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Government Information - United States
Librarian Subject Specialist
- Marcia Meister
- mlmeister@ucdavis.edu — (530) 752‑9784 — Humanities, Social Sciences, and Government Information Services (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/)
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General Databases
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (U.S. Government Printing Office) (http://catalog.gpo.gov/)
- The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications is a finding tool for electronic and print publications from legislative, executive and judicial branches of the U.S. government. The CGP is produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office, GPO, and contains records for current and historical U.S. government publications and provides links to online versions when available. CGP is comprehensive from 1976 to the present; older materials will be added. It replaces the old Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications from 1976 to the present.
- Coverage: 1976 to present; older records being added.
- Related:
- GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/)
See also GPO Access from the U.S. Government Printing Office for selected full text government databases.
- GPO Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/)
- CQ Electronic Library (http://www.library.cqpress.com/) VPN
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Electronic Library includes many resources for the study of current and historical congressional and American government issues. The CQ Researcher is an invaluable source of background information on topical issues since 1991. The Global Researcher is similar to CQ Researcher but with an international orientation. CQ Weekly Report, available starting in 1983, reports in depth on congressional activities and political developments.
Search from the CQ Electronic Library home page, where you may register a user profile in order to save documents and search strategies, or search in each online edition separately. See similar entry "CQ Press Electronic Library" for individual titles as related listings.
- Related:
- CQ Global Researcher, 2007 to present (http://library.cqpress.com/globalresearcher/) VPN
- CQ Researcher Online, 1991 to present (http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/) VPN
The CQ Researcher produces in-depth, analytical reporting on congressional issues and is an excellent resource for term paper topics. Issues are released weekly and each issue explores a single topic with references included. Online access begins in 1991. - CQ Weekly, 1983 to current (http://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/) VPN
- CQ Global Researcher, 2007 to present (http://library.cqpress.com/globalresearcher/)
- FDsys (GPO's Federal Digital System) (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
- Author: U.S. Government Printing Office
FDsys provides free online access to official U.S. Federal government documents and information. Through FDsys, search for government documents and publications, browse by title, collection, congressional committee, date, and download publications. FDsys replaces GPO Access which is now an archived site.
- Related:
- What's available on FDsys ? (http://www.gpo.gov/help/index.html#what_s_available.htm)
List of collections and titles available on FDsys. It includes Budget of the U.S. government, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Congressional Directory, Economic Report of the President, GAO Reports and more official Federal government documents. - Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) (http://catalog.gpo.gov/F)
Formerly known as the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, the CGP is the catalog, or finding tool, for federal publications. Most records are also included in the UC Davis Harvest Library Catalog or Melvyl catalogs with call no. for the UC Davis collection. - U.S. Government Bookstore (http://bookstore.gpo.gov/)
Search, view and order popular United States government publications. - Former database was GPO Access is now archived version with no new content - use FDsys instead. (http://www.gpoaccess.gov)
- What's available on FDsys ? (http://www.gpo.gov/help/index.html#what_s_available.htm)
- FedStats (http://www.fedstats.gov/)
- FedStats is a gateway to statistics from over 100 United States Federal government agencies. Link directly to statistical data from agencies, for example, the Census Bureau, and the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Access statistics by topics or subjects like crime, education, etc. Search across Federal government agencies using words or phrases to find agencies with statistics. Data sets vary by agency and format.
- GPO Access [via U. S. Government Printing Office] (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/)
- This site has been replaced by the FDsys and is only an archived site which provides free access to federal legislative, executive, judicial, and regulatory full-text materials, and administrative decisions. See FDsys for current as well as restrospective U.S. government information.
- Related:
- FDsys (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
FDsys is the new content management system for GPO (Government Printing Office) and as of 2011 it includes the GPO Access content. - Catalog of United States Government Publications (http://catalog.gpo.gov/)
(also known as Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications); this online version begins in 1994. - Online bookstore for U.S. Government publications. (http://bookstore.gpo.gov/)
- FDsys (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
- LexisNexis Academic (http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic) VPN
- One of the largest web-based full-text databases for current news, business and legal information, supporting a broad range of interdisciplinary research, LexisNexis Academic provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 individual titles. Includes a wide range of U.S. and foreign newspapers, plus transcripts of television and radio news programs. Business resources include business articles, accounting literature, company financial information. Legal resources include state and federal laws and regulations, a full range of case law, and law review articles.
