Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore

Government Documents Cyberography

Federal Government Sites [top]
  1. FirstGov: http://www.firstgov.gov: "first click to government"
  2. Federal Web Locator: http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
  3. GPO Access Databases: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
    searchable issues of Federal Register, Congressional Record, U.S. Budget
  4. THOMAS: Congressional information: http://thomas.loc.gov/
  5. Memphis University's Uncle Sam Site: http://exlibris.memphis.edu/govpubs/mig.htm
    document selection by title or SuDoc number
  6. U.S. Census Bureau's Top Publications: http://www.census.gov
    includes 6a (only 2002 is available). Statistical Abstract: http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
    6b.US Government Manual: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/browse-gm-03.html
  7. Contacting the Congress: http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
    with the option to search by your zip code
  8. GPO's Monthly Catalog Of U.S. Publications: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/cgp/
    shows federal documents sent to U.S. depository libraries
  9. Core Documents Of U.S. Democracy: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/coredocs/index.html
    The best known individual publications and series. (The Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, The Constitution of the United States of America, United States Code)
  10. National Criminal Justice Reference Service (http://www.ncjrs.org/search.html) NCJRS search abstracts database and online full-text publications
  11. PubMed: http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
    National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE searcher. This version includes daily updates.
  12. U.S. Dept. of Education Publications: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/pubdb.html
    ED-funded publications indexed in ERIC
  13. EDGAR: SEC's database of public corporate filings: http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
  14. STAT-USA's economics databases -- see staff for logon: http://www.stat-usa.gov/stat-usa.html
  15. Congressional Budget Office studies and reports: http://www.cbo.gov/
  16. Women's Bureau. U.S.Department of Labor : http://www.dol.gov/wb/
  17. Federal Agency Web Sites (LSU): http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
  18. Google Uncle Sam (searches .gov and .mil sites): http://www.google.com/unclesam
  19. The National Climatic Data Center Online: http://www5.ncdc.noaa.gov/pubs/publications.html
  20. DemocracyNet: http://www.dnet.org

International [top]

  1. U.S Department of State, International Information Programs Daily Washington: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/washfile/
    Provides foreign affairs coverage by topic or region, archived to 1992
    (which is already there but part of a bigger group.)
  2. United Nations: http://www.un.org/
  3. International Agencies and Information on the Web. University of Michigan Documents Center: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html
  4. International Governmental Organizations
    Northwestern University Library: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html
  5. U.S. Department of State. Background Notes:
    http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
  6. CIA World Factbook: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Maryland and Other State Information Site [top]

  1. Maryland.gov: State Agencies: http://www.maryland.gov/communities/community.asp?UserID=2&CommunityID=227&Folder=0
    Includes independent boards and commissions
  2. Maryland General Assembly Site
    http://mlis.state.md.us/ includes Maryland Manual http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/mdmanual/html/mmtoc.html
  3. Maryland State Data Center
    http://www.mdp.state.md.us/msdc
  4. Maryland Office of Planning Lead agency of the State Data Center
    Forecasts By County http://www.op.state.md.us/MSDC/map.htm
  5. Sailor Maryland's Public Information Network
    http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/
  6. State and Local Government on the Net
    http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm
  7. State and Local Governments from Library of Congress
    http://www.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

Local Information [top]

  1. Baltimore City Government Home Page
    http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/index.html
  2. Sailor Maryland's Public Information Network
    http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/

Other Government Sites - Employment with the Government [top]

  1. America's Job Bank: http://www.ajb.dni.us/
    U.S. Dept. of Labor listings for public and private sector    .
  2. USA Jobs: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

Other Government and Related Sites [top]

  1. Government Periodicals: http://www.louisville.edu/library/ekstrom/govpubs/periodicals/periodical.html
    University of Louisville's links to federal magazines and serials
  2. Yale's Historical Government Documents site: http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/historic.html
    Good for historical information for previous centuries.
  3. LC's American Memory database: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
    "American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 5 million items from more than 90 historical collections."
  4. Congressional Budget Office studies and reports: http://www.cbo.gov/
    Includes projections and Monthly Budget Review
  5. Government Accounting Office reports and testimony: http://www.gao.gov/
    Can be searched by subject categories
  6. Piper's State And Local Government Sites: http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm
    Agencies, legislatures, and elected officials represented
    Includes Tribal Governments
  7. U.S Department of State, International Information Programs Daily Washington File:
    http://usinfo.state.gov/products/washfile/
    Provides foreign affairs coverage by topic or region, archived to 1992

Statistical Sites [top]

  1. FEDSTATS
    Multi-Agency site offering A-Z menu
  2. Statistical Sources on the Web
    University of Michigan's statistical sources site
  3. Economics Statistics Briefing Room
    White House's current economic indicators
  4. Social Statistics Briefing Room
    White House's current social indicators
  5. Government Information Sharing Project
    Oregon State's U.S.Depository CD-ROMS
  6. State & County QuickFacts
  7. Statistical Abstract of the United States:
    http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.html