Government Information

GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

This is GPO's new website that has recently replaced the Federal Digital System (FDsys) public website. GovInfo provides free public access to more than a million official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

The Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) is the finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. These publications make up the National Bibliography of U.S. Government Publications. The CGP contains descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.

Searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.

Find resources and publications from the Government Publishing Office (GPO). This is a recently new and improved website.

This is a scanned book that provides a list of publicly available government documents by agency for the years 1789-1909.

The Donald E. Pray Law Library, College of Law at the University of Oklahoma is now a Digital Access Partner for their digitized versions of Native American and Alaskan Native documents contained in volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set from 1817-1899. These documents contain contemporaneous documentation of political, military, and governmental activities related to indigenous peoples of the continental United States and Alaskan territory during the 19th century.

American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

The CyberCemetery is an archive of government websites that have ceased operation (usually websites of defunct government agencies and commissions that have issued a final report). This collection features a variety of topics indicative of the broad nature of government information.

Requires the user to create a login. The site has scans of: USDOT Advisory Circulars, CAA and FAA Reports, Civil Aeronautics Manuals, Civil Aeronautics Regulations, Federal Aviation Regulations, Historic Cab/Dot Orders, Investigations of Aircraft Accidents 1934 - 1965, Investigations of Railroad Accidents 1911 - 1993, National Conferences on Street and Highway Safety Papers By H.S. Fairbank - Frank Turner - T.H. Macdonald, US Coast Guard Circulars

Description from Government Attic: governmentattic.org provides electronic copies of thousands of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Fascinating historical documents, reports on items in the news, oddities and fun stuff and government bloopers, they're all here. Think of browsing this site as rummaging through the Government's Attic -- hence our name.

Hathitrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

This 128 volume set known as the "OR" is a reference on Civil War operations and eyewitness accounts. This set is available in print on the 3rd floor with call number E464.U6 with the general collection. This linked online version is searchable.