Government Documents Subject Guide

UNITED STATES

Subject-oriented access:

• FedWorld from the U.S. Department of Commerce allows subject searching for annotated site listings
• USA.gov provides U.S. government information by topic
• GPO Access U.S. Government Printing Office allows you to browse topics and link to governmental sites
• Catalogs of Federal Web Sites, courtesy of the University of Colorado at Boulder; links to resources by topic

Specialized searching tools:

• Thomas: U.S. legislative information from the Library of Congress
• U.S. Code version is generated from the most recent official version made available by the US House of Representatives, courtesy of Cornell Law School
• Code of Federal Regulations , courtesy of Cornell Law School
• NTIS, National Technical Information Service

Other useful sites:

• FEDSTATS: links to federal agency statistics
• Library of Congress U.S. Executive Branch Websites
• InfoUSA  Developed by the Bureau of International Information Programs at the  U.S. Department of State.

State sites:

• Library of Congress State Government Information

CANADA

• Federal Government of Canada
• Provinces and Territories:  links to the official government Web sites of Canada's provinces and territories.

UNITED KINGDOM

• The United Kingdom Parliament
• Office of Public Sector Information: “The Office of Public Sector Information is at the heart of information policy, setting standards, delivering access and encouraging re-use of public sector information.”
• Detailed List of Great Britain Sites, compiled by Gunnar Anzinger
• National Archives of the United Kingdom

EUROPEAN UNION

Europa: “EUROPA is the portal site of the European Union (http://europa.eu). It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Users can also consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion, access the websites of each of the EU institutions and find out about the policies administered by the European Union under the powers devolved to it by the Treaties.”

UNITED NATIONS

UN Homepage: Documents produced by the UN and its agencies.

GENERAL SITES

• Worldwide Governments on the WWW, compiled by Gunnar Anzinger
• Library of Congress Information by Country
• Yahoo: Information by Country
• World Factbook
• National Governments: links to the official websites of national governments courtesy of Northwestern University Library
• INFOMINE is a library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level.