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Research guide for this subject: Government Publications

CORE DATABASES
GPO Monthly Catalog (MOCAT)  
Free version of the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT) contains most of the information available through the Federal Depository Library Program and is available for online searching as part of the GPO Access Federal Locator 1994 - present
GPO Monthly Catalog (OCLC FirstSearch version)  
U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments. First Search version covers items published since 1976.
Impact /ACCESS GDCS  
(Summary coming soon...) June 1976 - present
LexisNexis Academic Universe  
Full text sources, including: regional, national and international newspapers; business, legal, and medical publications; and government documents.
US General Services Administration. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance  
The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally -recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.


RELATED DATABASES
American State Papers  
Digitized and searchable edition of legislative and executive documents of Congress from 1789-1838. 1789-1838
Congressional Universe  
Citations and full text to U.S. legislative information, including bills and pending legislation, legislative history, hearings, testimony, reports, documents, Congressional Record, public laws, etc. 1970 - present
CQ Library  
Full text of CQ Weekly (bills, legislative action) and CQ Researcher (research reports on current issues). 1991 - present
CQ Researcher  
Full text of research reports on issues of behind legislation in the US Congress. 1991 - present
Globus/NTDB. US Department of Commerce.  
Releases and data on the US economy and international trade.
Military & Government Collection  
Full-text magazine and newspaper articles on national/international policy and politics, public administration, political science, international relationships, national and global security, law enforcement, and all branches of the military.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)  
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Full-text access to approximately 240,000 government-sponsored technical reports from 1964 to 2000. Access restricted. Ask at Reference Desk for details on Web-based access at http://www.ntis.gov/FDLP/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2ffdlp%2fDefault.aspx
Science.gov  
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies including research and development results.
US Congress. Congressional Serial Set.  
Searchable, full text database of the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from 1817-1980. 1817-1980
US Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service  
The Economic Research Service is a primary source of economic information and research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture... ERS conducts a research program to inform public and private decisionmaking on economic and policy issues involving food, farming, natural resources, and rural development.
US Department of Agriculture. National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS)  
NASS publishes U.S., state, and county level agricultural statistics for many commodities and data series.
US Department of Commerce. Census Bureau.  
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
US Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)  
NCES is the "primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
US Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)  
Rich source of information about America’s health. As the Nation’s principal health statistics agency, [NCHS] compile statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of [US Citizens].
US Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Applied Studies  
SAMHSA's Office of Applied Statistics (OAS) provides the latest national data on (1) alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug abuse, (2) drug related emergency department episodes and medical examiner cases, and (3) the nation's substance abuse treatment system.
US Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD User.  
HUD USER provides interested researchers with access to the original electronic data sets generated by PD&R sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
US Department of the Interior. Geodata.gov (Geospatial One-Stop)  
Geodata.gov is a geographic information system (GIS) portal, also known as the Geospatial One-Stop (GOS), that serves as a public gateway for improving access to geospatial information and data under the Geospatial One-Stop E-Government initiative.
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