Government Document Research Guides
Following are research guides from a variety of sources that will help you find federal, state, and local government information in print, on microfilm, and online.
Online Resources - GC & Beyond
- Census.govVast repository of current and historical information on the U.S., including population, the economy, housing, foreign trade, business statistics, geography and maps, government statistics, and more.
- Congress.govThe official website for U.S. federal legislative information from the Library of Congress.
- Foreign Relations of the United States"Presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, the series began in 1861 and now comprises more than 450 individual volumes. The volumes published over the last two decades increasingly contain declassified records from all the foreign affairs agencies."
- GovInfoA service of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) providing free public access to official publicatns from the Federal Government.
- InfosharePopulation statistics, immigration trends, socio-economic indicators, birth and death data, hospitalizations, local trade data, and other demographic information about New York City drawn from city, state, and federal sources. Profile or compare areas across the city and state, or use the raw data to create customized tables.
- Law Library Microfilm ConsortiumLLMC Digital includes thousands of digitized historical legal and government documents, including federal, state, and territorial governments of the U.S., and government publications from Canada, the U.K., Germany, and other countries. It also includes collections of Indigenous law, international law, and multi-jurisdictional special focus collections, such as Roman law, Islamic law, and Canon law. These materials should be of particular interest to researchers in history, political science, and sociology.
- NYCdataDemographic, political, financial, and cultural information about New York City from Baruch College’s Weissman Center for International Business. Includes links to data sources.
- PAIS Index - International and ArchiveBibliographic citations from international sources including journals, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, covering public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general from 1915 to the present.
- U.S. Declassified Documents OnlineDeclassified executive branch documents from presidential libraries and executive agencies consisting of intelligence studies, policy papers, diplomatic correspondence, cabinet meeting minutes, briefing materials, and domestic surveillance and military reports. This digital collection began as the Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) on microfiche and fills a gap in post-World War II domestic and foreign policy studies.
