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Government Documents

The library is a partial depository for a select group of federal documents distributed by the Government Printing Office.  The publications provide up-to-date information of a wide variety of subjects such as business, education, agriculture, health, statistics, and science.

Agriculture | Budget | Business and Economics | Careers and Occupations | Census | Crime | Education | Government Search Engines | Publications | South Carolina | Statistics | Websites

Agriculture

  • AGRICOLA - (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators.
     
  • Census of Agriculture - by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
     

Budget

Business and Economics

  • Department of Treasury - contains business tax information, contracting and procurement information, small business program, business registration, importing and exporting, EIN numbers, tax and wage reporting.
     
  • Economic Census - the Economic Census profiles the US economy every 5 years, from the national to the local level.
     
  • STAT-USA - a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government.
     
  • Survey of Current Business
     

Careers and Occupations

  • Occupational Outlook Handbook - nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.  Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
     

Census

Crime

Education

  • Department of Education - offers information about the Department, including .initiatives and priorities,  grant opportunities, offices, publications,  research and statistics.
     
  • National Center for Education Statistics - primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.
     

Government Search Engines

  • FirstGov (Gateway to the Government) - official U.S. Government portal to 30 million pages of government information, services, and online transactions.
     
  • GovEngine - directory of official federal, state, and local government and court links.
     

Publications

  • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance - a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and non-financial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government.
     
  • Federal Register - official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.
     
  • SIRS Knowledge Source™ - provides integrated online access to full-text articles and Internet resources from SIRS reference databases - SIRS Researcher®, SIRS Government Reporter®, SIRS Renaissance® and SIRS NetSelect™.
     
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) - the official Web site of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  Search for patents and trademarks, order copies, apply for patents, register trademarks, pay fees, monitor progress, etc.
     
  • Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents - published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration and contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week.
     

South Carolina

  • Facts About South Carolina - provides facts such as the State Seal, Statistics, the State Song,, the State Flag, the State Bird, the State Flower, and other symbols.
     
  • MySCSchools
     
  • SCGov - the official website of the state of South Carolina that provides links to information about state government, including statewide calendar, jobs, agencies and boards, phone directory, education, business, health, public safety and much more.
     
  • SCIWay - provides links to information about South Carolina, government, business, schools, libraries, civic and religious organizations, community events, statistics, etc.
     

Statistics

Government Documents Sites on the Web


This page was last modified on February 28, 2008