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Catalogs

LibCat - Locate Federal Documents available at the Evans Library.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO) - The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications is the finding tool for federal publications  and provides links to those available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word.

Search Engines

Students.gov - Students.gov is a gateway to government information just for college students that includes sites that:

  • Apply online for financial aid and scholarships
  • Find summer internships or jobs
  • Learn about careers that interest you
  • Tap into government research databases
  • Get a passport
  • Find rewarding volunteer opportunities
  • And much more!

GPOAccess - GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government.

 USA.gov - Official information and services from the U.S. government

Google U.S. Government Search - Google U.S. Government Search offers a single location for searching across U.S. government information, and for keeping up to date on government news. You can choose to search for content located on either U.S. federal, state and local government websites or the entire Web -- from the same search box.

Access to Government Documents

As a federal depository library, Evan's makes government documents available for the free use for faculty, staff, students, as well as the general public.For assistance please contact the Evan's Reference Desk, or chat with us.

 

Databases

 

LexisNexis Congressional

 

Full-text of detailed information about Congress, including member biographies, committee assignments, hearings, congressional papers, voting records, financial data, and the full-text of key regulatory and statutory resources. Get full text PDFs of all congressional hearings, the Serial Set through 1969, CRS Reports, the Statutes at Large and the Congressional Record

up to 1997.

Also access LexisNexis

  • Academic: Provides full text of Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, federal case law, legal information, and more.
  • Statistical: access to government and organizational statistics.
U.S. Serial Set

Search for historic primary resources of Reports, Documents and Journals of the U.S. House and Senate. Includes the American State Papers 1789-1838.

LexisNexis

version up to 1969

Readex

version up to 1980

GPO Access

1995-current

Digital National Security Archive

The database includes the most important declassified documents regarding U.S. policy.

Military & Government Collection

Provides access to current news and journals pertaining to all branches of the military.

Campus Research

 

Includes United States Code Annotated, federal cases, the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.

 

CQ Electronic Library

 the CQ Electronic Library is the definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. Includes the Encyclopedia of American Government, Supreme Court Collection, Voting and Elections Collection, Public Affairs and Congress Collections.

Federal Agency Sites

Census Bureau: Starting place for census data

Census- Historical U.S. Data, 1790-1960

Fedstats- U.S. Government Statistics

Historic U.S. Documents: American Memory Project

Tax Forms and Publications

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Web

White House Home Page

Other Sites

C-Span

- Provides public access to the political process.

 

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Position
Government Information Librarian
Department
Info and Coll Svc - Humanities, Social Sci and Instructional Svc
Contact Information
Evans, Room 1.111K
(979) 458-2200
 
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