Additional Search Tools - Government Information - Selected Resources by Subject

Search Tools for Government Publications & Information

Catalog of US Government Publications
Includes publications distributed through the federal depository library program and more.

govinfo
Access full text federal government publications from all three branches. Offers a user-friendly, modernized site that provides easy-to-use navigation with multiple ways to search or browse. Replaces FDsys. Dates of coverage: 1793-current

USA.gov
USA.gov is the official U.S. portal to federal, state, local, tribal, and international government information and services.

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
Find contact information for U.S. federal government departments and agencies including websites, emails, phone numbers, addresses, and more.
Cybercemetery
Archive of government websites that have ceased operation (usually websites of defunct government agencies and commissions that have issued a final report)
End of Term Web Archive
Captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations since 2008.
Federal Depository Library Program Web Archive
"To provide permanent public access to Federal Agency Web content, the Federal Depository Library Program harvests selected U.S. Government Web sites in their entirety"
GovSpeak: A Guide to U.S. Government Acronyms & Abbreviations
Current, extensive, and fully-linked listing of U.S. government agency, office, program and publication acronyms from UC San Diego Library

DLC 2014: Googling for Gov Info: Tips for Using Google Effectively
Slide presentation by Sonnet Ireland that offers tips on limiting to a particular site, type of file, or time period as well as excluding words and searching for related terms.