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FEDERAL AGENCIES AND TOPICS ALPHABETICALLY
Please note: Some databases have restricted access. To use these resources from a computer in our library, ask reference staff for our user name and password.
(*=not a U.S. Government Site)

#, A

• 50 states.com: Ready Reference
• Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Govt.
• ADA Document Center*
• Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Afterschool.gov
• Agricultural Statistics Service, National (NASS)
• Agriculture, Department of(USDA)
• AIDS Clearinghouse, National (CDC NAC)
• Air and Space Museum, National
• America's Story (Library of Congress)
• American Art, National Museum of
• American FactFinder
• American Immigration Center*
• The American Jury: Bulwark of Democracy*
• American memory: History, photography and more
• Archives and Records Administration, National (NARA)
• Archival Research Catalog: still pictures, maps, drawings
• Art, National Gallery of
• Arts, Virginia Commission for
• Arts, National Endowment for
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Astronomical Databases (CDS)*
• Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for*
• Aviation Administration, Federal (FAA)

B

• Background Notes (State Dept.)
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
• Better Business Bureau
• Biotechnology Information, National Center for
• Browse Topics
• Budget and Economic Outlook (CBO)
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Business.gov
• Business Law (Business.gov)

C

• Cancer Institute, National
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• CDC Wonder Health Statistics Datasets
• CENSTATS
• Census, Bureau Of
• Center for Earth and Planetary Studies(CEPS)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Checklist of Public Documents, 1789-1909 *
• Child Care and Early Education Research Connection
• Childstats.gov
• Citing Government Info Sources Using MLA (Univ. of Nevada)*
• Civil Rights, U.S. Commission on
• Citizenship and Immigration Services (former INS)
• ClimateServices.gov
• Climatic Data Library (ask reference staff for password, xt.7465)
• Climatic Data Center, National (NCDC)
• ClinicalTrials.gov
• Coast Guard
• Coast Guard Navigation Center
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Commission on Presidential Debates*
• Communications Commission, Federal (FCC)
• Comparative State and Local Taxes
• Congress Calculator: numbers and years
• Congressional Bibliographies(North Carolina State Univ.)*
• Congressional Budget Office
• Congresslink: information about Congress*
• Conservation, Global Directory of Organizations *
• Constitution Finder (Univ. of Richmond) *
• Consular Affairs, Bureau of
• Consulates - Foreign consular offices in the US
• Consumer.gov
• Consumer Information Center, Federal (FCIC - Pueblo)
• Consumer Privacy Guide.org
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Copyright Clearance Center*
• Copyright FAQ: Government Documents (DTIC)
• Copyright Office, US
• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
• Corporation for National & Community Service (Americorps, Senior Corps)
• Council of Economic Advisers
• Country Studies
• Courts, Federal
• Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit (Archive of Opinions, Villanova Univ.)
• Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit (Archive of Opinions, Emory Univ.)
• CRS Reports Online (The Memory Hole)*
• OpenCRS (Center for Democracy & Technology) *
• CRS Reports online search (2Act.org)*
• C-SPAN*
• Cybercemetery (Defunct U.S. Agencies and Commissions)

D

• Defense, Department of - DefenseLink
• Defense Intelligence Agency (DOD)
• Defense Technical Information Center(DTIC)
• Defense Visual Information Center
• Department of Education (DE)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Department of Labor (DOL)
• Department of State
• Department of the Treasury
• Department of Transportation (DOT)
• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
• Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal (FDIC)
• Directory of Development Organizations
• Disability.gov
• DisasterHelp.gov
• Disease Control, Centers for (CDC)
• DocsCite (Arizona State Univ.) *
• Domestic Assistance, Catalog of
• Drugs@FDA

