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From this page you can connect to Internet sources of information from or about a particular government. Links are organized by government underneath the appropriate heading. All international organizations other than the European Union are grouped under the United Nations heading.
United States Federal Government
Finding Aids
- Agency Index to U.S. government web sites (Washburn University School of Law)
- Documents Center- University of Michigan
- Federal Sources. Links to Federal government information from Louisiana State University
- Fedforms. A central site for finding forms from Federal agencies.
- FedWorld From the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).
- GovBenefits.gov. The official government benefits website. This tool helps citizens find government benefits they may be eligible to receive.
- Infomine- Government Information. Site maintained at the University of California, Riverside
- Searchgov. Commercial site which allows for searching of U.S. federal, state, and local government sites.
- USA.gov. The U.S. government's official web portal.
- Your Government. The White House's gateway to Federal government information on the Internet.
Federal Agency Sites
- Country Studies- Area Handbook Series
- Cyber Cemetery. Site maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries, which provide permanent public access to the electronic Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.
- Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations. Wage determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts. Database is house on the GPO Access server.
- Department of State
- U.S. Dept. of State Electronic Research Collection site (archived electronic documents from the US State Department website; covers the period from 1990 to 1997)
- EDGAR: The Securities and Exchange Commission's database of corporate filings.
- Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps). Online replacement for Commerce Business Daily. Provides information on Federal contracts available.
- Federal Citizen Information Center, General Services Administration. Distributes useful consumer information to the public.
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). U.S. Dept. of Education site for online filing for student aid.
- Geographic Names Information System from the USGS.
- Geological Survey (USGS). Pubications Warehouse. Includes the full text of over 40,000 USGS publications in series dating from 1980.
- Government Printing Office (GPO) Web Server
- Internal Revenue Service: Tax forms and tax related information.
- NASA Technical Reports server. Searchable bibliographic databases of technical reports and links to other NASA sites.
- National Atlas of the United States. Online project begun in 1997, this new, largely digital atlas is designed to relaced the fist edition of the Atlas published in 1970.
- Presidential Directives and Executive Orders (non-governmental site) Federation of American Scientists site with links to the full texts of selected presidential directives and executive orders.
- Supreme Court of the United States.
- Time, Official U.S. Web site of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Federal legislation
- GPO Access: Full texts of Congressional bills and resolutions from the 103rd -105th Congresses; the Congressional Record, Congressional reports, and History of Bills from those Congresses; the Federal Register for 1994 - 1997, the United States Code, and Government Accountability Office reports, along with other documents.
- Lexis-Nexis Congressional (Subscription service: UO Users Only)
- Thomas: A server for legislative information from the Library of Congress.
- U.S. House of Representatives Web Server.
- U.S. Senate
- LOCIS Select the "Federal Legislation" database for legislative history of bills for any Congress from the 93rd through the 105th (1973 - 1998). (Telnet access)
Statistics
- Document Center Federal Statistics page. A more complete listing of the statistical agencies of the Federal government.
- Fedstats: The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to statistical data from federal agencies.
- Stat-USA: U.S. Department of Commerce server. (Subscription database: UO users only.)
- U.S. Bureau of the Census home page
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Canada
The UO Libraries have been a depository for Canadian government publications since 1965. Canada serves as a useful comparator to the United States in researching public policy issues, and Canadian government publications provide a wealth of information on Canadian policies as well as various international issues.
- Government of Canada
- Canada: Federal Government Information. University of Waterloo
- Canada's Parliament
- Canadian Depository Services Program
- Early Canadiana Online. Digital library of early Canadian imprints. Only a portion of the database is available for free. The free portion includes some early parliamentary publications.
- Electronic Publications from Statistics Canada, the Canadian Parliament and other agencies which are available to UO patrons through the Canadian Depository Services Program. (Note: Accessible only through public workstations in the UO library or other authorized terminals. Requires Adobe Acrobat.)
- Government of Nunavut, New territory established April 1, 1999.
- National Library of Canada Home Page
- Statistics Canada
- Strategis: Industry Canada's business and economic site.
- Canadian Company Capabilities: An online database with entries for over 35,000 Canadian companies.
- The Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC.
State & local governments
Oregon
- Oregon.gov: the official portal to Oregon's state government. (Previously known as Oregon Online.)
- Oregon Comprehensive Plans Collection. City and county land use plans.
- Oregon Office of Economic Analysis. Forecasts and projections of economic data for the state.
- Governor Kulongoski's Home Page
- Oregon Department of Revenue Tax forms and tax-related information.
- DIGOR (Documents Interest Group of Oregon)
Other State and local governments
- USA.gov. A web portal maintained by the federal government that provides links to state and local government entities and a good search tool for searching governmental sites.
- Data for Local Communities. A project of the Orbis-Cascade Alliance, this database-driven finding tool provides access to statistical information at the sub-state level.
- policymap.com. An interactive mapping site that uses government data to visually display information at state or local area level.
- State Agency Databases. Provides links to the various databases maintained by state and local governments.
- State and Local Government on the Net. A good set of links, privately maintained.
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide. Duke University Library. Public Documents & Maps Department. Guide to the publications of international NGOs, including an extensive list of major NGOs.
- Official United Nations Home Page
- Official Web Site Locater for the United Nations System of Organizations.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- United Nations Treaty Collection (Multilateral Treaties Deposited With the U.N.)
- United Nations Scholars' Workstation at Yale University
- United Nations Statistics Division
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization
- World Intellectual Property Association
- Official Sites
- Europa. The European Union WWW site.
- Cordis: The Community Research & Development Service.
- Delegation of the European Union to the United States
- EU Publications Office. The European Union Office of Publications official web site. This site has links to several important EU databases, including CELEX, EUR-LEX, EUDOR, TED and IDEA.
- Euro Essentials: Information about the European currency.
- Europarl: The multilingual Web service of the European Parliament
- European Commission Libraries Catalogue
- European Commission Virtual Press Room. Access to press releases from the Commission.
- European Environment Agency
- EuroStat: The statistical agency of the European Union.
- Europe's Information Society
- European Treaties. Links to the text of treaties that created the EU and provide its legal standing.
- Gateway Sites
- Archive of European Integration
An electronic repository and archive for research materials on the topic of European integration and unification.
- European Studies 410: The European Union as History.
Course web site for a UO course taught by George Sheridan and Tom Stave. - European Union Studies Association
- EU Guide. University of California, Berkeley.
- Euroguide. A subject-oriented guide to EU information.
- Archive of European Integration
United Nations and other international organizations
European Union
Last Modified: 08/19/2009