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Agriculture

• U.S. Department of Agriculture Home Page--news, information, search option, etc.

• How to get Information from the USDA Nice list of Web pages organized by department within the US Department of Agriculture

• 2007 Census of Agriculture National, State, and County information. Also available is the 1992-2002 Census of Agriculture

• Agricultural Research Service News, press releases, etc.

• Farmland Information Library A one-stop shop for farmland protection and land use resources. Funded by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Forest Service Research Publications Find links to General Technical Reports, Resource Bulletins, Research Notes, and Research Papers from a wide variety of disciplines

• National Agriculture Library

• National Agriculture Library Online Catalog, AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access).

• NAL Digital Repository Historical collection of materials from the USDA. Includes color images.

• National Resources Inventory--The National Resources Inventory (NRI) is a statistically based sample of land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. nonfederal lands. A summary and highlights are available in html. The complete report is available in pdf format.

• Statistical Abstract of the United States 1878-Present

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Aviation Safety

• Air Traffic Control System Command Center Real-time Airport Status

• Aviation Safety Reporting System Contains aviation safety and accident information. Produced by NASA.

• Human Factors Research and Technology

• Code of Federal Regulations from the National Archives and Records Administration and from Cornell. You can search individual titles by keyword and by section citation. From here you can also search the Federal Register for updated regulations and notices. For additional information, see "About CFR Service."

• Federal Aviation Administration  

• Air Traffic Publications Library--includes NOTAM, handbooks, and manuals

• Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing System Find lots of statistics here.

• Advisory Circulars

• Accident and Incident Data 

• Accident Database Comprehensive information and statistics on aviation accidents. Produced by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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Business Resources

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Careers and Jobs

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Census

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Congress

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Consumer Information Resources

• Consumer's Resource Handbook Government advice on how to buy smart, how to complain, and how to protect yourself from unscrupulous business practices.

• The Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO Browse the ever-popular Consumer Information Catalog here.

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Education Resources

• Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids--built by the Government Printing Office, this site provides access to educational government resources in four grade ranges: K-2, 3-5, 6-8- and 9-12. Kids can learn how a bill becomes a law, visit other government web sites for kids, play games, and work interactively with U.S. government information.

• No Child Left Behind: Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Text of the Law:  P.L.107-110 (H.R.1)

• FREE--Federal Resources for Educational Excellence One-stop web site of federal resources for teaching and learning from the U.S. Department of Education. "Searches and Subjects" is a great place to begin exploring this site.

• ERIC--"The ERIC collection of more than 475,000 educational documents gives users access to a wealth of information on a variety of educational subjects. Because ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) contains so much information for both researchers and practitioners, including hard-to-find resources, it is considered the education collection of choice for academic libraries and teacher resource centers."

•  Link to the ERIC database through EbscoHost. Access is limited to UCM students, faculty, and staff. Off-campus acess requires User ID and PIN.

• ERIC ThesaurusIndex of descriptors used in the ERIC database

• GEM, the Gateway to Educational Materials--This site provides a great search mechanism for finding high quality educational materials, including lesson plans, activities, and projects from GEM Consortium member sites. It also lets you browse its collections by keyword and subject.

• Charter Schools

  • Challenge and Opportunity: The Impact of Charter Schools on School Districts (PDF file)

  • A Study of School Accountability (Word and PDF files)

• National Center for Education Statistics--Access to statistics, educational research resources, and information about your school or college.

  • NCES Web Site Index Links to educational data

• Students.gov--U.S. Government - wide initiative to deliver electronic services from government agencies and organizations to postsecondary students.

• Education Statistics

• Adult Literacy Estimates Search and from CASAS Statistics by State, County, County Subdivision, Congressional District, and City or Town. These are provided by the National Institute for Literacy, and interagency collaboration of the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services instituted by Congress in 1991..

• Education Data U.S. Census Bureau--Educational attainment, field of training, and other data 

• School Enrollment Data--US Data

• Digest of Education Statistics 

• IPEDS--Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. "This is a search tool for selecting postsecondary education institutions based on criteria whose values you choose. You select Institutions by searching on their characteristics after choosing the survey you are interested in. This facility will give you the ability to browse the data on your screen and to download the selected records in delimited ASCII format."

• Overseas Schools Includes teaching opportunities around the world.

