Government Documents

Government Information

Contact: Prof. Eleanor Randall, 814-732-2783

This web site was designed to provide broad access to world-wide government information. Full text documents and image collections are included. The Baron-Forness library selectively collects and catalogs Pennsylvania Documents , which are located on the first floor of the library in Pa Docs section.

Federal Government documents are included in the library catalog, PILOT. Access to the electronic version is provided if available and documents in print are located throughout the collection based on LC subject headings

---

QUICK LINKS

Governments:Regional / Pennsylvania / United States / Tribal / National Governments. and Agencies

Databases: GPO Catalog of U.S.Gov. Publications / LexisNexis Academic / Westlaw Campus

Baron Forness Library Electronic Resources by Subject - categories are suggestions only and are not exhaustive

Web Indexes and Full text collections : legal /government / historical documents and Images/

Citing Government Sources: Uncle Sam (Univ of Memphis) /

Search Engines: USA.Gov / Google U.S. Government(.mil OR .gov sites) / GovSpot.com (non-partisan) / I NFOmine-Scholarly

---

REGIONAL: CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Regional Counties Regional Cities

Eric County City of Erie

Crawford County Meadville

Warren County City of Warren

PENNSYLVANIA INFORMATION RESOURCES

• PA PowerPort Check out the site map

• Pennsylvania State Data Center The PaSDC is the Commonwealth's official source of demographic and economic data.

• Pennsylvania State Police Reporting System : Menu to downloadable Uniform Crime reports; Pursuit reports, etc.,

• Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Regional Economy Information

• The Pennsylvania Manual a comprehensive guide to Pennsylvania's government. Print available at the Reference desk

• Pennsylvania Government Documents -Temple University

• Session Information from the Pennsylvania General Assembly- Full text and information of House and Senate Bills from 1969 to present. Includes the text of prior versions/printer's numbers of bills.

• Pennsylvania Code Information included at this site has been derived directly from the Pennsylvania Code, the Commonwealth's official publication of rules and regulations.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INFORMATION PORTALS

• USA.gov The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal

• FedStats A "full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic."

• FedWorld.gov established by The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, to serve as the online locator service for a comprehensive inventory of information disseminated by the Federal Government.

• GPO Access "a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to information products from the U S Government"

• American FactFinder U.S.Census for population, housing, economic, and geographic data

  • Special Editions: Facts for Features are issued to provide background information for lesser-known observances, anniversaries of historic events and other timely topics.

• Science.gov searches 30 databases and more than 1,700 science Web sites which accesses over 47 million pages of government science information."

• THOMAS Federal Legislative information and related links

• U.S. Government Manual: the official handbook of the Federal Government

• Browse Topic This service arranges Federal Government Internet sites by topic. The main list of topics is based upon the current Guide to U.S. Government Information, also known as the Subject Bibliography Index.

NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Northwestern University Government Links to foreign governments/

• UNICEF Information by country. "Publications" tab leads to downloadable pdf files of documents and reports

• United Nations Source of maps, reports and special topic publications

• UNO Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization List of Members.

• International Documents Collection Northwestern University

• World Health Organization WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.

  TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS

  Tribal Sites by Subject ( USA.gov )

  Cultural Resources American Indian history, lands, museums, statistics

  Legal ResourcesTribal law and government, tax status, U.S. policy...

  Education, Jobs, and Economic DevelopmentEmployment, training, careers, online learning, community development...

  Housing Buying a home, grants, publications...

  Family and HealthMedical, health care, nutrition, public health, services for tribes

  Tribal Land and the EnvironmentIndian land issues, water, environmental health

  Tribal Government Pages (A-Z)USA.Gov

  Federally Recognized Tribes(.PDF | requires Adobe Acrobat Reader ) The Federal Register

  National Tribal Organizations

  Regional Tribal Councils

  WEBPAGES INDEXING GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

  HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS: FULL TEXT	INDEXES	IMAGE COLLECTIONS
  The Avalon Project at Yale Law School Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy Providing primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. From pre-18th Cent. world-wide . SEARCHABLE	Librarians' Internet index -Government Pennsylvania Government Documents - Temple Univ. Browse Topic This service arranges Federal Government Internet sites by topic. The main list of topics is based upon the current Guide to U.S. Government Information, also known as the Subject Bibliography Index. State and Local governments convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments( not a .gov site	U.S. Government Photos, Graphics, and Multimedia NASA ImageXchange The Library of Congress American Memory Collection USGS Aerial photographs and Images

  MAPS