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Find Government Publications: PEGASUS: Catalog containing most government publications at UCSB; Melvyl: Government publications at any UC

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Internet Resources for United States Government Information: Databases; GPO Access Free access to government information from Government Printing Office; LexisNexis Congressional (guide); LexisNexis Statistical; STAT-USA Trade information from the Department of Commerce (guide); Guides; Census 2000; Census of Population and Housing (1990) User Guide and Tutorial; Congressional Publications; Congressional Record; Congressional Representatives and Their Districts *pdf; Federal Register / Code of Federal Regulations; Declassified Documents *pdf; Historical Census Research *pdf; How a Bill Becomes a Law; How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the World Wide Web; Presidential Documents in the UCSB Library; Statistics and Data for the Social Sciences; Technical Reports

Internet Resources for California Government: Databases; LexisLexis Statistical; Guides; California Department of Education Standards, Frameworks and Publications Research Guide; Tracing California Legislation; Government Statistics

Internet Resources for Local - Santa Barbara Area Government Information: Guides; Environmental Resources for the Santa Barbara Region Research Guide; Isla Vista History Collections in Special Collections; Mark H. Capelli Southern California Steelhead Watershed Archive; Santa Barbara Area History Collections in Special Collections

Databases: Access UN (guide); SourceOECD - selected access to OECD materials; World Development Indicators - direct access to more than 600 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2004, where data are available.; Guides; United Nations and International Organizations Research Guide; International Financial Statistics Online; UNSTATS: UN Statistics Division Common Database; LexisNexis Statistical

Internet Resources for Foreign Governments: Guides; Guide to British Parliamentary Papers *pdf

Internet Resources for U.S. State Governments

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need help? contact:

Sherry DeDecker
US Government Information specialist (also, states other than CA)
dedecker@library.ucsb.edu
805-893-3713

Janet Martorana
California Government Information specialist
martoran@library.ucsb.edu
805-893-8724

Angela Boyd
International Organizations Information specialist
aboyd@library.ucsb.edu
805-893-5086

Lucia Snowhill
Foreign Government Information specialist
snowhill@library.ucsb.edu
805-893-5383

Updated: August 2008

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Last Updated: 08/18/08 12:58:16

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