Federal Government Resources

Agencies and Commissions (Independent)

Access all independent Federal agencies' and commissions' homepages via this link. For example, the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Trade Commission, and National Science Foundation....

Census Bureau

Search the Census Bureau's continuously expanding library of on-line documents and files for various kinds of population statistics.

Congressional Universe (UCF access only)

Access the wealth of CIS Legislative Histories, congressional publications, and other information from the Congressional Information Service, Inc. .

Copyright Office

The US Copyright Office has information about the copyright application process, downloadable copyright application forms, and the full-text of the Copyright Information Circulars. Be sure to read Circular One as it provides overview of the copyright process, fees, duration of protection,and information about the various application forms.

Departments

Access all Federal departments' homepages.

Executive Branch

Search Executive Branch homepages.

FedWorld

A comprehensive access point for locating and acquiring government information.

GPO Access Databases

Search the following full-text databases: Congressional Record, Economic Indicators, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Public Laws, Government Accounting Office Reports, Government Information Locator Service Reports, Government Manual, History of Bills....

IRS Tax Forms

View, print, and download Federal tax forms. Tax forms and publications in the PDF format can be viewed, navigated and printed from a workstation using Acrobat Reader from Adobe Systems, Inc.

Judicial Branch

Access opinions of the US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals, and US Federal Courts.

Labor Statistics

An excellent source for national and local area employment statistics, such as: hours and earnings, employee benefits survey, occupational injury and illness rates, unemployment rates and profiles, collective bargaining agreements, Consumer Price Indexes, Producer Price Indexes, and International Price Indexes

Legislative Branch

Homepages of the House and Senate.

Medline (PubMed)

The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE file contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from over 3,800 current biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 foreign countries. The file contains over 8.6 million records dating back to 1966. Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts

NTIS

National Technical Information Service: products, catalogs, ordering, information tools, search, news, organization, services, etc.

Patent and Trademark Office

Information about how to register patents and trademarks, search U.S. Patents, search U.S. AIDS Patents, download PTO forms, determine PTO fees, order copies of patents and trademarks.

Search Engines

Use the following search engines to find information: AltaVista, HOTBOT, Lycos, Webcrawler, and Yahoo.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Filings

Full-text SEC filings for companies in the archive of EDGAR documents.

STAT-USA

Many of the databases that comprise STAT-USA require a password to access. If the database you would like to use requires a password please ask at the Reference Desk. STAT-USA includes export and international trade information, NTDB, Market Research Reports, Country Commercial Guide, International Contacts, Export Yellow Pages, Archive of Histori cal Trade Leads, U.S. Imports by Commodity, U.S. Exports by Commodity, U.S. Imports by Country, U.S. Exports by Country, Trade Opportunity Leads, Industry Sector Analysis, International Market Insights, Business Cycle Indicators, Daily Economic Business and Trade News, etc.

THOMAS

Legislative information on the Internet.

AGENCIES and COMMISSIONS	CONGRESS and THE COURTS	STATISTICS	OTHER RESOURCES
Executive Branch (UMich)	Congressional Universe (CIS) UCF access only	Census Bureau	GPO Access
Federal Departments	Legislative Branch (UMich)	Labor Statistics	Federal Govt Resources (UMich)
Agencies & Commissions (Independent)	Judicial Branch (UMich)	Statistical Resources (UMich)	FedWorld
Copyright Office	Senate House	STAT-USA Password required	NTIS
IRS Tax Forms	Federal Courts		Medline (PubMed)
Patent & Trademark Office UCF Patent Information	THOMAS	National Climatic Data Center Password required	Country Studies
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Filings	Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis) UCF access only	Historical Census Data (1790-1970)	NAICS North American Industry Classification System

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