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Government Documents

UAH is a congressionally-designated selective federal depository of the U.S. Government. As such, the Salmon Library receives that portion of all GPO publications which have been determined to most closely suit the needs of the University and community.

Major U.S. Government Sources

The United States Government is the most prolific producer of information in the world. The following resource guide is a list of some of the major access points to this information.

Lists and describes federal publications (1976- ) and provides direct links to those that are available online. Search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general keyword. 

Codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations.

Presents online versions of major U.S. government publications, such as: the Congressional Record, congressional publications of all kinds, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court decisions, executive branch documents and more.

A gateway to government information. This site is managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) as part of it's information management mandate.

 Add site:.gov or site:.mil to your keywords to limit searching to governmental websites.

A federated search engine that searches multiple federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while linking to selected resources available online.

This agency is charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents.

by Library of Congress Links to the official government web sites of individual states. Scroll down for links to some city, county and other state and local government gateway sites.

All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Find all this valuable information here.

This official handbook of the federal government describes programs and activities of the legislative, judicial and executive branches. The Manual also includes information about quasi-official agencies, international organizations with U.S. membership, and federal boards, commissions, and committees.

Subject and alphabetical lists of databases for federal government information - much of which is not findable through a general web search.

Official portal to government information and services provided by the federal government.

The United States Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States.