Subject Research, Course Guides, Documentation: Federal Government Information: General Information

General Informatoin

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
Available in English and Spanish. Found on the USA.gov search

Government Forms
This portal site provides “one-stop shopping” for forms commonly needed for federal government services. Locate forms by agency or by quick links to frequently used forms. Links lead to the page at the agency Web site where the forms are available.

FEDWORLD.gov (a program of the United States Department of Commerce)
In 1992, 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. This service assisted agencies and the public in electronically locating Federal Government information, both information housed within the NTIS repository and outside of NTIS.

How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the Web
This "hands-on" workshop is designed to demonstrate how to maximize retrieval of federal government information on the Web. [Is probably quite a bit dated but may still have some useful information. Consult the documents librarian if you have questions.]

OpenSecrets.org
The Center for Responsive Politics is the nation's premier research group tracking money in U.S. politics and its effect on elections and public policy. Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the organization aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry and a more transparent and responsive government.

How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the Web - See more on the Schaffer Library website.

DigitalGov This site is a platform to help those in agencies working on providing digital services and information for the public. We’ll scour the innerwebs for digital info so you don’t have to. Expect posts on what government is doing in digital, general digital news, trends and issues on implementing digital for the public.

This platform is brought to you by the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies in the U.S. General Services Administration. Our job here is to help agencies build a 21st century digital government. Digital Projects Registry The Digital Registry is a directory listing of U.S. Government publication digitization efforts. Its goal is to provide a comprehensive listing of all these digitization efforts.
Before the Internet, U.S. Government publications were distributed in tangible format to Federal depository libraries and were made available for purchase from U.S. Government Bookstores across the United States and its territories and commonwealths.

Today, as U.S. Government agencies make information available on their Web sites, there has been an effort to digitize the tangibly distributed U.S. Government publications so that all these publications are accessible online. Libraries, government agencies, or other non-profit institutions contribute their time and resources to obtain official tangible copies of these publications, digitize them, and make them publicly available online. Website will sunset on 12/31/2018 and be preserved in the FDLP web archive.

Federal Depository Library Program Web Archive
To provide permanent public access to Federal Agency web content, the Federal Depository Library Program harvests selected U.S. Government web sites in their entirety.

Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
The collections contained within the Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library are largely composed of digital versions of paper documents from the Combined Arms Research Library collections and student papers produced at the US Army Command and General Staff College. They have recently partnered with several Army educational and historical organizations whose collections appear here also.

Internet Archive Government Documents

This collection contains digital versions of United States Government documents as well as other government documents.

NASA PubSpace

“At NASA, we are celebrating this opportunity to extend free access to our extensive portfolio of scientific and technical publications,” NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman says. “Through open access and innovation we invite the global community to join us in exploring Earth, air, and space.” From here on out, any NASA-funded research articles in peer-reviewed journals must comply to its new policy. This requires that papers be published and uploaded to the portal within one year of publication so that they are freely accessible to anyone. The only exception is studies that involve patents and material governed by personal privacy, proprietary, or security laws.

Many government publications become known by short titles that appear nowhere on the piece, and since libraries catalog them under constitutional titles, a device for tying the two together is needed. This database has not been updated since 2006.

Printable U.S. Constitution and Founding Documents

This site offers free, printable versions of the founding documents of our Republic, including the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and other rights laid out by America's founders. Carry copies of the entire Constitution as a handy foldable booklet, or refer to one Article or Amendment at a time. From a patriotically illustrated Bill of Rights bookmark to a parchment-look version of the Constitution, you can easily reference the fundamental laws and governing documents of the United States of America. All of the printable documents at this site are free.

Government Information on the Web Subject Index

The general purpose of the index is to provide starting points for browsing subject areas, bringing both broad and detailed subject listings from many libraries together in one index. It aims to provide a single place to find link collections on particular subjects, taking advantage of the varied organizational schemes and terminologies developed by depository libraries and other organizations.

National Technical Reports Library of the NTIS
The National Technical Information Service acquires, indexes, abstracts, and archives the largest collection of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports in existence. The NTRL offers access to these authenticated government technical reports to libraries and technical information users. Search 3 million+ titles with links to over 800,000 in full text (PDF).

National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)
You can search, retrieve, download, print, and order EPA technical, scientific, and educational materials from this site – all free of charge!

Government Catalogs, Indexes, and Databases (University of North Texas Library)
Alphabetical list of general and subject-specific Internet catalogs, indexes and databases that include government-sponsored literature. Includes a search option

Pamphlet and Poster Collections

University of Florida Government Document Pamphlets
Alphabetical listing of subjects lead to full text of item.
Government Information Pamphlet Collection (U. of South Carolina)
Browse by agency or program or search by SuDoc number or keywords.
U.S. Government Posters
These posters were issued by agencies ranging from the Department of Agriculture to the Forest Service, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Department of Defense, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The posters address issues such as water safety, oceanography, nutrition, erosion, soil conservation, civil law, and much more. Digitized by Central Washington University.
School Gardening in the Early 1900s Through Today
This Research Guide pulls together many of the documents from the early twentieth century through World War II that have been digitized (scanned) and are available to the public through the Internet. Documents that have been digitized include the United States School Garden Army documents and many of the Department of Interior, Bureau of Education documents, including the set of 17 School Home-Garden Circulars. The other tabs include lists of other digital documents from this era, plus contemporary online information and some national and state-based school gardening organizations.

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Federal Government Information: General Information

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