Federal Government Resources: General Information Resources

Official website of the government agency responsible for publishing and disseminating official U.S. government publications to Congress, federal agencies, federal depository libraries, and the American public. Includes links to GPO Services and Products, the U.S. Government Bookstore, and information about the Federal Depository Library Program.

Provides a fun and educational introduction to how the U.S. Government works.

Official site at the National Archives which includes a high-resolution scanned image of the original and more.

Contains records for the approximately 20 million works and documents recorded with the Copyright Office since 1978.

Machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

Centralized resource for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and its librarians. The FDLP is responsible for disseminating federal government information to the American public through the nation’s depository libraries.

Consolidates links to official federal, state, and local government information websites for the Unites States, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Covers all U.S. Presidents, with information about presidential libraries if one has been established.

All published prior to 2010. Useful for historical information.

Site of the office of public record for copyright registration and deposit of copyright material. Includes information about copyright law and regulations.

Examples from a wide variety of government agencies and publications, including legal, congressional hearings, etc.

Includes citation format for print and online documents.