .edu, .k12, .mil, and .us domains
U.S.Climate Change Science Program:
http://www.climatescience.gov/
Key climate change reports
EPA : http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
Links to policy documents
Information on climate factors
28. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS): http://www.fws.gov/
Endangered Species Program
Species descriptions
Wildlife refuges
USGS Biology Science Programs:
http://biology.usgs.gov/
National
Wildlife Research Center:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/
29. Nature& Science:
http://www.nature.nps.gov/
Terrific site with biological, geological, and
general environmental information
Air & water quality data
Noise monitoring information
Wildlife management
Specific
park policies (like Yellowstone
winter use) are in the Management/Park
Planning sections of individual national park
websites.
30. Treesearch: http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/
Lots of full-text, digitized research publications
Search by topic or citation
More than 24,000 publications, & more added all the
time
31. MedlinePlus: http://medlineplus.gov/
Consumer-oriented side of Medline
Overview information on conditions
Medical encyclopedia & dictionary
Descriptions of drugs, supplements, and herbal
remedies
Healthfinder: http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Health library describing illnesses and treatments
Drug interaction checker
32. SubstanceAbuse & Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA):
http://www.samhsa.gov
Office of Applied Studies releases many publications
on mental health and drug abuse topics.
MentalHealth Work Group (CDC):
http://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/index.htm
33. Geodata.gov: http://www.geodata.gov
Government portal for GIS resources
National Atlas: http://www.nationalatlas.gov
Great for thematic maps
National Map: http://www.nationalmap.gov
Especially good for scientific info:
topo, geologic, and streamflow layers
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35. URL: http://www.kids.gov/
Organized by grade levels
Highlights good government science websites for kids
36. Most agencies have a student-oriented site
Example: EPA Student Center
(http://www.epa.gov/students/)
37. National
Security Agency (NSA) Cryptokids:
http://www.nsa.gov/kids/
40. Google Book Project: http://books.google.com/
41. Open Content Alliance / Internet Archive:
http://www.archive.org/details/USGovernmentDocuments
Has separate section for digitized U.S. Government
Documents
Librarians can submit materials for digital archive
Better understanding of copyright-free status
42. Digitized
copies of historical statistical volumes:
http://www.census.gov/history/
Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the
United States, Colonial Times to 1970
Historical Census Reports
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: 1878-present
(http://www.census.gov/compendia/
statab/past_years.html)
43. American Memory collection:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
44. Government information digital collections:
http://www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/digital-
collections
CRS reports
Experiment Station Publications
Federal Newsmaps
FCC Record
USDA publications
45. AmericanPresidency Project:
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu
Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington to
Taft (1789-1913)
Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover to Bush (1929-
1993)
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents:
Clinton to G.W. Bush (1993-2008)
46. Digital
Collections:
http://digital.library.okstate.edu
Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties
Indian Claims Commission Decisions
47. Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37575968z/date