• High School Debate Topic Created by the University of Michigan Libraries

• The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice December 2000 report from the bipartisan, congressional Web-based Education Commission. The mission of the Web-based Education Commission is to recommend actions to help ensure that all learners have full and equal access to the capabilities of the World Wide Web, and to ensure that online content and learning strategies are affordable and meet the highest standards of educational quality.

• TITLE IV School Codes Find your institutional code for that financial aid (FAFSA) form.

• Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education The Student Guide, 2004-2005

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Environment

• Climate Change Impacts on the United States National Assessment Project--Overview document and a Foundation document (draft, June 2000)

• Code of Federal Regulations Select "Search your choice of CFR books, available online" to search an individual title and volume by keyword. See also Cornell's browseable version of the CFR.

• Unified Agenda The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Organized by agency, find here uniform reporting on regulations under development and under review by Federal agencies, departments, and commissions.

• Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Includes current U.S. retail price averages

• Energy Security for the 21st Century Produced by the White House.

• The National Environmental Data Index Search for environmental data collected throughout the U.S. government.

• EPA Headquarters Information Resources Center (IRC) EPA Information. Includes access through National Library Network Home Page to their online catalog.

• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network, U.S. Department of Energy. Includes links to resources about building energy efficiency into buildings, transportation, power, and industry. Covers renewable energy issues related to bioenergy, hydrogen, ocean, wind, geothermal, hydropower, and solar energy.

• Envirofacts The EPA's online data warehouse. This site includes links to the Toxic Release Inventory, Hazardous Waste, Superfund, Watershed Permits, the AIRS Facility System and much more. The Envirofacts Query link lets you pull together environmental data in map format.

• Environmental Health Information Services Provides access to Environmental Health Perspectives online and several databases. Ask at Reference Desk for ID and password to gain access to data.

• National Air Pollutant Emission Data

• USGS Indexes of biological, geological, water and mapping resources

  • Minerals Information Search for statistics and information on minerals and the environment.

  • Search Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey Search USGS publications and geological journals by subject, author, keyword and other characteristics. Database includes USGS bulletins, circulars, professional papers, water-supply papers, reports, and much more

Federal Reserve Board

• Federal Reserve Board

  • Statistics: Releases and Historical Data

  • H.6: Money Stock and Debt Measures (M1, M2, M3, Debt), Historical data

• Federal Reserve Board Executives and their Level Grade (pay level) Plum Book . Link this with the Index for Salary and Wage Information, Office of Personnel Management to figure out their salaries (select the Executive Schedule link).

• Federal Reserve Board Members

• Choosing a Credit Card If you are shopping for a credit card, read this document! Includes information about what to look for in a credit card offer as well as lists of corporations, details about the credit cards available from them, and phone numbers!

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Government Information

Useful Electronic Publications

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Browse or search federal financial and non-financial assistance programs .

• Cost of Living Per Diem Rates

• General Services Administration Per Diem Rates for estimating travel costs

• State Department Quarterly Report of Living Costs Abroad, Quarters Allowances, and Hardship Differentials

• Federal Agency Index--Includes links to agency home pages, charts, forms, and opinions. Compiled by Paul Arrigo of Washburn University School of Law Library

• Federal Agencies by SuDoc number Illinois Institute of Technology

• Forms available online provided via the University of Memphis. This site includes links to Federal agency pages where forms are available.

• National Archives and Records Administration The official archive site for the Federal government. Links here include genealogy, Kennedy Assassination collection, current information and much more.

• National Security Archive a collection of declassified documents from George Washington University.

• REGINFO.GOV Link to the Code of Federal Regulations, the "Unified Agenda" and "Federal Regulatory Plan," the resource that acts as a calendar for regulatory reform planning. Maintained by the Regulatory Information Service Center, General Services Administration.

• U.S. Government Manual The official description of Federal government agencies. Includes mission, officers, organization, major telephone numbers, and addresses. Provides a WAIS search--use keywords and CAPITALIZED boolean operators.

• Office of Personnel Management Publications Resources for federal employees and other publications describing career opportunities with the federal government.

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Search Engines & Indexes

• AGRICOLA--Agricultural resources

• CANCERLIT: A Service of the National Cancer Institute

• Census Bureau

• American FactFinder

• Search the Census Bureau Web Site

• CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)--A database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions

• Defense Department Index of Specifications and Standards

• Defense Department--Index to Military Periodicals

• See also SearchMil.com--searches only U.S. Military sites.

