LibGuides: Politics & Government: Government Resources

American Presidency Project
The American Presidency Project (APP), non-profit and non-partisan, is the leading source of presidential documents on the internet. Our archives contain 129,483 documents and are growing rapidly.

The APP, hosted at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been a collaboration between John T. Woolley (UCSB) and Gerhard Peters (Citrus College) since 1999.
Catalog of Federal Repository Libraries
Established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Government's information, this program involves the acquisition, format conversion, and distribution of depository materials and the coordination of Federal depository libraries in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
Congress.gov
Bill searches, legislative activities, members of Congress. House & Senate links
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Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service. It superseded the THOMAS system in 2016. ADDED
Federal Register
The daily journal of the US Government. The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) jointly administer the FederalRegister.gov website. We developed this website to make it easier for citizens and communities to understand the regulatory process and to participate in Government decision-making.
Government Printing Office
The GPO is the official, digital, and secure source for producing, protecting, preserving, and distributing the official publications and information products of the Federal Government.
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In December 2018, FDsys will be replaced by govinfo.

govinfo currently provides access to the same publications and search functionality as FDsys, but has a new look and new features.
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Budget of the United States Government
Code of Federal Regulations
Compilation of Presidential Documents
Congressional Bills
Congressional Documents
Congressional Hearings
Congressional Record
Congressional Reports
Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation
Economic Indicators
Federal Register
Public and Private Laws
United States Code
United States Courts Opinions
Library of Congress: Government Web Resources
This page is maintained by the Serial and GovernmentPublications Division, Library of Congress and is, of course, perpetually under construction. See also Congress.gov for searchable full-text of bills, the Congressional Record, and more.
Congress.gov--Advanced Search
Advanced search gives you the option of using a form optimized for legislation, including keywords, legislation types, policy areas, status, sponsors, co-sponsors, at more.
United States Commission on Civil Rights
The official views of the United States Commission on Civil Rights are primarily found in its reports and publications, which may be viewed on the Commission’s website or other public collections. The Commission’s website also lists statements, letters, press releases, and other correspondence, which are official views of the Commission. Any other statements, letters, press releases, or correspondence not listed on this website should not be considered as an official viewpoint of the Commission.
USA.gov
USA.gov is an interagency product administered by USAGov (formerly the Federal Citizen Information Center), a division of the U.S. General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service. It got its start when Internet entrepreneur Eric Brewer, whose early research was funded by the Department of Defense, offered to donate a powerful search engine to government. That gift helped accelerate the government's earlier work to create a government-wide portal.
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We create and organize timely, needed government information and services and make them accessible to the public anytime, anywhere, via their channel of choice.
US Constitution Annotated
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (popularly known as the Constitution Annotated) contains legal analysis and interpretation of the United States Constitution, based primarily on Supreme Court case law. This regularly updated resource is especially useful when researching the constitutional implications of a specific issue or topic. The Featured Topics and Cases page highlights recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that demonstrate pivotal interpretations of the Constitution's provisions.
Whitehouse.gov
Read Press Briefings, Statements, current initiatives, and facts about the White House itself.

Statistics

United States Census Bureau/Explore Census Data
Data about places, people, economics, and trends over time.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision making. As an independent statistical agency, BLS serves its diverse user communities by providing products and services that are accurate, objective, relevant, timely, and accessible.
Data and Statistics about the United States
Find data about the U.S., such as maps and population, demographic, and economic data.
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includes US census data, maps, and government data and statistics.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR
An international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.

ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields
Michigan State University Statistics Library Guide
Helpful guide on finding statistics and data and learning the difference between the two.
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Note:Some links are for MSU students only and are blocked for Mendocino College students.
Written by Scout Calvert, Reference Librarian
Stats America
The goal of StatsAmerica is to provide actionable data for economic developers to use in site requests, developing metrics, grant writing and strategic planning.

StatsAmerica is a service of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, which is ranked among the nation's top business schools.
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The IBRC is part of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and has been monitoring socioeconomic trends as they relate to our home state, the Midwest and the nation since 1925. Its flagship publication, the Indiana Business Review, has been in continuous publication since 1926. The IBRC has won numerous national awards for its work, including Best Web Site and Best Publications from the Association for University Business and Economic Research. Nationally recognized for its founding of the State Data Center Program in the early 1970s, it has been a key participant and state partner in that program since its national inception in 1978. We are also part of the BEA User Group and other organizations that further the meaningful use of statistical data for economic and community development.
U.S. Census
Statistics from the U.S. Department of Commerce on people, places, and the economy.
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Individual census records from 1790 to 1940 are maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration, not the U.S. Census Bureau.
US Census Bureau: Quick Facts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.

Archive of the California Government Domain, CA.gov
Archived since April 2015. This archive preserves access to hundreds of California state agency sites. State agencies utilize their websites to publish everything from press releases, agendas, minutes, events, reports and statistics. This material is especially volatile as leadership changes or as time sensitive issues are no longer on agendas or in the news.
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The archive is maintained by government information specialists and web curators across several UC campuses, the Stanford University Libraries, the California State Library, and the California State Archives.
California Government Library Guide from UC Irvine
A comprehensive guide of California government links created by Brian Williams at UC Irvine Library
Glossary - CA State Assembly
A comprehensive glossary of terms.
California Legislative Information
This site has been updated to include legislative publications starting with the 2017 session and forward. A "Daily Updates" report feature has been added. The report displays, by house, measures for which there was activity the previous day such as new analyses, hearings, placement on the Daily File, amendments, History actions, or votes.
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Measures prior to 1999 can be still be found at http://leginfo.ca.gov which will remain as an archive for legislative information.
California State Legislature Bill Information 1999 to Present
The full text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, and their status, history, votes, analyses, and veto messages are available. If you know the bill, select the session, and House of origin, and type the bill number to retrieve this information. To search, select the session, and House of origin, and type the keywords and/or author name(s).
Government Info - California and State Resources
Provides links for CA laws and regulations, legislative histories & materials, and other state information. Local information is limited to the Central Coast area. From UC Santa Cruz.
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Created by Lucia Orlando, Reference Librarian at UC Santa Cruz.
A Guide for Accessing California Legislative Information on the Internet
This provides an historical perspective on how government information was once displayed online. Prepared by the Legislative Counsel of the State of California. Information regarding matters pending before the Legislature has been available to the citizens of California in printed form since 1849 but is now mostly available online. The guide also provides the following appendices: Overview of the Legislative Process, Glossary of Legislative Terms, and Glossary of Internet Terms. As of November 2016, the guide is no longer being updated.
Minerva Online Catalog
The California State Archives preserves the historic records of the state government and some local governments. A very good place to find the full history of a bill in order to determine legislative intent.
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The Online Catalog for
the California State Archives

Local Government Resources

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