Introduction to Government Documents
Information Sources and Services
LS 500
Clarion University of PA
Fall 2002    Southpointe
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~matthewm/govdocs/govdocs.htm

A Few Places to Start
Ben's Guide
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/index.html
Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov/
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov

A Few Places to Watch
NTIS
http://www.ntis.gov/
GILS
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/index.html
FedWorld
http://www.fedworld.gov/
Uncle Sam’s Migrating Government Docs
http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/mig.htm
CyberCemetery
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/

Some Standard General Sources
Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html
Congressional Directory
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong016.html
County and City Data Book

Some Standard General Sources
Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html
Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
United States Government Manual
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html

Additional Web Tools
Government Documents Subject Resource Guide - Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/Genref/govt.html
Legislative Branch Guide by a Library of Congress Staffer
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html
University of Michigan Document Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/federal.html

Additional Web Tools
MarciveWeb DOCS
http://www.marcive.com/HOMEPAGE/WEB7.HTM
Government databases
PubMed:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
ERIC:  http://www.askeric.org/Eric/
Agricola:  http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/
PubSCIENCE:  http://pubsci.osti.gov/

Recommended Reading
Robinson, Judith Schiek.  Tapping the Government Grapevine:  The User-Friendly Guide to U.S. Government Information Sources.  3rd ed.  Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1998.
Morehead, Joe.  Introduction to United States Government Information Sources.  6th ed.  Englewood, CO:  Libraries Unlimited, 1999.