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AgEcon Search University of Minnesota. This site covers agricultural economics. It includes bibliographic citations plus full text of staff/working papers from several universities and U.S. government agencies. Coverage: 1993 - present (varies by school), updated monthly.
AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center) is a distributed network that provides access to agriculture related information, subject area experts, and other resources. It was established by an alliance of the National Agricultural Library, land-grant universities, and other organizations committed to facilitating public access to agricultural and related information.
Briefing Room, U.S. Agricultural Trade, contains general information and data on U.S. agricultural trade with all the countries and regions of the world. Data are from the Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) and the Agricultural Outlook are included.
Census of Agriculture
USDA Economics and Statistics System housed at the Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University. Contains nearly 300 reports and data sets from the economics agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Most reports are text files that contain time sensitive information. Most data sets are in spreadsheet format and include time series data that are updated yearly.USDA Statistical Bulletin housed at the Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University
Wisconsin Link [Non Government Site]
provides links to many state and federal dairy related sites.World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE-BB) housed at the Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University
Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System (NARA). AAD searches some of NARA's holdings of electronic records. For further information about all of NARA's electronic records holdings. To search non electronic documents use NARA's Archival Research Catalog (ARC).
American Memory: Historical Collection for the National Digital Library, Library of Congress American Memory Collections are multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections.
A complete title list is available at American Memory Collections: All Collections
- Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Debates 1774-1873
- Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
contains the Continental Congress Broadside Collection (253 titles) and the Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (21 titles) contain 274 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution.- George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799
- John and Ruby Lomax. This collection covers a three-month period in 1939 documenting a wide variety of musical styles from eight different states.
- Map Collections: 1544-1999
- Panoramic Maps
- Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present
- Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
- Today in History
- Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
Annual report of the Bureau of American ethnology, 1895-1931. (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
Checklist of United States public documents 1789-1909 (Evergreen State College)
Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders
A codification of Presidential documents with general applicability and continuing effect, from April 13, 1945, through January 20, 1989, spanning the administrations of Harry S. Truman through Ronald Reagan.Constitution of the U.S. Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States via GPO ACCESS.
Executive Orders Disposition Tables, January 4, 1949 -
Federal Election Statistics 1920- the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories.
Foreign Relations Series (Dept. of State)
Foreign Relations of the United States This digital facsimile of Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS covers an incomplete run from 1863-1958), is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication.
Handbook of Federal Indian law : with reference tables and index . (OU Law Center)
Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations (University of Nebraska)
Indian Laws and Treaties Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler at Oklahoma State University
Links to the Past (National Parks Service)
United States Statutes at Large 1789-1845
War Casualty Lists (NARA) State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) State-level Lists of Casualties from the Vietnam Conflict (1956-)
Wisconsin State Historical Society- Digital Collections Wisconsin Historical Society Library
Beige Book is published eight times per year by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key businessmen, economists, market experts, and other sources.
Career Guide to Industries (U.S. Dept of Labor)
BUYUSA.GOV (U.S. Commercial Service) Information for exporters of U.S. goods and services
TradeStats Express™ (OTEA. Dept of Commerce) provides data and draws maps of state and regional exports of merchandise.
FRASER :Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research provides access to historical economic statistics and data. (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
FRED II Federal Reserve Economic Data (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
This database contains U.S. economic and time series data.Fed in Print: A Database of Federal Reserve System Economic Research
(Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)Federal Reserve Banks-Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) This site provides links to all of the Federal Reserve Banks, the Board of Governors, and highlights recent publications.
Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online
provides access to access data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade - quantitative facts of American History.
Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb (U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC))
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Trade Database Users Guide (Duke University)North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
ConcordancesO*NET™ OnLine (U.S. Department of Labor)
STAT-USA <password required>
Provides access to State of the Nation, GLOBUS and NTDB. These resources provide access to current and historical economic data, financial releases, information on the U.S. Economy, current and historical trade-related releases international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis, and the STAT-USA trade library.
