Government Information

**NEW** --There is a Government Information page for public & K-12 libraries maintained by West Virginia government documents librarians with links to basic federal and state resources.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
          Click on 'Advanced Search' and choose 'Internet Publications' to search for online content. A keyword search will give the most results. Remember to use quotation marks for phrase searching
(i.e - "clean coal").
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Federal Info - General	Federal Legislative, etc.	State Info - General	West Virginia
International Info.	Statistics	Management, etc.

Vining Library at WVU Institute of Technology has been a Selective Depository since 1985.

Most government PERIODICALS are now online. (see Univ. of Louisville below)
BOOKS and REPORTS in REFERENCE (1st floor) or CIRCULATION (2nd floor) are included in our online catalog. Selective online government publications are also in the online catalog.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: General
Federal Agency List
Government Publications -- U. of Louisville -- (Best for Subject Lists and Govt. Periodicals)
USAGov -- official federal directories
Federal Government Resources -- U. of Michigan
Science.gov
Subject Indexes to Government Indexes -- Idaho State U.
INFOMINE -- Univ. of California (Riverside) -- (Selected resources)
U.S. Depository Ready Reference Collection -- Columbia U.
Congressional Research Service -- Wikipedia
Government Databases -- St. Mary’s U
Government Databases by Subject -- Indiana U.
Abbreviations & Acronyms -- GovSpeak
Browse Topics

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Legislative & Regulatory
Thomas -- Legislative Information (Library of Congress)
Internet Law Library -- Pritchard Law Webs, Inc.
American Law Sources Online -- Lawsource, Inc.
Legal Information Institute -- Cornell U.
FedLaw
Regulations.gov
Basic Legal Citation -- Cornell U.

STATE INFORMATION: General
State and Local Governments -- Library of Congress
Search Systems -- Largest Free Public Records Database Collection

WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Directory -- State of West Virginia
West Virginia -- U.S. Census
WV Economic Statistics – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
FDIC Regional Economic Conditions
American Law Sources Online--WV -- (links to case law, etc.)
WV State Supreme Court Library
WVU Bureau of Business & Economic Research

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION
Trade Information Center
International Organizations & Information -- U. of Michigan
NationMaster
U.S. State Department
United Nations

STATISTICS
Census Bureau
FEDSTATS -- official federal statistics links
Statistical Resources -- U. of Michigan
SSDC Data on the Net -- UC San Diego

MANAGEMENT, etc.
Federal Agency Internet Sites -- GPO
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy -- GPO
Direct Mail Items -- GPO
FDLP Basic Collection -- GPO
Essential Titles -- GPO
Substitution List -- GPO
Government Documents Librarianship -- U. Of Michigan
Useful Websites for Documents Librarians
GovSpot