• DTIC - Scientific and Technical Information Network

• EDGAR--Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System

• ERIC--Educational resources

• Federal Reserve--Fed in Print: An Index to Federal Reserve Economic Research

• FEDWORLD Access to more than 10,000 electronic federal documents, ordering information, and links to other federal government services.

• GAO Reports--General Accounting Office. Online Via GPO Access

• Geospatial and Statistical Data Center An extensive collections of numeric and geospatial data files.

• GILS--Government Information Locator Service

• GPO Access--variety of resources providing access to U.S. government information

• GPO Finding Aids A varied list of tools for finding government information. 

• Catalog of US Government Publications Catalog of government publications produced since 1976. Contains many full-text links.

• GPO Sales Product Catalog--Government publications for sale from GPO (formerly PRF)

• USA Services Maintained by the Government Service Administration, this site provides links to sites for federal government information.

• GovSpot.com Provides links to government information on a wide variety of topics.

• NARA Archival Research Catalog Tool for finding archival information with the National Archives and Records Administration.

• NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) Plus!!

• NCJRS Abstracts (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)

• Virtual Library

• Patent and Trademark Databases

• PubMed - Advanced MEDLINE Search

• U.S. Geological Survey Publications Search

• Scientific and Technical Information Includes links to DOE, DOD, NASA, and NTIS databases.

• Search USAID Documentation

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Government Officials

• Who are my Legislators? Search by Zip Code for your Senators and Representatives in the Missouri General Assembly and U.S. Congress.

• U.S. Government Manual Explore the organization of the U.S. Government using this publication. Find also important addresses and phone numbers.

• U.S. Office of Personnel Management Federal Classification Systems Documents here explain the policies associated with Federal employment in the GS and FWS Schedules.

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Health Resources

• Child Welfare Information Gateway Contains information on a variety of issues related to children's health and welfare. Produced by the Department of Health and Human Services.

• Consumer Health Online Manual Designed for librarians, but useful. Organizes high-quality online information resources

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans Produced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Healthfinder from the Center for Disease Control--provides links to resources and organizations.

• Health InfoQuest: Pathfinders for common consumer health questions

• National Center for Health Statistics Includes information from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

• Injury Mortality Reports--Search by cause, state or region, race, sex, manner/intent, years, and Hispanic origin

• Leading Causes of Death--Search by state or region, race, sex, years, Hispanic origin, and number of years

• MEDLINEplus National Library of Medicine Health Information for Consumers. Includes access to Medline, the Visible Human Project, HIV/AIDS resources, and much, much more.

• Environmental Health Information Services Provides access to Environmental Health Perspectives online and several databases. Ask Government Documents Librarian for depository number and "External Password" to gain access to data.

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History Links

• American Memory, Library of Congress

• Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

• George Washington Papers

• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation--Journals and debates of Congress

• The Avalon Project Yale Law School--Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-Present--Search for congress people by name, state, and office held. Biographical information often includes party affiliation, dates, places, offices held, photographs, and a reference or two.

• Federal Government Resources on the Web/Historic Documents This site, produced by the University of Michigan, contains links to digitized government documents on the Web relating to such historical topics as the Civil War, the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, World War II, the JFK Assassination, even the Salem Witch Trials, just to name a few.

• Foreign Relations of the United States This is a growing collection containing "the official documentary historical record of major US foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity."

• General Land Office, Bureau of Land Management--Search for Land Patents by patentee name, warrantee name, Indian allotment number, Tribe, county name, section number, survey number, township/range, meridian name, or title.

• Government Information in the Study of History Provides information on finding and using historical government documents. Produced by Kathleen Amen at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX.

• History and Politics Out Loud Jerry Goldman and Northwestern University

• Images of American Political History--copyright-free images from American history.

• Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties--the complete legal text of all treaties between the United States Government and sovereign Indian nations. Site includes an index, keyword search engine, treaties arranged chronologically.

• National Portraits Gallery Portraits of the Presidents

• National Security Archive, "an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)."

• Naval Historical Center Provides extensive resources on topics in the history of the U.S. Navy


• Nuremburg War Crimes Trials

  • Avalon Project, Yale Law School

  • The International Military Tribunal Nuremberg,  Nizkor Project



• The Political Graveyard Find where your favorite politician, judge, or diplomat is buried. Many indexes.



• Registry of Digitalization Projects List of links to digitalization projects involving government documents


• United States Congressional Serial Set Full text of congressional documents from 23rd Congress (1833-1835) to 64th Congress (1915-1917). Produced by the Library of Congress.