Census- US Bureau of the Census statistical data on people, housing, business, and geography. The publication subjects index is helpful for locating PDF publications.
Other popular Census sites include:
American Housing Survey This series provides extremely detailed metro area housing
data. Volumes are issued every two years but covering different cities each time.
CenStats- Data from the Census Bureau.
Census of Agriculture
County Business Patterns
Current Population Reports. Series includes: P20 - Population Characteristics, P23 - Special Studies and P60 - Consumer Income and Poverty, P70 - Household Economic Studies, and P25 - Population Estimates and Projections.
Historical Census of Population and Housing 1790- , in Adobe® PDF
Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in The United States: 1790 to 1990
State Population Estimates
State & County QuickFacts
USA Statistics in Brief : a supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United StatesCensus 2000 at the University of Buffalo includes background materials and tutorials.
Census Index (Ohio State University Libraries) Census Index is designed to improve access to United States Census information in library collections by providing an online index to Census publications
Geographic Correspondence Engine with Census 2000 Geography (Missouri Census Data Center)
Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online
provides access to access data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade - quantitative facts of American History.
Statistical Abstract of the US PDF version.
WISSTAT from the Applied Population Laboratory, University of Wisconsin- Madison and University of Wisconsin Madison Extension
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Debates 1774-1873
- Congressional Directory via GPO ACCESS.
Congressional Gold Medals (Dallas Public Library)
Enactment of a Law (U.S. Senate)
Fast Facts for Congress
LexisNexis Congressional![]()
- How Our Laws Are Made
Roll Call Votes
Rep. Ron Kind, 3rd Congressional District of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Senator Russell Feingold
Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl
Congressional Agencies
Government Printing Office
GPO ACCESS
Library of CongressLegislative materials via the Library of Congress' Thomas
United States Copyright OfficeCongressional Research Service (CRS) reports
CRS is the public policy research arm of Congress, but CRS does not provide direct public access to its reports, requiring citizens to request them from their Member of Congress. Several non government groups have made CRS reports searchable.
CRS report [Non Government Site] University of North Texas
Open CRS [Non Government Site] Center for Democracy & Technology
Google CRS [Non Government Site] that retrieves "just about every CRS report available on the web" designed by Steve Stoft.
Selected Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress and its Procedures [Non Government Site] Law Librarians' Society of Washington
NCJRS Abstracts Database (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
When full-text documents are available online from NCJRS, the abstract includes a live link to the full report.
BadgerLink is a project of the DPI, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Its goal is to provide access to quality online information resources for Wisconsin residents in cooperation with the state's public, school, academic, and special libraries and Internet Service Providers. BadgerLink resources are available through this site.
Compilation of Federal Education Laws from the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce. This website contains a compilation of Federal Government education laws.
ED Stats at a Glance brings together data from several sources published by NCES including: The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics.
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center a national information system funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide access to education literature and resources.
Federal Student Aid (U.S. Department of Education)
includes the Federal School Code for use on financial aid applications.IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line provides information about a specific college or set of colleges.
National Public School and School District Locator
Biological Indicators of Watershed Health
Council on Environmental Quality
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements
extracts the key issues from federal government-released environmental impact statements (EIS), converting these documents into concise abstracts. Each entry includes a clear description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates. This database covers EIS from 1985 on.
Energy Citations Database (Dept of Energy- DOE)
Energy Information Administration contains energy statistics, data, and analysis (U.S. Dept of Energy)
Envirofacts Data Warehouse (EPA)
Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia (National Park Service)
Environmental Health Information Service (NIH) This is a full service site that produces, maintains, and disseminates information on the environment in the form of a searchable directory on the internet.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) is a research program to develop the tools necessary to monitor and assess the status and trends of national ecological resources.
Global Warming (EPA)
Information Bridge (DOE) provides the open source to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics. The Information Bridge consists of full-text documents produced and made available by the Department of Energy National Laboratories and grantees from 1995 forward.
National Transportation Library Digital Collection (DOT)
National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) (EPA) Contains over 11,000 full text, EPA documents online.
