Government Information Resources
DATABASES
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AMERICAN FACT FINDER the Census database for population, housing,
economic, and geographic data for the U.S.
- BOOKSTORES(US
Government Bookstores nationwide)
- Census Bureau use Search the
CENSUS BUREAU
- Census data (population, housing, economics,& geographic) use: AMERICAN
FACTFINDER.
For historical Census data use: U.S.
HISTORICAL CENSUS DATA BROWSER 1790 - 1960.
- CODE OF
FEDERAL REGUALTIONS
- DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION
CENTER DTIC is the central Department of Defense facility for
providing access to and facilitating the exchange of scientific and
technical information.
- DOE INFORMATION BRIDGE:
full-text and bibliographic records of DOE-sponsored report
literature..since January 1996.
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DUCKDATA A bibliographic data base of North American waterfowl
(Anatidae)and their wetland habitats
- ENERGY CITATION
DATABASE (1948-present) bibliographic records for energy and
energy-related scientific and technical information from the Dept of
Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies,the Energy Research &
Development Administration (ERDA) & Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
- ENERGY FILES - from
Energy Dept, sponsored, developed, maintained in
building the National Library of Energy Science and Technology.
At this site you will find a vast array of information and resources
pertaining to energy science and technology
- FEDWORLD INFORMATION SERVICE
from NTIS
- FIRST SEARCH: search the
holdings of 32,000 libraries worldwide
- GPO
ACCESS Official Federal Government information
- GPO GATE via
University of California
- NIST:
National Institute of Standards & Technology A-Z Subject Index and
site search.
- NTIS: National Tech Info
Service keyword and advanced searching of last 10 yrs. technical
publications, datafiles etc.
- PATENT DATABASE
from US Pat.& Tradmark Office and
UK PATENT OFFICE and
CANADIAN PATENTS
- PREPRINT NETWORK from the
Dept of Energy, searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal with
scientific and technical disciplines of concern to DOE.
- PUB-SCIENCE: peer reviewed
journal literature with a focus on the physical sciences and other
disciplines of concern to the Dept of Energy(DOE)
- SCIENCE.GOV - opening soon.
FirstGov for Science Portal. Connects to U.S.Government Science &
Technology
- SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INFORMATION NETWORK
: STINET provides access to
all unclassified/unlimited citations added from late Dec 1974 to
present. Some full text.
- STAT-USA: business, trade
and economic information
- THOMAS: legislative
information
- USGOVSEARCH
A public version of Northern Light database, accessing US government and
military sites. Users can search by keyword, date range, agency, and
subject.
- UNIVERSITIES WATER
INFORMATION NETWORK (UWIN) funded by the USGS, 265,000 abstracts from
1967 to October, 1993; wide variety of topics. Database is
from Universities Council on Water
Resources (UCOWR).
- YAHOO'S GOVERNMENT