Government Resources: Home

U.S. Federal Government Web Sites

Federal Metasites

• FedWorld – Search U.S. Government Web Sites
• Federal Agencies Directory – from LSU Libraries

Congressional Resources

• Congressional Information Center – from C-SPAN
• THOMAS – U.S. Congress on the Internet
• FDsys – Federal Digital System for the Government Printing Office (GPO)

Judicial Resources

• FindLaw – Internet legal resources
• LawCrawler – search engine for law
• Supreme Court Collection – from Legal Information Institute

Other Federal Sites

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Census Bureau
  • American FactFinder – Provides data on a variety of topics, including demographic information about individual communities in the U.S.
  • 2002 Economic Census – Includes reports on retail and wholesale trade, industry and manufacturing, and economic activity by state.
  • Business and Government – Look here for U.S. economic and business information on the local and national levels, as well as foreign trade information.
  • Statistical Abstract of the United States – Provides commonly sought statistics about the United States.
• Federal Depository Libraries
• IRS
• Library of Congress
• National Transportation Statistics
• U.S. Code
• U.S. Federal Reserve System – links to the Federal Reserve Banks.
• The White House

State and Local Government Web Sites

• City of Chicago
• City of Elmhurst
• Cook County Info Center
• DuPage County Government Web Site
• DuPage County Health Department
• Find-It! Illinois
• Illinois Compiled Statutes
• State Information
• State of Illinois
• IllinoisData.com

International Government and Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) Web Sites

• International Documents – links to international governments provided by Northwestern University Library’s Government Publications and Maps Department
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• United Nations
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• World Health Organization
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Worldwide NGO Directory – from World Associationof Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)