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment, Information for Assessing Risk (NOAA)
Terms of Environment (EPA)
TOXMAP is a Geographic Information System (GIS) from the Division of Specialized Information Services of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund Program .
Science Inventory (EPA) is a searchable, Agency-wide database of more than 4,000 scientific and technical work products. Database records provide such information as project descriptions (abstracts), contacts for additional information and electronic links to final reports and related research.
Water Resources Databases (USDA)
Official US Executive Branch Web Sites Library of Congress
US Federal Government Agencies Directory at Louisiana State University
FBI's Freedom of Information Act Reading Room
FOIA Information (Uncle Sam) at the University of Memphis
Freedom of Information Clearinghouse, from Public Citizen [Non Government Site]
Using the Freedom of Information act: a Step-by-Step Guide An American Civil Liberties Union Publication [Non Government Site]
Area Handbooks (Library of Congress)
Background Notes (Dept. of State)
CIA Publications includes the World FactBook
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (Dept. of State)
Country Commercial Guides (Dept. of State)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (Dept. of State)
Country Studies/Area Handbook (Library of Congress)Diplomatic List (Dept. of State)
Foreign Consular Offices in the United States (Dept. of State)
Foreign Relations of the United States (Dept. of State)
Foreign Relations of the United States (UW-Madison)
Health Information for International Travel: The Yellow Book (Centers for Disease Control)
Key Officers List (UNCLASSIFIED) (Dept. of State)
Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
Patterns of Global Terrorism : Index (U.S. Dept. of State)
Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets (Dept. of State)
Travelers' Health (Centers for Disease Control)
Treaty Affairs from Department of State's Office of Treaty Affairs
Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force current issue.
Websites of U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions
World FactBook (CIA)
Forms.gov this forms Catalog provides citizens and businesses with a common access point to federal agency forms
Forms from the Fed (Uncle Sam) at the University of Memphis
How to Obtain Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Certificates. Where to Write for Vital Records
Health Information for International Travel: The Yellow Book (CDC) PDF format
Human Genome Project Information (Human Genome Project)
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals
Life Tables, US Decennial 1989 to 1991
MEDLINEplus Dictionaries (National Library of Medicine)
MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia (National Library of Medicine)
NLM's Databases & Electronic Information Sources
Nursing Home Compare (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement, (Dept. of Health Human Services)
Reports of the Surgeon General National Library of Medicine
Copyright Information Circulars and Form Letters
Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University)
Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright (CENDI)
General Information Concerning Patents
Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
TESS is intended to provide the general public the means to search and retrieve trademark application and registration information via an Internet browser. TESS provides access to the same text and image database of trademarks as currently provided to examining attorneys at the US Patent and Trademark Office via the X-Search system.US Copyright Office Records The Copyright Office records dating from 1978 to the present including registration information and recorded documents are available via LOCIS (Library of Congress)
LexisNexis Academic: (select the "Legal" floder tab)
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Supreme Court
- Oyez provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio. All audio in the Court recorded since 1995 is included in the project. Before 1995, the audio collection is selective.
- Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975 via GPO Access
- Supreme Court Decisions via FindLaw [Non Government Site]FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: US Reports 150-, 1893-). Browsable by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and full text.
- Supreme Court Decisions from 1990 to the present at Cornell's Legal Information Institute. The Legal Information Institute offers Supreme Court opinions under the auspices of Project Hermes, the court's electronic dissemination project. This archive contains nearly all opinions of the court issued since May of 1990.
- Supreme Court of the United States The official web site to make Court information available to the public.
Federal Courts of Appeal at the Villanova School of Law
Understanding The Federal Courts Administrative Office of the United States Courts
LexisNexis Academic: (select the "Legal" floder tab)
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Exploring Constitutional Law Website University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School
FindLaw [Non Government Site]
Global Legal Monitor (GLM) from the Law Library of Congress
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) from the Law Library of Congress
Guide to Law Online from the Law Library of Congress
Legal Information Institute at Cornell
Legal Citations from UW-La Crosse
Internet Law Library [Non Government Site]
Map Collections: 1544-1999 Library of Congress, American Memory Collection
Maps of United States National Parks and Monuments at University of Texas at Austin
National Atlas of the United States (U.S.G.S.)
