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Government Info

The James Earl Carter Library of Georgia Southwestern State University was designated a selective Federal Depository Library in 1966.  As such, the library receives publications in hardcopy, microform, and electronic formats from most federal government agencies.  The library currently owns more than 300,000 government publications that have been selected to serve the information needs of the students and faculty of the University as well as the citizens of the second U.S. Congressional district of Georgia.

In the past few years, an increasing number of publications have been discontinued in print format and are now accessible only on World Wide Web sites.  Many of these are represented by GIL catalog records which have hyperlinks to government web pages.  A significant amount of information is available on web sites that are not cataloged.  Even the most experienced researcher needs an Internet map to navigate the myriad of online databases produced by the U.S. government.   This is a guide to online resources that addresses the needs of the depository constituency.

There are more than 100,000 records for government books and periodicals in GIL, our online catalog of library holdings.   Print documents circulate unless they are periodicals or reference resources.  If members of the community who are not associated with the University wish to check out government publications, special arrangements can be made through a reciprocal borrowers agreement with Lake Blackshear Regional Library.

The Library also provides access to Kurzweil assistive technology. If you have questions or problems, please use the contact information below or see someone at the Library Service Desk.

Contacts:

Ru Story-Huffman
Reference Librarian/ Government Information
Coordinator
Email     ru.story-huffman@gsw.edu
Phone    229-931-2850
Fax        229-931-2265

Tishana N. Andrews
Reference / Documents Assistant
Email     tishana.andrews@gsw.edu 
Phone    229-931-2262
Fax        229-931-2265

GSW Docs

• Federal Government: Search Engines and Major Directories
• Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information
• State Information
• International and Foreign Information
• Statistical Resources
• Historical Documents
• Additional Resources
• Hot Topics and Current Events
• Documents Processing Links

Federal Government: Search Engines and Major Directories

• Google Uncle Sam   (Use Google to search .gov and .mil sites) (http://www.unclesamsearch.com/)
• USA.gov    (US Government's official web portal)  (http://www.usa.gov/)
• FDsys (Government Printing Office resource page) (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
• FDsys Search (Search across multiple government documents) (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/advanced/advsearchpage.action)
• THOMAS (Legislation information on the Internet) (http://www.thomas.loc.gov)
• GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications    (search for government documents published from 1994- ) (http://catalog.gpo.gov/F)
•  GPO Monthly Catalog via GALILEO    (1976- )  (http://www.galileo.usg.edu -- choose "all databases", then GPO Monthly Catalog)
• GPO's Finding Aids at GPO Access    (http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/tools.html)
• GovEngine.com  (http://www.govengine.com)  more than 180 pages of links to federal, state, local, etc government pages
• FINDLAW    (find laws, court cases, etc.)  (http://www.findlaw.com)
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory    (locate all federal agencies via LSU) (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html)

Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information

• FDsys   (search and retrieve information from Congress, regulatory agencies, and other departments through the U.S. Government Printing Office meta-search engine)   (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
• Congress.Org   (searchable member directories and current awareness) (http://www.congress.org/)
• Internet Law Library   (laws and regulations - Illinois Institute of Technology) (http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/)
• Library of Congress   (guide to the U.S. Legislative Branch) (http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html)
• Thomas   (search & retrieve legislation from the 103rd to current Congresses) (http://thomas.loc.gov/)

State Information

• Georgia.gov (online access to Georgia government resources)  (http://www.georgia.gov)
• Report of the State Auditor of Georgia 
  Salary & Travel Supplement Searchable Database
  (Click the "I agree" link at the bottom of this page)

Other Resources of Interest

• American Law Sources On-Line   (ALSO!)  (http://www.lawsource.com/also/index.htm#[United States])
• FindLaw   (http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html)
• Piper Resource   (http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm)
• State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information   (Cornell University) (http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html)

International and Foreign Information

• Country Studies    (Library of Congress) (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
• Documents Center   (University of Michigan)  (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/intl.html
• Foreign Governments   (links to individual foreign government pages, Northwestern Univ.)  (http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html)
• International Documents Task Force Website   (ALA GODORT) (http://www.ala.org/godort/taskforces/internationaldocuments/idtf)
• U.S. State Department Home Page   (http://www.state.gov)
• United Nations   (http://www.un.org/)

Statistical Resources

• Bureau of Labor Statistics   (http://www.bls.gov/)
• InfoNation  (United Nations) (http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm)
• Statistical Resources   (UNT's Government Information Connection) (http://www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/browse-topics/statistics)
• U.S. Census Bureau   (http://www.census.gov/)
• County and City Data Book  (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/)
• The Georgia Statistics System: Cross Sectional Analysis  (http://www.georgiastats.uga.edu/crossection01.html)

Historical Documents

• American Memory Project (Congressional documents) (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html)
• NARA (Teaching Resources, Primary Sources) (http://www.archives.gov)
• University of Oklahoma: College of Law (Chronological list of historical documents with links) (http://www.law.oc.edu/hist/)

Additional Resources

• American Library Association Government Documents Round Table  (GODORT) (http://www.ala.org/godort/)
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids  (http://bensguide.gpo.gov/)
• Documents Center   (one-stop shopping from the University of Michigan) (http://guides.lib.umich.edu/cat.php?cid=1471)
• Fedstats   (Search engine for government statistics and data) (http://www.fedstats.gov/search.html)
• FINDLAW   (find Supreme Court information) (http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/)
• INFOMINE   (huge collection of government resources and guides from the University of California, Riverside) (http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?govpub)
• U.S. House of Representatives   (http://www.house.gov/)
• U.S. Senate Home Page   (http://www.senate.gov/)
• United States Supreme Court   (http://www.supremecourtus.gov)
• White House Home Page    (http://www.whitehouse.gov/)

Hot Topics and Current Events

• Documents in the News at University of Michigan Library Documents Center
  (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html)
• Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001  (http://thomas.loc.gov/home/terrorleg.htm)

Documents Processing Links

• GSW Microfiche Duplicate Offers List
• Government Printing Office Federal Depository Library Program