• Secrecy and Security Library Links to Declassified and previously secret documents. Produced by the Federation of American Scientists.


• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Resources and information about the Holocaust



• Roswell Report: Case Closed Summary of the document.



• War of the Rebellion in Cornell University's Making of America. Search or browse Series I through IV, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, from 1880 to 1901



• World War II Posters This site contains a gallery of scanned full-color World War II posters. Search by topic, title, date, and keyword.



• World War II Documents Government documents from World War II, digitized by the library at Southern Methodist University

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Homeland Security

• Department of Homeland Security Official Site

• Ready.gov Disaster preparedness information for the general public. Produced by the Department of Homeland Security.

• Homeland Security Directives: Presidential decrees concerning homeland security.

  • Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection

  • National Preparedness

  • Executive Order Appointments During National Emergency

  • Article about the directives From GovExec.com.

• Congressional Research Service reports on homeland security.

  • Homeland Security: The Presidential Coordination Office

  • Homeland Security: Department Organization and Management-Implementation Phase

  • Pipeline Security: An Overview of Federal Activities and Current Policy Issues

  • Ricin: Technical Background and Potential Role in Terrorism

  • Border Security and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

  • Maritime Security: Overview of Issues

  • Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress

  • Air Cargo Security

• White House homeland security page

• Homeland Security Publications Publications from the Department of Homeland Security.

• National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace Produced by the White House.

• National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets Produced by the White House.

• Homeland Security Digital Library Access to homeland security resources used by Homeland Security employees. Users must request a login.

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Iraq

• BBC: Conflict with Iraq Provides extensive resources on the war in Iraq

• CIA World Factbook Profile on Iraq Facts and information about the current state of the country

• Iraq Energy Statistics Statistics related to energy industries in Iraq

• U.S. Aid Assistance for Iraq Info on humanitarian aid in Iraq

• Iraq Investment and Reconstruction Task Force U.S. economic efforts in Iraq. Produced by U.S. Department of Commerce.

• Iraq War Resources Resources on the war in Iraq. Produced by CNN.

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Justice & FBI

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Library of Congress Sites

• American Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library. Includes Photos & Prints, Documents, Motion Pictures, Maps, and Sound Recordings.

• American Memory Law Collection

• Congressional Research Service Publications Online access to the information packets prepared for Congress. This is a very useful collection.

• CRS Reports from the University of North Texas libraries. Includes full text links to Issue Briefs, Appropriations Reports, Short Reports, and Long Reports.

• Other Sources of Congressional Research Service Publications

• Guide to CRS Reports on the Web Produced by a reference librarian at the Catholic University of America.

• Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network

• Penny Hill Press--Purchase CRS Reports here

• National Council for Science and the Environment

• Copyright Office Answers to your copyright questions and Forms, too.

  • Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Public Law No: 105-304)

  • Study Required by Section 104 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

  • Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright The audience of this document is government agency personnel. It answers questions about the relationship between copyright and government publishing.

• Guide to Law Online--Includes constitution; executive, legislative, and judicial branches; legal guides; and general resources for over 200 countries

• The Library of Congress Catalog View records for books, film, periodicals, music, maps, photos, software, all located in the Library of Congress.

• Country Studies The popular Army Area Handbook Series describes and analyzes a country's its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.

• THOMAS Federal legislative information: bills, committee reports, the Congressional Record, and more.

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Oil

• Gasoline Prices Resource with links to the latest news and information concerning oil and gasoline prices

• Petroleum Data Petroleum statistics and information provided by the Energy Information Administration

• Primer on Gasoline Prices Information on how gas prices are formulated, why they rise and fall, and more. Produced by the Energy Information Administration

• Fuel Gauge Report Average gasonline price data provided by AAA


• Gas Buddy.com Allows you to find the lowest gas prices in your local area


• Weekly Gasonline Prices Weekly price data from the Energy Information Administration


• American Trucking Association Fuels Page Diesel fuel information and how gas prices affect trucking industry


• World Crude Oil Prices Information on world crude oil prices. Produced by the Energy Information Administration


• Petroleum Imports and Exports Information about U.S. petroleum imports and exports. Provided by the Energy Information Administration


• Crude Oil Production Information on U.S. crude oil producation. Includes state by state information.


