The following sites provide access to federal, state, and international information, judicial and legal resources, and numerous internet statistical sources.
Government Information – Federal Depository
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Federal Government: General Information and Resources
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Catalog of Government Publications
Congressional Research Service Reports (University of North Texas) Congressional Research Service Reports (Direct Link)
CRS is the public policy research arm of Congress. These reports provide history, policy, and law pertaining to topics of public and political interest.
This resource provides searchable catalogs that provide access to "raw" datasets and various tools.
DOSFAN, Department of State Foreign Affairs Network
The DOSFAN site provides access to electronically-archived information products produced by the U.S. Department of State from 1990 through 1997 and includes archived websites of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the U.S. Information Agency.
Economic Research Service, Agriculture
This is the official source for free and authentic publications from the U.S. federal government. Publications on the system include the Congressional Record; Federal Register; Compilation of Presidential Documents, bills, public laws and statutes; and congressional documents and reports.
This resource provides some of the best publications from the Federal Government, past and present. It includes reviews of new and popular publications and some out-of-print classics.
This resource allows for searches across multiple government databases to retrieve reports, articles, citations, and statistical data.
Presidential Libraries and Museums
TRAIL: Technical Report Archive & Image Library
This is a database of the U.S. Government Reports published primarily before 1976.
This is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state, and local government web resources and services.
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State Information
American Law Sources Online (ALSO!)
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Judicial and Legal Resources
American Law Sources Online (ALSO!)
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International and Foreign Information
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
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Statistical Resources
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This climate portal is from the NOAA and includes data and resources about the impact of climate on numerous areas such as agriculture, energy, transportation, and economics.
The Condition of Education – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Crime in the United States - Uniform Crime Reporting
Digest of Education Statistics 1990 - 2015
Economic Research Service (ERS)
EDGAR, Securities and Exchange Commission
This resources includes corporate information filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Finding and Using Health Statistics
This is the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research.
FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data
Health, United States 2016 (National Center for Health Statistics)
National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS)
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)
Social Security Administration Office of Research Evaluation and Statistics (ORES)
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Statistics for Specific Industries
TranStats, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set
The U.S. Congressional Serial Set via Hathi Trust Digital Library and the United States Congress
The U.S. Congressional Serial Set is your primary source for history and genealogy questions as it includes every aspect of American history. The Serial Set contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports as well as the American State Papers. The reports are usually from committees dealing with proposed legislation and issues under investigation. The documents include all other papers ordered printed by the House or Senate. Documents cover a wide variety of topics and may include reports of executive departments and independent organizations, reports of special investigations made for Congress, and annual reports of non-governmental organizations. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, executive-branch materials were also published in the Serial Set.