E

• Earth and Planetary Studies, Center for (CEPS)
• Earth Explorer: satellite images, aerial photographs, GIS
• Earthquakes, US, by state (USGS)
• Econ Links - Historical Economic Data (Personal site) *
• Economic Indicators
• Economic Report of the President
• Economic Statistics Briefing Room
• EConsumer.gov
• EDGAR(SEC)
• EDGAR SCAN (Price Waterhouse Coopers)
• Education, Department of
• Education, Federal Laws
• EduRef (formerly AskERIC*
• Edsitement (Humanities Lesson Plans)
• Eldis Gateway to Development Information *
• Emergency Management Agency, Federal (FEMA)
• Energy Citations Database (OSTI)
• Energy, Department of (DOE)
• Energy Information Administration (DOE)
• Energy Sciences Net*
• Environmental Health Information Service
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• EPA's Global Warming Site
• EPA Science Inventory
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• ERIC Database Search
• ERIC help - Eduref (formerly AskERIC)*
• ERIC Users Information Exchange (ERIC Users Group blog)
• Export.gov Market Research
• European Environment Agency
• European Union
• Eurostat : EU Statistics Portal
• Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Search for (SETI)

F

• Fast Facts for Congress
• Federal Agencies and Departments Directory *
• 2004 Federal Agency Web Harvest(NARA)
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Federal Business Opportunities(FedBizOpps)
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Federal Consumer Information Center (FCIC - Pueblo)
• Federal Courts
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• FDIC: Identity theft
• Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP )
• Federal Education Laws (from Congress: Committee on Education and the Workforce)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Federal Forms
• Federal Judicial Center
• Federal Newsmaps Digital Collection
• Federal Procurement Data Center
• Federal R&D Project Info
• Federal Register (via GPO Access)
• Federal Reserve Board
• FRASER - Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
• FREDII - Federal Reserve Economic Data
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• FTC Consumer Complaint Form
• Federal Web Locator*
• FedStats
• FedWorld
• 1st Amendment Online*
• FirstGov
• FirstGov for Kids
• FirstGov for Parents
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• Food assistance programs (USDA)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Food stamp program data
• Footage.net * (free registration required to search)
• Foreign Affairs Network (DOSFAN)
• Population Index on the Web (Princeton Univ.) *
• Foreign Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
• Foreign Consular Offices in the US
• Foreign Government Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)*
• Foreign Governments* (Northwestern Univ.)
• Forms(Fedforms)
• FRASER - Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
• FREDII - Federal Reserve Economic Data
• FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Frequently Used Sites *
• Fueleconomy.gov

G

• GAO Reports (via GPO Access)
• Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
• GenderStats (World Bank, U.N. and other sources)
• General Accounting Office (GAO)
• General Services Administration (GSA)
• Geodata.gov
• Geological Survey (USGS)
• GILS (Government Information Locator Service)
• Global Change Data and Information System
• Global Directory of Conservation Organizations *
• GlobalHealthFacts.org (Kaiser Fndn.)
• Global Hydrology and Climate Center (NASA)
• Global Legal Information Gateway (SOSIG)*
• Global Warming Site (EPA)
• Google State Government Information Search
• Google U.S. Government Search (AKA Google UncleSam)*
• Govbenefits.gov
• Government Documents: Examples for Citation (Duke Univ.) *
• Government Full-Text Titles Online*
• Government Information on the Internet for Children *
• Government Information Xchange, GSA
• Government Periodicals Online*
• Government Printing Office (GPO)
• Governments on the WWW
• Governors Database (NGA)*
• GovSpot*
• GPO ACCESS
• GPO Subject Index
• Grants.gov
• GrayLit Network

H

• Hazardous Waste (EPA)
• Health, National Institutes of (NIH)
• Health and Human Services, Department of (DHHS)
• Healthfinder: Health Information
• Health Statistics, National Center for
• Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National (NHTSA)
• Historical Statistics of the United States
• History of Medicine: prints, photographs, video, etc.
• Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Homeland Security, Department of (DHS)
• Homeland Security Digital Library
• House of Representatives
• Housing and Urban Development, Department of (HUD)
• How do I cite... (Dartmouth College)
• HUD User
• Human Radiation Experiments
• Humanities, National Endowment for
• Humanities, Virginia Foundation for
• Hurricane Center, National

