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LexisNexis Congressional  UCSB!
Full text access to recent legislative and regulatory information, including Congressional Record, bills, laws, hearings testimony, and regulations.
Included is an index to Congressional publications from 1789 forward.
United States Congressional Serial Set  UCSB!
Full text reports, Documents and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
Policy Agendas Project
Project collects and organizes data from various archived sources to trace changes in the national policy agenda and public policy outcomes since the Second World War. Interactive tools allow for creation of charts and downloading of data sets.

Judicial Branch

U. S. Courts

Federal Independent Agencies


U. S. Government Publications in the UCSB Library

UCSB is a selective depository for the United States Government. The Government Printing Office provides government information at no cost to designated depository libraries throughout the country. These libraries, in turn, provide local, no-fee access to government information in all formats in an impartial environment with professional assistance. Any member of the public may visit these depository libraries and use the Federal depository collections.

Most publications can be identified through our PEGASUS catalog. In addition, there are older publications housed in the Annex, our local storage facility. We have a large collection of technical reports: some can be accessed online, while many others are in the Government Information Center. Refer to the technical reports guide for more detailed information.

Information about the scope of the collection housed at UCSB is contained in the U.S. Federal Publications Collection Development Policy.

[ PEGASUS: UCSB catalog] [ MELVYL: UC catalog ] [ Catalog of U. S. Government Publications, 1976 to present]

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Grant, Scholarship, and Benefits Sources

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Business.gov
GovBenefits.gov Federal sources for benefits eligibility
e-Scholar Office of Personnel Management site for jobs, grants, internships, scholarships, fellowships


Statistics

Government Statistics  Guide to locating statistics from U.S., California, and international sources
TradeStats Express  Interactive site for export data
FedStats  Gateway to statistics from federal agencies
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Historical Statistics of the United States UCSB only!
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 freely available
Federal Statistical Agencies
Census Statistics


Guides to Finding Government Information

How to Effectively Locate Government Information on the Web
Government Statistics
Census 2000
Congressional Publications
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
Presidential Documents in the UCSB Library
Technical Reports


Citing Government Information

Docsite Interactive guide to creating citations for government publications from Arizona State University
Uncle Sam: Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications University of Memphis
Gateways
About the UCSB Federal Collection
GPO Access
Search Engines
USA.gov
 
Google U.S. Government Search
 
InfoMine Government Information
 
Frequently Used Sites
 
Directories
Federal Agencies Directory
Federal Depository Libraries
U.S. Government Manual
Special Topics
Crime
Education
Environment
Health
Immigration
Labor
Statistics
Grant Sources
Guides
Citing Government Publications
Freedom of Information Act requests
need help? contact:
Sherry DeDecker
US Government Information Librarian
dedecker@library.ucsb.edu
805-893-3713


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