Government Information

Guide to the reports and research that are generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies in the United States and Canada.

1999-

A retrospective database providing full-text access to the archives of core legal journals and other legal materials.  Includes federal laws, regluations, case law, and reports and opinions of the U.S. Attorney General, and more.

Provided by the U-M Law Library.

Dates of coverage vary by journal title (all are from first issue to at least 1917).

Indexes CIA translations of newswire and news broadcast services from around the world. The publications themselves are available on microfiche in the Graduate Library, MICRO-F X208 to X215. (For full text since 1996, see World News Connection.)

1975 - 1996

Full text of Presidential, Executive Branch, and Congressional documents since World War II declassified under the Freedom of Information Act. Subjects include foreign relations, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, civil rights movement, assassinations, etc.

1945 -

Contains over 800 tables of sample demographic, social,economic,and housing data collected from the 2000 Census. Geographic levels range from state to census tract or block group. May select, report, and map data. Maps may be exported to GIS programs.

2000

Provides citations to U.S. federal government publications. Contains references to books, reports, studies, serials, maps and other publications. Topics covered include finance, business, demographics, foreign relations, public health and social issues.

1976 -

Full text of the current edition of Jane's All the World's Aircraft

Current editions.

Tracks legislative action on environmental, energy and natural resources issues. Covers Congressional appropriations, hearings, markups, bill introductions, floor actions, and more. Users can sign up for daily email alerts of important news stories.

2000 -

International trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country, for over 130 countries. Commodities are classified according to SITC (Rev.1, Rev.2 and Rev.3) and the Harmonized System (HS) (from 1988 with revisions in 1996 and 2002).

1962 -

Reports on national environmental, energy and natural resources issues as they are addressed by the White House, federal agencies, courts, states and major media across the country. Users can sign up for daily email alerts of important news stories.

2001 -