- Proquest Congressional (formerly LexisNexis Congressional) (http://uclibs.org/PID/6941) VPN
- Provides detailed indexing from 1789 forwards for publications of Congress: documents, reports, hearings, unpublished hearings, transcripts, laws and regulations, plus legislative histories and information on members of Congress. Proquest Congressional has digital U.S. Congressional hearings collection from 1824-1979. Full text for congressional committee documents and reports is included from 1990 to current. Selected hearing testimony and transcripts are available from 1988. For full text historical serial set (committee documents & reports) see U.S. Congressional Serial Set by Readex. This database was known as LexisNexis Congressional.
- Related:
- (New) Proquest Congressional (http://search.proquest.com/congressional)
Proquest Congressional's new interface in August, 2012. Try the new version; it will replace the old interface soon. - Subscriber resources, including guides and content information. (http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/1univ/cong/subscriberResources.asp)
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set (http://uclibs.org/PID/42461) VPN
Congressional Committee reports and documents from 1817 - 1980 in a digital edition.
- (New) Proquest Congressional (http://search.proquest.com/congressional)
- National Journal Group's Policy Central (http://nationaljournal.com/) VPN
- Comprehensive resource on politics and policy for the academic community. Includes: National Journal (non-partisan weekly journal on politics), Almanac of American Politics, The Hotline (tracks American politics and campaigns with coverage of each day's events), Ad spotlight (tracks televised political ads), CongressDaily (twice-daily insight on developments and key players in Congress), Markup reports (committee meetings on key bills), Technology Daily, Poll Track (database of over 5,000 public opinion surveys), Earlybird (the morning's top news stories and editorials), and Daybook (schedules of House, Senate and other events).
- Coverage: National journal 1977-; other coverage varies by section.
- National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) (http://uclibs.org/PID/144637) VPN
- NTRL (National Technical Reports Library) is from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). NTRL indexes government-sponsored research, development and technical reports and provides full-text access to reports that have been digitized. Searches over 2 million reports with links to over 500,000 full-text reports. NTRL replaces NTIS via CSA bibliographic database as of 9/2009.
- Coverage: 1964-present
- PAIS Archive [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/96725) VPN
- Online version of the PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Annual Cumulated Bulletin, Volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976. This index provides historical perspective on many public policy, political, economic, and social issues worldwide. Included are references to monographs, periodical articles, government documents, reports, and pamphlets. Note that PAIS transitioned to a new interface in August, 2012; PAIS Archive and the more recent to current PAIS International are combined.
- Coverage: 1915-1976
- PAIS International Database [via Proquest] (http://search.proquest.com/pais?accountid=14505) VPN
- Indexes all types of materials in the area of public affairs and public policy - journal articles, books and book chapters, reports, government documents. Topics include agriculture, banking, demographics, education, environment, finance, government, health, law, legislation, political science, social sciences, and statistics. Note that PAIS was formerly a CSA database and transitioned to a new interface via Proquest in August, 2012.
- Coverage: 1972-present
- Related:
- New Proquest Platform -- User Guide (http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/userguide_np.pdf)PDF
Generic 12-page guide explaining the major ProQuest changes with the new August 2012 interface. - PAIS International [via CSA] (http://search.proquest.com/pais/advanced) VPN
PAIS transitioned to the new Proquest interface during the first week in August, 2012. - Fact Sheet (http://md1.csa.com/factsheets/pais-set-c.php)
- Help (http://www.csa.com/help/index.html)
- New Proquest Platform -- User Guide (http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/userguide_np.pdf)PDF
- USA.gov [formerly Firstgov] (http://www.usa.gov/)
- USAgov was named FirstGov until a name change in December, 2006. Usa.gov (Firstgov) is an official gateway or portal to United States government information, services, and online transactions. It links to Federal government agencies, and to Federal government information by topic for citizens, business and government. The search engine finds government agencies or information resources. Quickly find out how to get a passport, contact your elected officials, look up a zip code and more.
- Google Uncle Sam (http://www.google.com/unclesam)
- Google's U.S. government web search; limits searches to .gov sites.
- Science.gov (http://www.science.gov)
- Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Search selected science and technology web sites and government databases. Sciencegov