I

• IGO information web search
• Immigration Center*
• Immigration Services, Citizenship and (former INS)
• Immigration Statistics, Office of
• Income and Fair Market Rent Data (NLIHC) *
• Industrial Technologies, Office of (OIT-DOE)
• Infonation (U.N. Statistics)*
• Infotrieve Article Finder*
• Institute of Standards and Technology, National (NIST)
• Interaction: American Council for Voluntary International Action *
• Interior, Department of
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• International Archive of Education Data
• IRS tax forms
• International Agreements - Science and Technology
• International Center for Not-For-Profit Law *
• International Development, Agency for
• International Documents Research Guide* (Govt. Docs Roundtable)
• International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies*
• International Governmental Organizations *(Northwestern Univ.)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)*
• International Statistical Agencies (Census)
• International Trade Administration
• International Trade Commission
• International Treaties
• Invasivespeciesinfo.gov
  

J

• Johnson Space Center
• Joint Committee on Taxation
• Judicial Center, Federal
• Justice, Department of
• Justice Statistics, Bureau of

K

• Kids in the House (of Representatives)
• Kids’ Pages (FedStats)

L

• Labor, Department of
• Labor Statistics, Bureau of
• Law Resources, Foreign and International (Harvard Univ.)*
• Legal Information Institute (Cornell Univ.)*
• Legislative Sourcebook*
• Library of Congress
• Library of Congress American Memory
• Library of Congress Geography and Map Reading Room
• Library of Congress Law Library Reading Room: Guides
• Library of Congress Web Archive
• Library, United States Institute of Peace
• Lifeandliberty.gov
• Lobby filing disclosure program, U.S. Senate
• LooksTooGoodToBeTrue.com

M

• Medicare
• Medicare and Medicaid: History and Statistic (Kaiser Fndn.)*
• Medicine, National Library of (NLM)
• MedlinePlus
• MelissaData Lookups *
• MESH: controlled vocabulary for Medline/PubMed
• Military Index to the Internet
• Military Subject Index *
• MLA Style for Internet Sources (Bedford/St. Martin's)*
• MyMoney.gov

N

• NAFTA *
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program
• National Biological Information Infrastructure Digital Library
• National Cancer Institute
• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
  (ask reference staff for data center password, xt.7465)
National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• National Gallery of Art
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• NHTSA crash test, recalls and safety information
• National Hurricane Center
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• National Library of Medicine Research Databases
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Park Service
• National Parks Fun Guide
• National Prevention Information Network(CDC NPIN)
• National Rehabilitation Information Center *
• National Science Foundation
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
• National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA)
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• National Weather Service
• National Wetlands Inventory
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
• Nationmaster*
Nations of the World: information links
• NATO*
• Natural History Museum, National
• NGO Research Guide (Duke Univ. Lib.)
• NGO Statistical Data Sources
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission

O

• Occupational Safety and Health Admin.(OSHA)
• Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National(NOAA)
• OECD Statistics Portal
• Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (Yucca Mountain Project)
• Office of Immigration Statistics
• Office of International Women's Issues
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI - DOE)
• Office of Technology Assessment (Archive only)
• OffStats: Official Statistics on the Web
• OPEC*
• OpenCRS (Center for Democracy & Technology) *
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Organization of American States*
• OurDocuments.gov

P

• Pardon Attorney, Office of the
• Park Net (National Park Service)
• Patent and Trademark Office
• Patent Information - Cabell Library at Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond
• Pay.gov
• Peace Agreements Digital Collections (USIP)
• Peace Corps
• Peace, US Institute of
• Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Guide to Collections of the Library of Congress
• Policy Agendas Project (Univ. of Washington)*
• Poly-Cy International politics links*
• Population Index on the Web (Princeton Univ.) *
• Portals to the World
• Postal Service (USPS)
• President, Executive Office of
• President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
• President's Council on Bioethics
• Presidential Debates, Commission on*
• Presidential Libraries
• Presidents Online (Internet Public Library)*
• Presidents, Public Papers of the
• Presidential Documents, Weekly Compilation of
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)*
• PubMed

R

• R&D Project Info
• Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies*
• Reginfo.gov - regulation information
• Regulation.gov
• Rehabilitation Information Center, National (NARIC)
• Reliefweb: global hub for humanitarian aid information*
• Reserve Board, Federal
• RFE: Resources for Economists (SUNY Oswego) *
• Roanoke City
• Roanoke (City) Facts and Figures
• Roanoke County
• Roanoke Law Library
• RSS - U.S. Government RSS Library

