Government Information Locators

Agriculture | Business | Census |Consumer | Copyright | Criminal Justice | Defense | Education |Economics | Energy |Geography | Government Documents Search Engines | Health | Labor | Science | Sociology | Statistical Search Engines | Taxes | Transportation

Agriculture

Agricola - Searchable database which provides citations to agriculture related articles from the National Agriculture Library.

Agriculture Statistics - Published by the USDA and contains information on agriculture production, costs, consumption etc.

National Agriculture Statistics Service - Provides links for national and state statistical information on crops and livestock.

Census of Agriculture - Contains information on county, state, and national statistics on agriculture in the United states.

USDA Economic and Statistics System - contains data sets and reports from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Business

Edgar Database - Searchable database which provides registration and reports for public companies in the United States.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) - Provides standard industrial classification codes which can be searched by keyword or SIC code.

SIC to NAICS Crosswalk - Converts SIC codes to the North American Industrial Classification System.

Census

American Factfinder - Contains national, state, and local demographic data for the United States.

Census Department - Provides links to census related information.

Consumer

Consumer.gov - Contains consumer information from the federal government.

Copyright

Copyright Forms - Provides copyright forms that can be downloaded for personal use.

Criminal Justice

Bureau of Justice Statistics - Contains statistics concerning crime and victims, law enforcement, prosecution, etc.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data - Provides crime and justice data from Federal and state agencies.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database - Searchable database of over 180,000 criminal justice publications citations.

Uniform Crime Report - Provides statistics for crimes statistics in the United States.

Defense

Defense Almanac - Contains statistics and data about the Department of Defense

Economics

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Provides national, regional, international, and industrial economic statistics

Economic Indicators.gov - Allows access to newly released economic data.

Education

National Center for Education Statistics - Contains statistics and data concerning all levels of education.

Energy

Energy Information Administration - Contains information and statistics concerning energy related topics.

Geography

U.S. Gazetteer - Searchable database which allows individual to access an area map or statistics of a specific location.

USGS Geographic Names Information System - Searchable database for finding locations in the United States.

Government Document Search Engines

Catalog of United States Government Publications - Database which provides the location of electronic and print government documents.

Federal Web Locator - created by the Center for Information Law and Policy to assist in finding government information on the Internet.

GPO Access - Allows access to government information through the Government Printing Office.

Sales Product Catalog - Allows individuals to find and order government information that is available for sale.

Firstgov.gov - Official Web portal of the United States Government.

Google: UncleSam - Popular search engine which can be used to locate United States government information.

Consumer Information Catalog - Quarterly publication which provides a list of government consumer information documents for sale.

Health

CDC Wonder - Contains information on a numerous health related topics provided by the Center of Disease Control

Healthfinder - Provides links to information health-related issues and organizations, doctors, dentists, nursing homes, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.

MEDLINEplus - Contains medical encyclopedia and dictionary, information about prescription drugs, etc.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - Contains data and statistics concerning specific diseases, environmental hazards, and man-made disasters.

National Center of Health Statistics - Provides links to health related statistical information.

Nutrition.gov - Contains information on dietary information.

Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Contains statistical information relating to labor in the United States

LaborSTA - Provides statistical data pertaining to International and United States labor.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Database and Information Resources - Contains number links to data about chemical safety, emergency response, health, agriculture, construction, mining, etc.

USAJOBS - Official jobs Website for the United States Federal Government.

Science

Energy, Science, and Technology Information at the Office of Scientific and Technical Information - Searchable databases contains citations and some full-text articles relating to energy.

FedWorld - Provides access to National Technical Information Service database which can be used for locating and purchasing scientific and technical papers and reports.

NASA Technical Report Server - Searchable database for locating and obtaining NASA reports. Some full-text documents available.

NIST Scientific and Technical Database - Contains many scientific databases pertaining to chemistry, math, physics, and biology.

Science.gov - Multiple United States Government resources that can be obtained in a directory format.

Sociology

AgingStats.gov - Provides statistics and information on on aging in the United States.

ChildStats.gov - Contains national and state statistics and reports on families and children concerning health, population, education, etc.

Statistical Search Engines

FedStats - Allows access to numerous statistical information on a wide range of topics and geography.

Stat USA - Provides access to economic, trade data and international data. Ask librarian for assistance when getting started.

Taxes

Tax Forms - Provides access to current and previous tax forms and instructions.

Transportation

Bureau of Transportation Statistics - Contains statistics pertaining to transportation.