Government Reference Sites

Government Reference Sites with links to governmental internet resources, census 2000, government statistics, county business patterns, national archives locator, uniform crime reports, US counties, government manuals, government research guides, and much more.

Governmental Internet Resources

• Agricola

  (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a machine-readable database of bibliographic records created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production of these records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials dating from the 16th century to the present. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agricultural products, alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition. Auxiliary subjects that support NAL's Information Center activities, such as agricultural trade and marketing, rural information, and animal welfare, are also included. AGRICOLA does not contain the materials themselves; but it can help you identify and find them, and you can search AGRICOLA via the World Wide Web. (For information on how to get NAL materials, see NAL's Document Delivery Services website.

• Agricultural Statistics 1994-present

  Agricultural Statistics is published each year to meet the diverse need for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

  The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.

• Census 2000

  The 2000 Census is planned to be compiled in electronic format exclusively. This site is where much of the 2000 Census will be loaded.

• CIA World Factbook

  This is brief analysis of foreign countries by the CIA

• County Business Patterns

  County Business Patterns is an annual series providing economic profile of counties, states, and the United States. Data include employment, payroll, and number of establishments by industry.

• Department of Energy Information Bridge

  DOE is pleased to offer the American Public this new web tool through GPO Access, a service of the Government Printing Office (GPO). The DOE Information Bridge, a component of DOEs EnergyFiles, provides free, convenient, and quick access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.

• Federal Acquisition Regulations
• FedStats (U.S. Statistical Sources)

  More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use. Please use the feedback button to indicate how well this site meets your needs and any suggestions for improvement.

• Manufacturing, Mining & Construction Statistics
• National Archives Information Locator (NAIL)

  NAIL is a searchable database that contains information about a wide variety of NARA's holdings across the country. You can use NAIL to search descriptions for key words or topics, and then to retrieve digital copies of selected textual documents, photographs, maps, and sound recordings.

• NCJRS Abstract Database

  The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database contains summaries of more than 140,000 publications on criminal justice, including Federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. Subject areas include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, and victims of crime. The time period covered is from the early 1970's to the present. The Database is also available on CD-ROM and as a file on the DIALOG service.

• National Criminal Justice Reference Service

  This resource includes information on corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice stistics, drugs and crime, international criminal justice, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research and evaluation, and victims.

• NonProfit Gateway

  The NonProfit Gateway is designed as a central starting point to help nonprofit organizations access online federal information and services. Linked to all Cabinet Departments and many agencies, it contains information about grants, regulations, taxes, and other services as well as on a wide range of other topics and programs.

• OSHA Computerized Information System

  This innovative homepage provides access to OSHA Compliance Links, Federal Register, Standards & Interpretations. It also provides information on Safety & Health Regulations for Construction Operations & Hazards (Technical Links) as well as Ergonomics, Small Business, and Software Advisors

• PubMed & Grateful Med

  Provide an easy way to search the 11 million references and abstracts in the MEDLINE database; Use PubMed's retrieval engine to link to over 700 journals for full text of articles (some publishers may require a subscription) and provide pre-computed sets of relevant MEDLINE articles; Offer NLM's Medical Subject Headings for searching; and Use Loansome Doc for document delivery services (there may be local charges). PubMed also has links to molecular biology databases of DNA/protein sequences and 3-D structure data. Internet Grateful Med also provides access to other NLM databases on AIDS, bioethics, history of medicine, toxicology, health services research, and other topics.

• Sector Facility Indexing Project Home Page (SFIP)

  SFIP brings together environmental and other information from a number of data systems to produce facility-level profiles for five industry sectors (petroleum refining, iron and steel production, primary nonferrous metal refining and smelting, pulp manufacturing, and automobile assembly). SFIP information relates to compliance and inspection history, chemicalreleases and spills, demographics of the surrounding population andproduction.

• Stat-USA

  Most of the substantive information on this site is available only with a password through a Federal Depository. It has two major sections

  INTERNATIONAL

  1.) GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the Department of Agriculture. GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads. Historical trade leads are available for up to three months. Historical TOPS leads are provided for up to two years.

  2a.) NTDB The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports. The NTDB also provides U.S. import and export statistics, as well as over 75 other various reports and programs. 2b.) The International Trade Library The International Trade library is a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade. All are full text searchable, as well as key word searchable by country or product.

  NATIONAL

  The State of the Nation provides various financial and economic data from throughout the federal government and other related entities. Unlike the "GLOBUS & NTDB" section, SOTN concerns itself with the United States' domestic economy. Listed below are the basic areas of interest and examples of the information they provide. General Economic Indicators, Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, Gross Domestic Product, National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA), Housing and Construction, Housing Starts and Building Permits, New Construction, New Home Sales, Employment, Employment Cost Index, Local Area Employment and Unemployment, Weekly Unemployment Claims Report, Manufacturing and Industry, Retail Sales, Manufacturing, Trade, Inventories, and Sales, Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization, Current Industry Reports, Monetary Statistics, Selected Interest Rates (H.15), Foreign Exchange Rates (H.10), Bank Credit (H.8), Money Stock (H.6), Economic Policy, Beige Book, Treasury Statements.

• Uniform Crime Reports

  The UCR is a city, county, and state law enforcement program which provides a nationwide view of crime based on the submission of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout the country. The selected offenses are 1) Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter, 2) Forcible Rape, 3) Robbery, 4) Aggravated Assault, 5) Burglary, 6) Larceny-Theft, 7) Motor Vehicle Theft, and 8) Arson. This site also contains the following titles: Hate Crime Statistics 1995, Crime in the United States for 1995-1996, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Injured 1996, Hate Crime Statistics 1996, UCR 1997 Preliminary Annual Release etc.

• U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Network (Publications)

  This site is chauk full of internationa information for business people and for traveling overseas. It includes some of the following subjects: Abduction, Adoption, Africa, Americans Abroad, Arms Control, Agency for International Development (USAID), Background Notes, Biographies of U.S. Ambassadors, Careers (Civil and Foreign Service), Consular Affairs, Counter-Terrorism, Diplomacy, USIA International Exchange/Training, Embassies/Consulates/Missions, Environment, Foreign Policy, Foreign Relations, Foreign Service, Former U.S.S.R., Human Rights, Immigration, Law Enforcement, Migration, Narcotics, Oceans, Passports, Per Diem Rates, Refugees Security, Terrorism, Travel Advisories & Travel Warnings, United Nations, Visas Visitors,

Nongovernmental Internet Resources

• Economic Census 1992

  The Economic Census, from the Census Bureau, offers extensive data, as well as narrative summaries, for most sectors of the United States economy in 1992

• Occupational Outlook Handbook Latest Edition

  The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.

• REIS Regional Economic Information System
• USA Counties 2000

  USA Counties, from the Census Bureau, compiles useful demographic, economic, and governmental information spanning several years and sources for county comparisons and profiles.

• U.S. Government Manual 1995/96 to present

  "As the official handbook of the Federal Government, the United States Government Manual provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches."

• Imports/Exports History: 1994-1998

  The U.S. Import and Export History databases, from the Census Bureau, contain the value and quantity of commodities imported or exported from 1991 to 1995.

Research Guides

• Introduction to the 1992 Economic Census