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FRIEDSAM MEMORIAL LIBRARY 

Friedsam Memorial Library is a selective Federal and New York State depository for government publications.  The collection is located on the second floor of the library near the blue stacks.  Any reference librarian at the Information Desk can assist you with finding what you need in the collection.  You may also contact the Government Documents Librarian, Dr. Michael Spencer, at mspencer@sbu.edu.

The following list suggests the best sites to find government information available online for federal, state, international, and foreign levels of government.

Sections

1. Federal Government: General Information
2. Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information
3. State Information
4. International and Foreign Information
5. Statistical Resources
6. Additional Resources

Monthly Catalog--use to locate published government information

Federal Government:
General Information

• Documents Center (one-stop shopping from the University of Michigan)
• Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information (ALA GODORT FDTF)
• Ben's Guide to US Government Information for Kids
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory (locate all federal agencies via LSU)
• US House of Representatives
• US Senate Home Page
• White House Home Page

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Federal Government:
Legislative and Regulatory Information

• Congress.Org (searchable member directories and current awareness)
• GPO Access (search and retrieve congressional information from the US Government Printing Office, with mirror, or Gateway, sites at over 20 universities, each with their own strengths.)
• Library of Congress (guide to the U.S. Legislative Branch)
• Thomas (search & retrieve legislation from the 103^rd to current congresses)
• Internet Law Library (laws and regulations - Illinois Institute of Technology)
• Law (Government Information Connection, Univ. of North Texas)

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State Information

• State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell University)
• State Government Collections -- try one of the following:
  1. American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO!)
  2. Virtual Law Library (Indiana University School of Law) From the "Browse by Information Type" menu, select "State Government Servers"
  3. FindLaw
  4. Piper Resources
• State Legislative Database (GoverNet Affairs)
• StateList (The Electronic Source for State Publication Lists from UIUC)

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International and Foreign Information

• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• Documents Center (University of Michigan)
• Foreign Governments (links to individual foreign government pages)
• Foreign National Governments, International Governmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizaions (ALA GODORT International Documents Task Force)
• International Governmental Organizations (links to international organizations and agencies Web sites)
• US State Department Home Page
• United Nations

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Statistical Resources

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Business & Economics Numeric Data
• Fedstats (Search engine for government statistics and data)
• InfoNation (United Nations)
• Statistical Information (UNT's Government Information Connection)
• US Census Bureau

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Additional Resources

• "Agency Approach" To Locating Government Information on the Internet (tutorial)
• Depository CD-ROM Guides (links to guides on government CDs via the University of Michigan)
• Govbot, FirstGov, and Google Uncle Sam (Search engines for government information; see also GPO's Finding Aids)
• GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (search for government documents)
• Government Information and Depository Management Clearinghouse (ALA GODORT Education Committee)
• Meta-Subject Access to Government Information (Idaho State University)
• Migrating Government Publications (full-text docs via the University of Memphis)
• Resources of Use to Government Documents Librarians (ALA GODORT)
• Sales Product Catalog via GPO (also see the commercial version from Claitor's)

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