• Through Internet guides by subject.
• By level of government.
• Through Internet indexes or search engines.
• In Full-text on the Internet.
• Through big, free databases.
• Through Notable Web Sites:
• Or even in paper through bibliographic indexes.
• And to Evaluate what I found there.

• Business
• CommunityNutrition
• Education
• Legislative
• Pennsylvania

or:  http://www.mnsfld.edu/depts/lib/penn.html
• Statistics
• Taxes
• Other --Just about anything else from the Meta-Subject Index to Government Information

Level of Government:

• United States
• Pennsylvania
• Other States

or:  http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/stategov.html
• International
• Foreign Governments

Internet Indexes or Search Engines

If the above subject listings do not give you what you need, you may wish to search Internet by indexes or search engines.

• Infomine
• Hotbot -- Allows you to limit to .gov domain.
• GovBot -- searches only U.S. Government web sites.
• Yahoo -- Allows you to search by government only. Click on "Government" on the main page and select "Just this category" from the pull down menu when provided the next search option.

• Frequently Requested Titles in Electronic Format

or:  http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/mig.htm
 
• Marcive WebDOCS
• Agency homepages often have full-text of selected publications. So if you know the agency, go to their homepage and see if they have provided access. Click on the appropriate jurisdiction from the list below to locate agencies with web pages.
• U.S. Federal Agencies

or:  http://www.library.yale.edu/govdocs/agency.html
• Pennsylvania Agencies
• International Agencies and Organizations

Through bibliographic and full-text databases

Some of these databases may include hypertext links to full-text sources or include the URL needed to locate the publication if available on the web. Many supply only bibliographic citations which can be used to help find paper or microfiche publications in libraries.

General

• Academic Universe--provides the full-text of Govenment and Political News, Legal News, Federal Case Law and Statutes.
• GPO Finding Tools
• Library of Congress On-line Catalog
• Marcive WebDOCS
• Statistical Universe--index to statistical publications of the U.S. federal government. Most items cited are owned in Stapleton Library's ASI Collection.

• Agricola

• Consumer Gateway

• ERIC

• MEDLINE

• National Criminal Justice Reference Service Database

• GPO Access
• GPO Gate
• Thomas
• GAO Reports and Testimony
• Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute
• Elaws
• Jurist

• DOE Information Bridge (Full-text, 1996 to present)
• EPA Publications Source
• GEOREF (Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey)
• NTIS (Technical reports index, various topics)
• WRSIC Research Abstracts (Water)

• Intellectual Property Network

Through Notable Web Sites:

• Library of Congress--Browse Government Resources
• University of Delaware
• University of Michigan
• U.S. Government and Politics--Mansfield University
• Yale
• GODORT Frequently Used Sites
• FedWorld
• Fedgate
• Vanderbilt University

Or Even in Paper Through Bibliographic Databases:

• Marcive Webdoc
• GPO Monthly Catalog
• Access Pennsylvania allows you to search the collection of the State Library of Pennsylvania the regional depository for the State of Pennsylvania--an excellent source of State and federal government documents.

And to Evaluate what I found there--

Electronic versions of sources emanating from established publishers are often as reliable as their printed counterparts. Government publications available on the Internet are generally highly reliable sources.

The following sites provide more information on evaluating WWW sources:

• Evaluating Web Sites and Information
• Evaluation of Information Sources

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