Research Guides: Business: Government Information Sources

FEDERAL SOURCES

Library of Congress
Featured digital collections: American Memory (history), Historic Newspapers, Folk Music, Prints and Photographs, Performing Arts--along with the largest library in the world

The Google of Government Search Engines

USA.gov
Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it's here on USA.gov. You'll find a rich treasure of online information, services, and resources.

Focus your search by Agency

Find an Agency
Go directly to the agency to focus your search. For instance, the USDA has many publication which are well organized and clearly accessible under the agency's webpage.
For instance:
United States Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service The ERS mission is to inform and enhance public and private decision making on economic and policy issues related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development. With over 300 employees, The Economic Research Service is a primary source of economic information and research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
FBI - Crime Statistics
Environmental Protection Agency - Science & Technology
National Institute of Mental Health - Statistics
EPA - Starting with Washington State
Links to areas where EPA has interests and impacts in Washington, and beyond
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Small Business Administration

Scientific Information

Search Scientific research, reports, data
a gateway to government science information provided by U.S. Government science agencies, including research and development results including medicine, chemistry, environment, earth and ocean science, science education, biology and nature.

Statistical Information

US Census

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Proquest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

United States Geological Survey

The National Map
After you're on TNM page, look for the yellow highlighted link in the Applications box to start making maps.

Water Resources of the United Water is one of six science mission areas of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Water's mission is to collect and disseminate reliable, impartial, and timely information that is needed to understand the Nation's water resources.
Earthquakes
TopoView The maps shown through topoView are from the USGS’s Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC). The goal of this scanning, which started in 2011, is to provide a digital repository of USGS 1:250,000 scale and larger (more detailed) maps printed between 1884 (the inception of the topographic mapping program), and 2006.
National Geological Map Database

WASHINGTON STATE SOURCES

Access Washington

Comprehensive access to information by and about Washington State

"Find-It!"

From the Washington State Library, a collection of online search tools to help citizens find government information

Government information in Washington State

Revised Code of Washington

Washington Administrative Code

Washington State Courts

Washington State Digital Archives

Washington State Legislature

Integrated Information: Municipalities

Municipal Research and Services Center Includes information on municipal law, municipal finance, urban planning, public works, and public management, including land use, environmental regulations, population growth.

Washington State Library

Washington State Library
Includes digital archives: photographs, maps, historical documents, historical newspapers
Washington State Digital Archives

Scientific reports, data, research

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Research publications, programs, projects
Department of Ecology For data on water, air, waste, toxins . . .

Washington State Resources

Legal Research

FindLaw
Full-text. FindLaw provides the most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, businesses, students and individuals. These resources include cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, as well as legal forms and business contract templates.
HeinOnline
Full text. HeinOnline is a large image based legal research collection and contains important political science information, legal history, journals, case law and government documents. It contains more than 130 million pages across more than 60 individual databases, all of which are fully searchable PDF copies of the original print publications.

Business: Government Information Sources

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