Outline Maps of Wisconsin <for download> (Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office)
Offers a variety of digital outline maps for use in various graphics, illustration, or office software.
Outline Maps at University of Texas at AustinPanoramic Maps Library of Congress, American Memory Collection
TerraServer [Non Government Site]
This site uses United States Geological Survey (USGS) data to provide access to georectified digitized aerial photographs, digital orthophotoquads or DOQs. SPIN-2 images are digital, panchromatic, two-meter resolution images that have been geo-referenced and orthorectified.
U.S. Census Bureau GeographyU.S. Gazetteer U.S. Census Bureau
DefenseLINK Publications (Dept. of Defense)
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Uniform Code of Military Justice
War Casualty Lists (NARA) State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) State-level Lists of Casualties from the Vietnam Conflict (1957-)
Whitehouse includes links to the President, Vice President, and the First Lady
Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders
A codification of Presidential documents with general applicability and continuing effect, from April 13, 1945, through January 20, 1989, spanning the administrations of Harry S. Truman through Ronald Reagan.Guide to Locating Executive Orders and Proclamations (University of Florida, Levin College of Law)
Presidential Directives and Executive Orders [Non government site]
Presidential Pardons JURIST: Legal Education Network ™
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
George W. Bush- via GPO Access
Bill Clinton- via GPO Access
American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara contains thePublic Papers of the Presidents for Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. All
State of the Union Addresses and Inaugural Addresses are also available.
Code of Federal Regulations and other reference publications form the National Archives and Records Administrations (NARA)
Federal Register 1994- .
List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA)
Unified Agenda 1994- . <scroll down list to Unified Agenda> The Unified Agenda, also known as the Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda, summarizes pending regulatory actions by Federal agencies. The database is updated semi-annually (usually April and October) when the Unified Agenda is published in the Federal Register.
Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) [Non government site] contains data on American and international religion using online features for generating national profiles, maps, church membership overviews, denominational heritage trees, tables, charts, and other summary reports. Over 350 data files are available for online preview and most can be downloaded for additional research
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) includes data which for key national, international, and regional aspects of the U.S. economy.
Bureau of Labor Statistics contains comprehensive up-to-date U.S. economic statistical information
Census- US Bureau of the Census statistical data on People, Housing, Business, Geography
CenStats- Data from the Census Bureau.
DataFerrett is a data extraction software and mining tool that accesses data stored in TheDataWeb through the internet. TheDataWeb is network of online data libraries. Topics include, census data, economic data, health data, income and unemployment data, population data, labor data, cancer data, crime and transportation data, family dynamics and vital statistics data .
Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
Economic Indicators via GPO Access
Economic Report of the President
Energy Information Administration contains energy statistics, data, and analysis (U.S. Dept of Energy)
Education Statistics at a Glance
FEDSTATS ,The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use.
Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online
provides access to access data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade - quantitative facts of American History.
Immigration Statistics Materials , Office of Immigration Statistics
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Transportation Statistics
Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement, (Dept. of Health Human Services)
Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR) provides easy access to current Federal social statistics
STAT-USA Provides access to State of the Nation, GLOBUS and NTDB. These resources provide access to current and historical economic data, financial releases, information on the U.S. Economy, current and historical trade-related releases, international market research, trade opportunities, country analysis, and the STAT-USA trade library.
Statistical Abstract of the US
USDA Economics and Statistics System at Cornell University.
Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (University of Memphis)
Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style (University of Nevada, Reno)
Citing Maps Ohio Wesleyan University Libraries
Citing References from LexisNexis Academic
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Creating Citations for the Congressional Universe
General Guidelines for Citing Government Publications (University of North Texas)
DocCite, a Citation builder (Arizona State University Libraries)
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