Government Documents
Since 1965, Dowling College Library has been a member of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). As such, our library selectively receives about 17% of materials published by the federal government. Selections include a core collection of basic government documents complimented with a concentration of subject-specific materials from the Departments of Commerce, Education, and Transportation. These materials are interfiled in the Library collection and can be accessed in a variety of ways.
As much of the Government information today is available and updated online, Dowling College Library is in the process of adding electronic links in the catalog to offer convenient access to its patrons.
The following list provides websites for information on federal, state, international, and foreign levels of government:
Federal Government: General Information
- American Memory (Library of Congress)
- A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
- Federal Bulletin Board
- Federal Government Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)
- FedWorld
- Free Government Information (FGI)
- Frequently Used Sites to Finding Government Information (ALA)
- GovernmentDocuments.org
- GovEngine.com
- Government Information by Popular Subject (LIU)
- National Archives - Access Archival Database (AAD)
- Reference Center & General Government
- USA.GOV (formerly First.Gov)
- Virtual Refence Desk (U.S. Senate)
Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information
State Information
- New York State Information (recommended by Dowling)
- New York State Documents
- States A-M
- States N-Z
- State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell Univ.)
State Government Collections
- American Law Sources On-Line
- FindLaw
- State & Local Government on the Net
- U.S. State and Local Gateway via USA.GOV
- Virtual Law Library (Indiana Univ. School of Law)
International and Foreign Information
- Country Studies (Library of Congress)
- Foreign Governments (Northwestern Univ.)
- United Nations
- US State Department Home Page
Statistical & Demographic Resources
Additional Resources
- “Agency Approach” To Locating Government Information on the Internet (tutorial)
- Digital Collection of Government Documents (Univ. at Buffalo)
- Dowling Recommended Government Websites
- Google Uncle Sam
- GODORT CD-ROM Documentation Service (Univ. of Iowa)
- Migrating Government Publications (full-text docs via the Univ. of Memphis)
- Resources of Use to Government Documents Librarians (ALA GODORT)
- Subject Guides & Internet Resources (Columbia University)