Government Information Sources
- Search for Government Information
- General U.S. Government Sources
- Agencies and Departments
- State & Local Government Resources
- Hawaii Government Information
- International Organizations & Agencies
- Regulations
- Statistical Information
Search for Government Information
- Browse Topics / University of Central Oklahoma - Browse U.S. Government sites by topic.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- FedLaw - the source for Federal legal research
- Federal Research and Development Project Summaries - a portal to information about Federal research projects
- FirstGov - a portal for government information on the Internet
- www.FoodSafety.gov - Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
- Google Search - UncleSam
- Science.gov - a gateway to selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies
- SciTechResources.gov - a catalog of government science and technology web sites
General U.S. Government Sources
- Documents Service Center / Columbia University
- FedWorld Information Network / United States Department of Commerce - Contains links to most sources of governmental information.
- Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information / GODORT Federal Documents Task Force
- Government Research Center - for access to the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS), NTIS, Nuclear Science Abstracts (NSA) and other databases (Note: Fees Apply)
- GPO Access
- Basic Collection - Links to the most basic Federal documents containing information that support the public's right to know about the workings and essential activities of their Federal Government.
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
- Finding Aids - Includes links to the Government Information Locator Service and a list of electronic government Information products.
- General Searching Instructions - Provides instructions on how to search for documents in GPO Access and its databases
- GPO Access Training Manual
- Multi-Database Search - Search the Budget of the U.S., Congressional Bills, Documents, Record and Reports, Federal Register, Supreme Court Decisions, the U.S. Code -- over 50 different government databases.
- National Agricultural Library
- THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
- University of Hawaii Manoa Government Documents - the regional depository library for Hawaii.
- University of Michigan's Documents Center - Helps locate local, state, federal, foreign or international government information
Agencies and Departments
- Federal Agency Internet Sites - Search by keyword or browse a list of agencies and departments.
- USLinks / William R. Perkins Library (Duke University) - A database of United States government agencies.
Selected Agencies
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- Bureau of Primary Health Care
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - formerly Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Healthy People - Project to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce those threats
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Veterans Affairs - Provides information on VA health plans, hospitals, research centers and clinics, clinical guidelines, informatics standards, and conferences as well as the full range of Veterans Affairs services.
- R&D Annual Report - An archive of R&D Annual Reports in PDF format.
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- CDER 2001 Report to the Nation: Improving Public Health Through Human Drugs - Requires Acrobat Reader
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Internal Revenue Service - Source for reproducable tax forms
- Library of Congress
- Science Tracer Bullets Online - The Library of Congress Science Tracers Bullet series is comprised of bibliographic guides designed to help persons locate published materials on a particular subject in the field of science and technology about which they have only a general knowledge.
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
- National Health Information Center - includes phone listings, health observances calendar, full text documents, links to over 1,100 consumer health organizations, conference information, and links to other health department and public health web sites
- National Institute for Mental Health
- National Institutes of Health
- Grants from the NIH Office of Extramural Research - links to a variety of funding opportunities, policy information and related databases.
- NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts - search the guide by keyword or phrases
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - Provides free searching for technical reports produced by governmental agencies from 1990 to the present.
- Office of Minority Health Resource Center - Contains information on grants, current legislation, employment opportunities and a searchable database of minority documents and audio visuals. Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders is one of the main categories in this database.
- Office of the Surgeon General
- O*NET - The Occupational Information Network is the source for data on job characteristics and worker attributes.
- The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
- U.S. Supreme Court Collection - Maintained by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University
- White House
State and Local Government Resources
- Stateline.org - Operated by the Pew Center on the States.
- State and Local Government on the Net
Hawaii Government Information
- Administrative Rules - Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawaii
- Hawaii Department of Health
- Hawaii Revised Statutes
- Legislative Reference Bureau - LRB
- Hawaiian Demographic Data: Ehia Kanaka Maoli? - requires Acrobat Reader
- Medical Fee Schedule Under the Workers' Compensation Law - requires Acrobat Reader
- State of Hawaii
- Statistics & Publications - Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT), including the State of Hawaii Data Book
International Organizations and Agencies
- Canadian Government Information on the Internet - Select from major Canadian sites, Federal, Provincial or Municipal information, library catalogs, or electronic journal listings.
- Governments on the WWW - a comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web. Regional and municipal governments of Australia, Canada, Japan and the USA are currently not covered by this database.
- United Nations - for full-text of U.N. publications, use the UN Web site Search site.
- Infonation, a two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Official WEB Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Register Online
- National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information - Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services
- United States Code
- WHO International Digest of Health Legislation
Statistical Information
- Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Statistics - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- CIA World Factbook - Includes current country profiles and reference maps.
- Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center - Contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system.
- FEDSTATS - Find authoritative information and statistics from more than 70 federal agencies.
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- STAT-USA - Provides electronic access to business, economic, and trade data from over 40 governmental agencies. The data is collected and consolidated by STAT-USA, an organization within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. A subscription is required for selected files and functions.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- U.S. Census Bureau - A subscription is required for selected files.
- USDA Economics and Statistics System - Contains hundreds of reports and data sets covering U. S. and international agriculture and related topics. Of special interest are the items covering food consumption and production.
- WHO Statistical Information System - Health and health-related statistical information from the WHO Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy