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U.S. Government Information

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Access   Indexes
Public Monthly Catalog of US Publications   (U.S. GPO)
indexes U.S. Government publications since 1994 ;
SU Users Monthly Catalog - GPO   (OCLC/FirstSearch)
indexes U.S. Government publications since 1976
Available to everyone Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications  
   Gov Docs Reference Z 1223 .A18 ; index to Federal government publications, 1895-present
Available to everyone Catalogue of the Public Documents of the Congress and of all Departments
of the Government of the United States 1893-1940
 
   Gov Docs Reference Z 1223 .A13
Available to everyone Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications 1900-1971
   Gov Docs Reference Z 1223 .A182
Available to everyone Cumulative Title Index to U.S. Public Documents 1789-1976  
   Gov Docs Reference Z 1223 .Z7 L47
Available to everyone Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909  
   Gov Docs Reference Z 1223 .A113 1953x
SU Users Congressional LexisNexis  some full text
Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research ; the U.S. Code, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Statutes at Large ; Coverage
Available to everyone CIS Annual  
   Gov Docs Reference KF 49 .C62 ; index of Congressional publications, 1975-1999
Available to everyone U.S. Serial Set Index   (CIS)
   Gov Docs Reference   Z1223 Z9 C65 1975 ; index to Congressional publications, 1789-1969
Public GPO Access   (Government Printing Office)
gateway to U.S. Government information ; over 30 government databases
Available to everyone Index to Military Periodicals (Air University Library)
SU Users Academic LexisNexis   some full text
news, business, legal, and reference information
SU Users Academic Search Premier   (EBSCO)   some full text
multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications in nearly every area of academic study
SU Users America: History and Life   (ABC-CLIO)
articles on North American history from prehistory to the present; coverage from 1954
SU Users InfoTrac OneFile   (Thomson Gale)   some full text
periodical and news content as well as indexing from a variety of general and specialized journals; 5,156 full-text titles (more than 9,200 titles in all)
 
Access   Selected Reference Sources
Available to everyone Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
Available to everyone Census Index (Ohio State University Libraries)
Available to everyone A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
   U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875
Available to everyone Congressional Record  
   Government Documents Department; also available via GPO Access for 1994 and forward
 
Available to everyone Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (GPO)
Available to everyone Government Databases by Subject (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)
Available to everyone Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia Library)
Public Thomas, Legislative Information   (Library of Congress)   some full text
House & Senate bills, Congressional Record and Cumulative Index, hot legislation, and Historical Documents
SU Users Full-text Journal Finder    
Got a citation? Find out which databases have your journal full-text.
 
Access   Selected Web Sites
Public American Memory   (Library of Congress)   some full text
primary source materials on the history and culture of the U. S.
Available to everyone Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids  
   basic information about the U.S. Government for grades K-12, plus guides for parents and teachers.
Available to everyone Federal Web Locator (Chicago-Kent)
Available to everyone USA.gov
U.S. government's official web portal
Public GPO Access   (Government Printing Office)
gateway to U.S. Government information ; over 30 government databases
Available to everyone Guide to Finding Government Information (Samford University Library)
Available to everyone U.S. Federal Government Agencies (LSU)
Agencies listed by branch of government; also allows for keyword searching
Available to everyone Elections: Internet Resources   (Samford University Library)
Public INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
virtual library of Internet resources relevant at the university level ; contains databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information
Public Librarians' Index to the Internet   (Library of California)
searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 10,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians