LibGuides: Government Information Guide: Catalogs and Finding Aids

Federal Government Resources

Just released! DiscoverGov "provides simple, one-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases including GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo. It will retrieve reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources and publications available online." Additional features, Help content, and access points to and about DiscoverGov, as well as improved responsiveness of remote search resources.

DiscoverGov "DiscoverGov provides simple, one-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases including GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo. It will retrieve reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources and publications available online."
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Searchable online catalog of U.S. federal government publications distributed since 1976. Links to online publications are provided.
Congress.gov Legislative information provided by the Library of Congress. Features current bills in the news. Users can search bill status.
Finding Declassified Government Documents Research Guide from the Library of Congress
GovInfo govinfo provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
MetaLib MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.
National Archives Catalog Search the records of the National Archives. Many of the documents have been digitized and made available online.
USA.gov Portal to government information and services provided by the federal government. Especially useful for e-government services.

Hofstra Resources

Discovery Discovery performs a keyword search of all Hofstra University Library holdings and open access resources for print and electronic books, journals, videos, etc. Discovery can also be used to search for government information.
Congressional Publications

Federal Government Directories

Federal Agency Directory Use to locate federal government agencies, boards, commissions and committees on the web.
U.S. Government Manual Official handbook of the U.S. federal government that provides information on government agencies, quasi-official agencies, international organizations, boards, commissions and committees
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A good resource for learning about the structure and functions of the U.S. government

CQ Washington Information Directory This link opens in a new window Provides contact information and brief descriptions of U.S. governmental and nongovernmental agencies and organizations. must have a Hofstra University network account