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United States

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	All branches of U.S. government
	GPO Access Find U.S. Government documents and published information. Covers 1994 to present. Also links to other government search portals.
	GPO Monthly Catalog Index of U.S. government documents. Covers 1976 to present.
(free)	Trexler Library Catalog – An index to government documents located in Trexler Library and selected online documents, covers pre-1976 to present.
	USA.gov – Official web portal to consumer information and services. Includes A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
	U.S. Legislation, Laws, Regulations
	THOMAS Legislative activity in the U.S. Congress, including daily reports, text of bills (101st +), bill summary and status reports (93rd, 1973+), treaties, committee reports, and other information. Search full text of bills across multiple congressional years.
	Lexis-Nexis Congressional Search for Congressional publications (101st, 1989+) and abstracting, indexing and legislative histories (1969+). Also includes member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, financial data, and the full-text of key regulatory and statutory resources. Search all information across multiple congressional years.
	U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875 Journals, debates, statutes, and documents from the first century of U.S. lawmaking, plus compilations on special topics.
(free)	Congressional Research Service Reports Browse by topic or search a listing of reports available online. (Maintained by U. of North Texas Libraries.)
	U.S. Statistics and Economic Data
(free)	American FactFinder Provides population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau, including data from Census 2000.
	Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (1878+) Summary tables of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Includes guides to other statistical publications and sources. Data tables available in Excel & PDF format.
(free)	FedStats Statistics for all U.S. government agencies, departments, and geographic regions.
	STAT-USA Authoritative business, trade, and economic information from a variety of Federal agencies. Latest economic indicator releases.
	Other Information
(free)	Consumer Product Safety Commission – Recall alerts and product safety information.
(free)	Food and Drug Administration – Consumer product information and recall alerts.
	Homeland Security Digital Library A database of over 50,000 non-classified Presidential directives, policy and national strategy documents, as well as specialized resources related to Homeland Security.
(free)	Internal Revenue Service - Federal tax forms and information.
(free)	National Library of Medicine - Provides everyday health and drug information as well as research-level health and medical resources.
	Presidential Documents - daily documents issued by the Office of the President, including newly approved Acts, checklist of Press Releases, White House Announcements, and nominations sent to the Senate.
(free)	U.S. Copyright Office – Information and forms.

U.S. States and Territories

Pennsylvania

PAPowerPort - Main portal to state government information
PA Data Center - State demographic and economic data. Sponsored by Penn State U.
PA Department of Revenue – State tax information.

New Jersey

New Jersey – Main portal to state government information.
NJ State Data Center – State data from the U.S. Census.
NJ Department of the Treasury – State tax and business information.

Other Area States

Connecticut – Main portal to state government information.
Maryland – Main portal to state government information.
Massachusetts – Main portal to state government information.
New York – Main portal to state government information.
New York State Information Locator – finding aid maintained by NY State Library.
Ohio – Main portal to state government information.
Rhode Island – Main portal to state government information.

Click here to find links to more states and the U.S. Territories.

International Trade and Other Countries

U.S. Department of State

Department of State Background Notes

CIA World Factbook (Department of State edition) - free
CIA World Factbook (Credo Reference edition) - Includes dynamic tables. (available to Trexler Library patrons only)

United Nations

U.N.: International Law
U.N.: International Law Research Guide

International Monetary Fund

International Statistical Agencies

World Legal Information Institute

World Trade Organization

WTO: General information and legal texts
WTO: Trade and tariff data

More governmental, country, state, and local home pages available here (courtesy of Princeton and other libraries, as credited).