INDEXES     top

MarciveWeb DOCS is the online catalog of U.S. Government Publications.MarciveWeb DOCS is the online catalog of U.S. Government Publications.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Is a search and retrieval service that provides bibliographic records of U.S. Government information resources.

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet includes information on activities in Congress, status and text of bills, committee reports and homepages, historical documents, and U.S. Government resources.THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet. i ncludes information on activities in Congress, status and text of bills, committee reports and homepages, historical documents, and U.S. Government resources.

Census CD
This item is available only within Steen Library: please refer to the desk top menu under indexes/resources under government.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT     top

General Information

Google Uncle Sam Google Uncle Sam searches web sites that end in .gov or .mil (indicators
that the website is maintained by the government).

Fiscal Year 1996 - 2005 Budget
from the Office of Management and Budget

Tax Information
Links to the IRS and other tax information and tax form web sites.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.

GPO Access
Contains full-text of the Congressional Record, Congressional Bills, Public Laws, Federal Register, GAO Reports, and the United States Code.

The White House
White House documents, speeches, and photos; White House history and tours; Briefing reports; Interactive Citizens' Handbook, and more.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Published every Monday, contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week.

United States Government Manual
As the official handbook of the Federal Government,l provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches also includes information on quasi-official agencies; international organizations in which the United States participates; and boards, commissions, and committees.

U.S. State and Local Government Information (Library of Congress Internet Resource Page)
State government information and resources for each of the 50 states, with meta-indexes that list resources in all states by subject.

Budget of the United States
Contains the Budget Message of the President and information on the President's budget proposals.

FedWorld Information Network
Provides subject access to over 130 other government bulletin boards, the NTIS (National Technical Information Service), Federal job announcements, IRS forms, and much more.

Science.Gov
Provides a portal to authoritative selected science information from a variety of U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
A government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Pre 18th century - 20th century documents in law, history and government.

Sales Product Catalog
This database serves as a guide to Government information products currently offered for sale by the Superintendent of Documents

Statistical Information     top

STAT-USA
(U.S. Department of Commerce) -- A comprehensive information service providing business, trade, economic, and social data from over 50 Federal sources. access authorization required -- see reference librarian

CenStats
(Census Bureau) Provides interactive search-and-display access to the following databases: County Business Patterns, USA Counties, Annual Survey of Manufacturers, ZIP Business Patterns, Census Tract/Street Index, Building Permits, International Trade Data, Occupation by Sex, Race & Hispanic Origins, and Consolidated Federal Funds Report.

American Factfinder
A NEW interactive database engine for data from 1997 Economic Census, 1990 Census, and available data from the 2000 census.

United States Historical Census Data browser
Data describing the people and economy of the US for each state and country from 1790to 1960. Hosted by the University of Virginia.

FedStats
Provides easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by 70 federal government agencies for public use.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.

World Factbook
Published annually, by the Central Intelligence Agency, this is a handy reference work for basic statistical data on the countries of the world. Also, check out their appendices and maps at the bottom of the page

Community Health Status Indicators Project
HRSA has funded a collaboration, for health assessment information at the local level among the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and the Public Health Foundation (PHF) to publish reports for all 3,082 U.S. counties.

International/Foreign Information     top

Background Notes
Full-text and updated periodically. Organized by region and country or international organization. History, government and political conditions are discussed, as well as the economy, foreign relations and basic travel information. Also listed are principal U.S. officials and consulate officers.

International Information Programs
Lists US Embassies, international issues and foreign policy.

Country Studies/Area Handbook
This online series presently contains studies of 85 countries. Countries that were previously in multi-country volumes are now available individually.

Directory Information     top

U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
(At Louisiana State University) Lists Federal Government Web Sites and has a keyword search to find federal agencies.

Agency Index
Lists US Government agency homepages, publications, organization charts, forms and opinions.

U.S. Executive Branch
(Library of Congress Internet Resource Page) Lists Federal Government Web Sites by department.

U.S. Judiciary Branch
(Library of Congress Internet Resource Page) Information from and about the Judicial branch of the U.S. Government; U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, and U.S. Federal Court decisions. This page contains links to U.S. Judicial Branch Resources as well as other Web sites specializing in legal information.

U.S. Legislative Branch
(Library of Congress Internet Resource Page) Provides information about the U.S. Congress, the legislative process, Congressional & support agencies internet sites, the history of Congress and Capitol Hill visitor information.

Congressional Directory

Legislative and Regulatory Information     top

Federal Register
Official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.

Code of Federal Regulations
A codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

Slip Laws (Public)
The Public Laws database is a collection of laws enacted during the 106th Congress (1999-2000), 105th Congress (1997-1998) and 104th Congress (1995-1996).

U.S. Reports [1937-1975] [1990-present]
Supreme Court Decisions

Congressional Record
The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.

United States Code
The database contains the general and permanent laws of the United States.

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT     top

General Information

The Handbook of Texas
The Handbook of Texas Online is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories.

Texas Water Development Board

State of Texas Government Information
This site has information on traveling, working, and doing business in Texas, Texas state government which include information on Lotto, voter registration, schools, laws, state 1-800-numbers and city & county agencies.

Texas State Library
Has information on Texas flags, history, holidays, laws, officials, parks, population, and state symbols.

Texas State Electronic Library
Includes Information on Texas state agencies, the Regional Councils of Government, Texas libraries, counties, cities, newspapers and many other sources. Also includes an information by subject gateway to internet resources.

Texas State Legislature Online
Provides information on Texas state congress, the legislative process and information, you can search bills, amendments and statutes, and find your state congressional incumbent.

Texas Register Archives
Texas Register Available through a partenrship with the University of North Texas and The Office of the Texas Secretary of State. Seaching and access is for issues form 1991 up to six months ago. The most current 6 months of the TR is available on a subscription basis from the Texas Register website.

Statistical Information     top

Texas Fact Book
(At the Legislative Budget Board) Capitol telephone numbers, elected officials, senate and house committees, basic steps in the Texas legislative process, state population, income, state budget, and more.

Texas Department of State Health Services provides a list of services and a variety of useful health data and information.

Directory Information     top

Texas State Agencies
Alphabetical list of state agencies, boards, colleges, commissions, courts, departments, offices, and universities with links to their homepages and related information.

Texas State and Local Information
(Library of Congress Internet Resource Page) Has links to Texas Secretary of State, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Department of Health, TEXAS-ONE(Texas department of commerce program for Texas business), TeNet:Texas Education Network and some local governments web sites.

Web Texas
(At the University of Texas at Austin) The official listing of all Texas web sites, commercial (com), educational (edu), governmental (gov) and non-profit organizations (org)

Grant Finding Resources
Lists grant resources at the Texas state and federal government level.

MAP INTERNET SITES     top

Map sites
(At the University of Texas at Austin) This site has general area electronic maps and a large collection of map related internet sites including city map sites.

TopoZone
The TopoZone is the Web's center for topographic map users and outdoor recreation enthusiasts. We've worked with the USGS to create the Web's first interactive topo map of the entire United States.

United Nations Cartographic Section
Map collection from the United Nations.

DEPOSITORY INFORMATION     top