Federal Government Documents Information

See also: our Virtual Library of Federal Resources for Executive, Legislative and Judicial web sites.

Main Sites

• Browse Topics - Directory of U.S. Government Sites
• Federal Digital System - FDSys Administrative Decisions, Core Documents of US Democracy, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Congressional Record, US Code, Congressional Bills, and more.
• Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information From the Government Documents Roundtable of ALA.
• Library of Congress
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
• National Institute of Justice Publications
• USA.gov The official web page of the United States government.

States Government Documents

• Council of State Governments
• State and Local Government on the Net
• State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources Report by American Association of Law Libraries.
• State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Government Information Report by American Association of Law Libraries.

US Census Bureau & Statistics

• U.S. Census Bureau
• American Factfinder
• American Factfinder User's Guide from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
• Historical Statistics of the United States Selected Historical Statistics, 1790-1990.
• Quick Facts
• Statistical Abstracts
• Bay Area Census Provides quick access to San Francisco Bay Area data.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Fedstats The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
• United States Decennial Censuses General Research Guide By Mississippi State University Libraries. An excellent resource.
• USA Trade Online Offers specific US export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities. Login and password are required. See the Government Documents Librarian or the Reference Librarian on duty at the Reference Desk.

Citing Government Documents

The following sites may not be appropriate for legal writing. Law Students should see the rules in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation for citing specific Government Documents.

• Arizona State University Libraries Government Documents Citator
• Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications From the University of Memphis.
• Citing Government Documents from the Columbia University Libraries.
• Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Style From the University of Nevada, Reno.
• Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States