• Petroleum Consumption and Sales Information on American oil consumption


• Congressional Hearing on Gasonline Prices Congressional hearing on gas prices and oil company profits


• Oil Industry Profit Review Report on oil industry profits from 2007. Produced by the Congressional Research Service


• Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Law directed at reducing U.S. dependence on oil


• Your Car How to calculate personal fuel costs, gas mileage tips, and more. Produced by the U.S. Department of Energy


• Fuel Economy Includes gas mileage tips, information on alternative fuel vehicles, gasoline prices and more. Produced by the U.S. Department of Energy


• House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming House of Representatives committe exploring issues related to energy independence, oil, gasoline prices, and related issues.


• OPEC Official site of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Includes information on the global oil market.


• Expect No Relief from OPEC Congressional report from 2008 arguing that OPEC will not increase producation for any reason

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Politics

• The Center For Responsive Politics is an nonpartisan organization that provides access to a variety of resources.

• Electoral College 

• Great American Speeches--PBS archive of speeches of the 20th Century. Some speeches include text, audio, video clip, and background information. Organized by  decades.

• History and Politics Out Loud Jerry Goldman and Northwestern University

• Law Librarians' Society Legislative Source Book Great resources for legislative research

• National Commission on Election Reform's Final Report

• Public Policy Matrix, Grace York, University of Michigan--Some links are to resources only available at their site, but it is still a rich and well-organized resource for legislative and executive branch policy research.

• Politics in the News

• Public Papers of the Presidents--This is a collection of the speeches and official written communications of the President.

• Statements of Administration Policy on Non-Appropriations and Appropriations Bills, Office of Management and Budget, 105th Congress to present

• Supreme Court--George W. Bush, et al., Petitioners v. Albert Gore, Jr., et al.

• THOMAS Federal legislative information: bills, committee reports, the Congressional Record, and more.

• Who are my Legislators? Search by Zip Code for your Senators and Representatives in the Missouri General Assembly and U.S. Congress.

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Postal Service

• ZIP Code Lookup  Find a zip code for an address or find the places within a zip code area

• City State / ZIP Code Associations This link works well if you need a zip code for a whole community

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The President

• U.S. Constitution, Article II

• Executive Orders (1939-present)

• Presidential Documents on NARA Web Sites

• The White House

  • Clinton era web site

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Safety

• Code of Federal Regulations Select "Search your choice of CFR books, available online" to search an individual title and volume by keyword. See also Cornell's browseable version of the CFR.

• Unified Agenda The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Organized by agency, find here uniform reporting on regulations under development and under review by Federal agencies, departments, and commissions.

• Consumer Product Safety Commission Includes Recalls

• FatalGrams Reports published by the Mine Safety and Health Administration of fatal accidents in the metal and nonmetal mining industry.

• Federal Trade Commission Consumer Protections Resources 

• Envirotext Find here a search page for federal environmental regulations, executive orders from 1914 to the present, Indian Tribal Codes and Treaties, and much more.

• Commission for Labor Cooperation 

• NTIS OrderNow! This product indexes the technical reports and other documents available from the National Technical Information Service.

• National Safety Council

• OSHA

• OSHA Ergonomics

• OSHA Standards Interpretation and Compliance Letters

• OSHA Library--Manuals, Statistics, Bulletins, Directives, etc.

• OSHA Regulations & Compliance

• OSHA Outreach--Technical Links, Training, Business Related assistance, etc.

• NIOSH

• Safety Science & Technology at Central

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Science

• Science.gov Contains links to a multitude of government sites with a variety of information in science-related fields

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State and Local Governments

• State Publications Links to publication lists for state government publications. Produced by the University of Illinois.

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Statistics

• Statistical Universe--Search the Statistical Abstract of the United States from 1996 to the present and hundreds of other federal government publications. This database includes links to many publications of federal web sites. 

• Bureau of Justice Statistics--Statistics about crimes, victims, prisons, law enforcement agencies, courts, sentencing, and more

• Census

• FEDSTATS Federal statistics from A to Z. In addition, find here regional statistics, policy documents, press releases, and more.

• Government Information Sharing Project, Oregon State University Includes demographic, economic, and education statistics.

• Health Statistics National Center for Health Statistics

• Immigration and Naturalization Service Statistical Yearbook, 1996-present

• Statistical Abstract of the United States 1995-present

• Missouri Statistics

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Supreme Court

• U.S. Supreme Court Decisions since 1990 Cornell.

