U.S. Guides

General Guides

LII: Federal (U.S.) Government Topics: Selective links to federal government information organized by 18 topics. Links evaluated for inclusion based on content, authority, scope, and design criteria. Also searchable by keyword, subject, title, description, and link.
Government Information Resources: Part of the University of California Riverside's INFOMINE project. Indexes and annotates 1300 of the most useful government Web sites. Federal, state (much California) and some international sites. Searchable.
Federal Government Resources on the Web: Extensive collection of links to government information, organized into 19 categories.
Federal Information (Duke University Libraries): Federal government Web sites organized by title, subject, and issuing agency.
GPO Access Finding Aids: Links to search engines and browsable lists of government Web sites.

USA.gov: Intended to provide "one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources". Includes links to state and local governments, as well. You can browse by subject or search by keyword. There is also an A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies, as well as links to information to a few Tribal Governments.
Google: U.S. Government Search: A subset of the overall Google search engine. You can choose to search for content located on either U.S. federal, state and local government websites or the entire Web -- from the same search box. Below the search box, the homepage includes government-specific news content from both government agencies and press outlets. You can personalize the page by adding content feeds on government or other topics that you're interested in.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (MoCat): Index to print and electronic publications of the United States government since January 1994. Searchable by keyword or you can limit your search to title, publication year, SuDoc number, depository item number, or GPO sales stock number. Note that phrases must be in quotations and connectors (AND, OR, NOT) must be in caps.
Search the Federal Government: Central site for locating United States government information on the WWW. You can search all government Web sites or just selected agencies.

Browse Topics: Alphabetical list of subjects linking to related Web sites of the United States government.
Federal Information (Duke University Libraries): Organized by broad topic.
Subject Guide to Government Information: Arranged by 30 broad subjects.
Federal Government Resources on the Web: Organized by 19 broad subjects.

The Federal Web Locator: Intended as a one stop shopping point for federal government information. Organized by branch of government and then alphabetically by agency name. Unannotated, but very thorough. Searchable.
U.S. Federal Government Agencies (Louisiana State University): Includes links, but no annotations, to United States agency Web sites. Emphasis on parent organizations. Organized along the lines of the United States Government Manual. Searchable.
USLinks: U.S. Federal Government Agencies Database: Searchable database of federal government agencies. Includes brief descriptions of the agencies and links to agency homepages.
Agency Publications Index: Search specialized indexes to selected agency publications.

Migrating Government Publications by Title: Alphabetical list of titles which have migrated from print to the web. Unannotated. Very comprehensive.
Federal Government/Electronic Publications: Alphabetical list of major publications now available on the Web. Limited annotations.
US Government Ready Reference Sources: Ready reference titles, most of which can be accessed over the Internet. Each entry includes title, format, frequency or date, and SuDoc number.

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