Subject Resources: Government Information
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![]() | AccessUN
Indexes United Nations documents and publications. | |||
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| American FactFinder
View, print, and download statistics about population, housing, industry, and business. | ||||
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![]() | CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Comprehensive source for research in international affairs. | |||
| 1991 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | CQ Library
Index and full text access to the CQ Weekly and The CQ Researcher. | |||
| 1983 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Declassified Documents Reference System
Access to formerly classified U.S. government documents as they are declassified. | |||
| Post WWII to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Digital National Security Archive
Full text U.S. government documents related to particular international issues or crisis. | |||
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![]() | EIU Country Reports
Provides detailed political, economic and business information on 180 countries. | |||
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![]() | Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, many in full-text. | |||
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![]() | Federal Register
Search proposed and final rules, Presidential documents, and meeting notices. | |||
| July 1980--present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index
Index to FBIS Daily Reports issued from 1975-1996. | |||
| 1975-1996 | ![]() | |||
![]() | GovSearch (Government Search) | |||
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![]() | GPO Catalog
Access the complete Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications. | |||
| First Search (OCLC) | 1976 to the present | ![]() | ||
| HOMER
Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs) | ||||
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![]() | LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources. | |||
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![]() | LexisNexis Congressional Universe
Comprehensive access to United States legislative information. | |||
| 1970 to the present | ![]() | |||
![]() | NetLibrary
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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![]() | PAIS International
Indexes public affairs journals, documents, pamphlets, books and yearbooks. | |||
| 1972 to the present | ![]() | |||
| PARLINE database
Database of official documents from national parliaments. | ||||
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| PARLIT database
Database of bibliographic references on the role, structure and working methods of national parliaments. | ||||
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![]() | Policy File
Public policy research indexing and abstracting, as well as full text items. | |||
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![]() | ProQuest
Access databases of resources for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources. | |||
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| Rand Abstracts
Books, publications, and academic journal articles in RAND's publicly available collection. | ||||
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![]() | StatesmanÂ?s Yearbook Online
Comprehensive coverage of government and politics, geography, history, economics, social policy and culture for 192 countries. | |||
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![]() | Statistical Universe
Indexes printed federal, state, international statistical publications, and selected business and professional publications containing statistics. | |||
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| THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
An official source of United States Federal Legislative information. | ||||
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![]() | U.S. Congressional Serial Set | |||
| Readex | 1817-1980 | ![]() | ||
| U.S. Gazetteer
searchable database containing geographic information, maps and 1990 census data | ||||
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eJournals | ||||
![]() | Congressional Quarterly Researcher
In-depth coverage of timely issues. | |||
| Jan. 1991-present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Congressional Quarterly Weekly
Weekly news magazine of Congressional activity. | |||
| 1983 - present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Government Information Quarterly | |||
| v. 12, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
![]() | Journal of Government Information | |||
| v. 22, no. 1 (1995) -- present | ![]() | |||
| NBER Working Papers
Papers from the National Bureau of Economic Research. | ||||
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![]() | Public Budgeting and Finance
Serves as a forum for the communication of research and experiences on all facets of government finance | |||
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![]() | Public Finance Review
Publishes articles about the public sector of the economy and the finance sector. | |||
![]() | First Search (OCLC) | v. 27, no. 1 (1997)-- 2004 | ![]() | |
![]() | Sage | v. 27, no. 1 (1999)-- present | ![]() | |
![]() | Public Integrity
The foremost journal on ethics and leadership in all aspects of modern public service. | |||
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![]() | Rhetoric & Public Affairs
A new interdisciplinary journal devoted to the history, theory, and criticism of public discourse. | |||
| Project Muse | v. 3 (2000) -- present | ![]() | ||
| Statistical Abstract of the United States
Collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States | ||||
See More Info for access information. | no. 1 (1878)-present | ![]() | ||
eBooks | ||||
| Budget of the United States Government | ||||
See More Info for access information. | 1996-present | ![]() | ||
![]() | Encyclopedia of American foreign policy
Essays by subject experts on American foreign policy | |||
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![]() | NetLibrary Collection
Collection of full-text electronic books. | |||
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| Statistical Abstract of the United States
Collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States | ||||
See More Info for access information. | no. 1 (1878)-present | ![]() | ||
| World Factbook
Annual publication provides general info on every country of the world. | ||||
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Web Sites | ||||
| California Ballot Propositions
California ballot propositions from 1911 to the present | ||||
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| California code of regulations
Regulations that have been formally adopted by the state of California | ||||
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| California Government Officials
Information about California government officials | ||||
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| California Law
29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes | ||||
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| California State Library
The State Library is California's public research library | ||||
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| California Voter Foundation
Convenient access to reliable election information | ||||
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| CenStats Databases
Collection of census databases | ||||
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| CensusTools
Collection of free Excel spreadsheets to download for recording census data. | ||||
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| Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Site lists the current heads of state of the world's governments. | ||||
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| Counting California
Collate and integrate data by topic, geography, title, and provider about California | ||||
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| Data Bases Available to All USC Researchers
Databases locally available to USC researchers. | ||||
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| Department of Energy (DOE) Technical Standards
Contains a great range of handbooks aimed to provide DOE benchmarks for standards | ||||
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| Elections around the world
Hub of information on elections worldwide | ||||
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| Fed in print
Index to the Federal Reserve System economic research publications. | ||||
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| Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
A database of economic statistics with historic time series data. | ||||
| Beginning of data series to present. | ![]() | |||
| Fedstats
Gateway site for U.S. government agency statistics | ||||
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| Foreign Consular Offices in the United States | ||||
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| Foreign Government Resources on the Web | ||||
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| Foreign governments websites | ||||
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| GovEngine.com
Consolidates links to official federal, state, and local government information sites for the United States. | ||||
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| Governments on the WWW
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web. | ||||
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| GPO Access
Provides free online use of over 1,500 databases of Federal information in over 80 applications. | ||||
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| Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
Inaugural addresses of all American presidents. | ||||
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| International governmental organizations websites
The international organizations included in the list are intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). | ||||
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| Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project
Organizes and describes official Latin American government documents sites. | ||||
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| Marshall's Virtual Electronic Library (MarVEL)
In-depth guidance on research in the business and accounting fields. | ||||
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| Municipal Codes Online
Quick access to city and county municipal codes available on the Internet | ||||
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| National Resources Inventory (NRI)
Statistics on land use and natural resource conditions of US nonfederal lands. | ||||
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| Population Index on the Web
Primary reference tool to all forms of research on the world's population. | ||||
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| Privacy and Library Records Update: USA Patriot | ||||
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| Project Inform (Spanish) | ||||
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| Statistical Abstract of the United States
Collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States | ||||
See More Info for access information. | no. 1 (1878)-present | ![]() | ||
| Statistical Resources on the Web [University of Michigan]
Directory with links to statistics available on the Web. | ||||
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| UN-HABITAT
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. | ||||
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| usgovsearch
U.S. government offical web site | ||||
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| World Bank Group
The World Bank Group offers information such as news, publications, issues and regional perspectives | ||||
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| World Development Report 2004
Investigates how countries can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by making services work for poor people. | ||||
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| World Factbook
Annual publication provides general info on every country of the world. | ||||
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