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Government Publications

Government publications are issued by local, state, national, or international governments.

Government information includes laws, regulations, statistics, consumer information, and much more. Government information is generally considered to be reliable.

Most government documents are online, but those in book form circulate, just like books.

	LEO Library Catalog
	USA.gov Gateway to government publications.  Great source for statistics, reference, agency sites, and much more.
	Google US Government Search The Google U.S. Government Search index includes U.S. federal, state and local sites with domains such as .gov, .mil as well as select government sites with .com, .us, and .edu domains (eg. .usps.com, .ca.us and ndu.edu).
	World FactBook An intelligence database prepared by the CIA...
	GPO Access Includes all published versions of Congressional Bills starting with 103rd Congress ...
	LexisNexis Legal Research Full text of U.S. Federal and state cases (including Supreme Court cases), federal and state codes and regulations, legal news, law reviews, Shephard's Citations, and international legal information...
	LexisNexis Congressional Research Searchable full text congressional publications and legislative research...

 

 

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