Government Documents: U.S. Documents

Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data

A key index to over 500,000 federal publications, some going back as far as 1976. Includes descriptions of historical and current publications and provides links to those available online. Plans are underway to include documents going back to the early 1800s. Search by agency, title, subject, and general key word.

Search for bills, their status, and legislation from current House and Senate activity back to the 103rd Congress.

Provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Through FDsys

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database. Provides summaries of more than 190,000 criminal justice publications. About 7000 full text publications are available through the NCJRS Virtual Library.

"A gateway to 47 million pages of government science information."

(formerly FirstGov)

Conceived as "the official U.S. gateway to all government information," this search engine and subject directory provide ways to locate information across millions of government web sites. Directories for citizens, businesses, federal employees, and governments.

This collection provides direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society.