• Lexis Nexis Academic Universe--Legal Resources

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Tax Forms and Information

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

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Terrorism

• Resources about Terrorism Online bibliography of federal documents related to terrorism. Produced by the documents department at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

• Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Terrorism/Warfare: A Bibliography Produced by the Naval Postgraduate School

• FBI's Counterrorism Web site

• The 2003 OMB report to Congress on Combating Terrorism This is the “unclassified report on government-wide spending to combat terrorism” and it provides information on Executive Branch spending, programmatic initiatives, and priority terrorism-related areas for FY 2002 through FY 2004. Produced by the White House's Office of Management and Budget.

• Information about Camp X-Ray: The U.S. Marine terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

  • Press Conference by Under Secretary of Defense Victoria Clarke and Admiral John D. Stufflebeem Includes remarks about detainees in both Afghanistan and in Cuba U.S. Department of Defense, from January of 2002.

  • Service radio report about detainees at Camp X-Ray Released by the Armed Forces Information Service, January 15, 2002

  • Report about Camp X-Ray by Congressman Greg Walden From January 25, 2002

  • Report about medical facilities at Camp X-Ray Produced by Deployment Health Support, an agency of the Department of Defense

  • Three articles about Camp X-Ray These articles appeared in the 26 January 2002 issues of "Today's NavNews" (Naval Media Center) --- a) "More Detainees receive Surgical Treatment" --- b) "Medical Facilities built for Detainees" --- c) "Fleet Hospital 20 arrives in Guantanamo Bay"

  • Text of a press briefing given by Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) after a visit to Camp X-Ray Released by the U.S. State Department, February 1, 2002

  • Rasul v Bush Petition for Writ of Habeus Corpus, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, (re 3 detainees in Camp X-Ray)

  • Voice of America report about Camp X-Ray Released in March of 2002

  • Joint Task Force Guantanamo Camp X-Ray was a temporary detention facility and operated from January 2002 through April 2002 when the detainees were moved to the newly constructed Camp Delta. Information about the two camps (including several photographs)

  • Another military perspective on Camp X-Ray An article about Camp X-Ray appeared in the July 2002 issue of "The Retired Officers Magazine"

Time

• The Official U.S. Time--A cooperative services of  the Department of Commerce agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and its military counterpart, the U. S. Naval Observatory (USNO)

• The Time As maintained by the Time Service Department, U.S. Naval Observatory.

• National Institute of Standards and Technology A tour of time through the ages. Includes a link to the world's time zones.

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Travel & Tourism

• Travel and Recreation Organized by FirstGov

• Tourism Industries Office Home Page. This agency is part of the Trade Development, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

• Market Analyses

• Basic Statistics

• Monthly Statistics

• TI News Archives, Tourism Industry's monthly online newsletter

• CDC Travel Information, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

• Summary of Health Information for International Travel Where infectious disease outbreaks are reported. This publication is updated weekly.

• Summary of Sanitation Inspections of International Cruise Ships Cruise ship inspection data from 1994 to the present. Search by name of your cruise ship to read the results of their semi-annual inspections.

• State Department

  • Countries and Regions--Find information about chiefs of state, foreign consular offices, background country information and more

  • Travel and Living Abroad--Emergency warnings, passport and visa information, health and other travel publications

  • Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets

• Library of Congress

  • Country Studies--books that provide scholarly information about countries around the world

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Transportation

• Federal Highway Administration Hundreds of publications and statistics.

• U.S. Department of Transportation Link to all of the Federal transportation agencies.

• Online Digital Library Includes links to superseded advisory circulars, civil aeronautics manuals, civil air regulations, etc.

• Missouri Department of Transportation

• Bureau of Transportation Statistics GIS data, survey results, and a variety of other statistical resources.

  • Intermodal Transportation Database--download data sets, explore transportation links, use GIS resourses.

• Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey 1997 Includes information by state on registrations, leases and rentals, fuel efficiency and mileage.

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Welfare

• Department of Health and Human Services

• Administration for Children and Families

• House Ways and Means Green Book WAIS searchable version of the Green Book. Includes background material and data on programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means.

• Poverty Guidelines, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• Poverty Statistics This page provides links to several Census Bureau documents related to issues of poverty including definitions used by the U.S. Government.

• Statistical Abstract of the United States 1995-present

• OSEDA A look at the situation in Missouri--from Step by Step: Toward Missouri's Future.

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