S

• Salem
• Scams and Frauds News
• School District Demographics System (NCES)
• Science Classroom Resources (NSF)
• Science Foundation, National
• Science.gov
• Scientific and Technical Information, Office of (OSTI - DOE)
• Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)*
• SEC Info database
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Security Agency, National (NSA)
• Senate
• Senate Lobby filing disclosure program
• Sitios Web Federales En Español
• Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Smithsonian Institute and Museums
• Social Explorer: Demographic Data Maps *
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• Social Security Administration Policy and Data
• Social Statistics Briefing Room
• Space Environmental Laboratory
• Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC)
• State, Department of
• State and local Government on the NET*
• State Education Data Profiles (NCES)
• State Government Information Index (St. Mary's Univ.)*
• State Government Finances (Census)
• State Health Facts Online (Kaiser) *
• State Legal Sources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)*
• State Legislative Resources (Findlaw)*
• State of the Union Addresses
• State Publication Lists (Univ. of Illinois)*
• Statemaster: statistics for states
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Statistical Resources for Government Info(University of Michigan Library)*
• STAT-USA Hollins Only
• Stennis Center for Public Service*
• Students.gov: Student Gateway to the U.S. Government
• Studentjobs.gov
• Supreme Court
• Supreme Court Argument Transcripts
• Supreme Court cases (Oyez.org)
• Supreme Court Decisions Search Full Text 1937-1975
• Supreme Court Opinions (FindLaw)*
• Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975, (GPO Access)
• Supreme Court Opinions, 1992-2000 (Federal Bulletin Board)
• Supreme Court Resources (Cornell LII)
• Supreme Court Timeline, Justices, Landmark Decisions
• Surgeon General Reports

T

• Tax Forms (IRS)
• Tax Resources, International*
• Tax Statistics - Internal Revenue Service
• Technical Information Service, National (NTIS)
• Technology Administration
• Technology Assessment, Office of (Archive only)
• Telecommunication and Information Administration, National (NTIA)
• Televison News Archive - Vanderbilt University*
• Terrorism Knowledge Base (MIPT) *
• THOMAS(Library of Congress)
• Toxicology and Environmental Health Resources (NLM)
• Trade Commission, Federal (FTC)
• Tradestats Express from Export.gov
• Transportation, Department of (DOT)
• Transtats(DOT)
• Travel Library*
• Travelers' Health
• Treasury, Department of
• Treaties and International Agreements

U

• Uncle Sam Brief Guide To Citing Government Publications (Univ. of Memphis)*
• UNICEF*
• United Nations*
• United Nations Statistics - Infonation *
• USAID
• US Business Advisor
• US Business Advisor--International Trade
• US Citizenship and Immigration Services (former INS)
• US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• US Geological Survey (USGS)
• US Institute of Peace
• U.S. Overseas Loans & Grants ("Greenbook", USAID)
• USA Trade Online (ask reference staff for password)

V

• Veterans Affairs Department (VA)
• Virginia Commission for the Arts
• Virginia Counties Map
• Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• Virginia General Assembly
• Virginia General Assembly's Capitol Classroom
• Virginia GIS Data and Map Links
• Virginia Government Resources (Library of Virginia)
• Voice of America

W

• Water Conditions Report (USGS)
• Water Resources Information (USGS)
• Watergate.info
• Weather, local(Roanoke)*
• Weather Satellite Images: NASA GHCC
• Weather Service, National
• Wetlands Inventory, National
• What Works Clearinghouse (Institute of Education Sciences)
• White House
• whitehousekids.gov
• Women Entrepreneur Resources
• Women in Development (USAID)
• Women's Health Information Center, National
• Women's Issues, International, Office of
• World Bank*
• World Fact Book
• World Food Program
• World Health Organization (WHO)*
• World Trade Organization (WTO)*
• World Treaty Index*
• World War Poster Collection *

Y

• Your Europe: information for EU citizens
• Yucca Mountain Project (Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management)

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last updated on December 5, 2007