Government Information
on the Internet

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(see also our GovDocs Depository Homepage for Greenley Library)
Databases/Indexes

GPO Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch) Discovering (U.S. History/Biography) GPO Access Databases (free) Newspaper Source Plus Military & Government Collection Use these databases to find articles and reference material. Databases can be accessed from Off-Campus with a password.

Websites

• Federal Government Agencies Directory
  http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html
  Louisiana State U. maintains this list of webpages for government agencies.
  
  
• FedStats
  http://www.fedstats.gov/
  This is a gateway to statistics from 100 government agencies. Search by topic or agency.
  
  
• USA.gov (formerly Firstgov)
  http://www.usa.gov/
  The newest government only search engine.
  
  
• The Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval
  http://ciir.cs.umass.edu/
  This maintained by University Of Massachusetts - Amherst
  
  
• Guide to Canadian Information
  http://tug.lib.uwaterloo.ca/gp/
  A portal maintained by U. Waterloo
  
  
• Librarian's Index to the Internet on Government
  http://lii.org/pub/topic/govlaw
  Annotated website listings.
  
  
• Library of Congress Browse Government Page
  http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/news/extgovd.html
  
  
• Thomas-Legislative Information on the Internet
  http://thomas.loc.gov/
  Makes federal legislative information freely available to theInternet public-and more.
  
  
• US Patent and Trademark Office
  http://www.uspto.gov/
  Search patents/trademark databases, or file an application online.
  
  

Documents Used Most by Farmingdale Students

• Background Notes-US State Dept.
  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
  Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically.
  
  
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
  http://www.cfda.gov/
  CDFA is "a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government."
  
  
• Country Studies
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
  This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Because the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S. forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive.
  
  
• CIA World Factbook
  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
  The World Factbook, produced by CIA's Directorate of Intelligence, is a comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries and other entities.
  
  
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles - O*Net
  http://online.onetcenter.org/
  Formerly at http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libdot.htm, the O*Net replaces to DOT.
  
  
• IRS Tax Forms and Publications
  http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html
  Download copies of hard-to-find tax forms and complete instructions. Adobe Acrobat required.
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/
  
  
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/.
  Statistics on various topics.
  
  
• US Government Manual
  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html
  
  
• Zip Code/Postal Code Lookup
  http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_ctystzip.html
  Search by town or zip code. Also has a list of official USPS abbreviations, including state and US territory abbreviations.
  
  

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