Federal Resources by Subject For Comprehensive Subject Access see: How to Find U.S. Government Information on the Internet by Keyword or Subject Aeronautics and Space Agriculture Business, Economics and Finance Census Children Civil Rights Climate Consumer Information / Public Interest Contracts and Grants Copyright Crime Defense / Military Education Elderly Elections Employment and Labor Energy Environment Federal Records Food / Nutrition / Drugs Foreign Relations Forms Freedom of Information Genealogy General General Accounting Office Geology Health Historical Documents Housing Immigration Human Rights Maps Native Americans News and Opinion, Political Parties Population Reports Poverty and Welfare Privacy Psychology Reinventing Government Smithsonian Social Security Specifications and Standards Statistics Students Taxes Technical Reports Technology Issues Telecommunications Toxicology Transportation Travel Treaties, U.S. War / Military History Water Energy Department of Energy   DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information    DOE Information Bridge     Access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.    EnergyFiles Energy Science and Technology Virtual Library     Over 500 databases and Web sites containing information and resources pertaining to science and technology of interest to the Department of Energy, with an emphasis on the physical sciences.    Energy Citations Database     Contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The Database provides access to DOE publicly available citations from 1948 through the present, with continued growth through regular updates.    PrePrint Network     Searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal with scientific and technical disciplines of concern to DOE.   Energy Information Administration, U.S. Dept. of Energy Data on fuel groups and other energy groups. Includes Fuel Overview: most popular Data, Analysis and Forecasting publications. Science.gov Fossil Energy Web site Gathering point for USDOE materials related to fossil energy. Top of Page Federal Records Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States National Personnel Records Center Federal military and civilian personnel records. Top of Page Food / Nutrition / Drugs Food Cost Review, 1950-1997, via USDA, ERS Measures farm-to-retail price spread data to determine how much and why food prices rise. Although subtitled 1950-1997, the report actually focuses primarily on data for 1997. Contents of the report include an overview of the 1997 food prices, price spreads for selected foods, food industry costs and productivity, and food spending in relation to income. Contains 25 pages of tables and a special article, "Historical Changes in CPI [Consumer Price Index]-Food Weights." USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference NLM Drug Portal Gateway to current and accurate drug information from the National Library of Medicine and to other key government agencies. Top of Page Foreign Relations U.S. Dept. of State   Policy    Counter-Terrorism    Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor    U.S. Economic and Trade Policy   Publications    Country Background Notes (Information on geographic entities and international organizations. Updated periodically.)    Country Commercial Guides (A comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis.)    Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices    Foreign Relations Series (Presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.)    Treaties in Force (A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force as of January 1, 1997.)   Regions / Regional Affairs Arms Control and Disarmament Treaties and Agreements, via U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Central Intelligence Agency   Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments   World Factbook Country Studies: Area Handbook Program, via Library of Congress Top of Page Forms FedForms Access to the forms of the 500 most popular government services. Searchable by title, agency, form number, or keyword. Includes IRS, social security, small business, passport, immigration, military, etc. Forms from the Feds, via U. of Memphis Contains downloadable electronic government forms. Top of Page Freedom of Information Freedom of Information Act Documents, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Information and Privacy Using the Freedom of Information Act, via American Civil Liberties Union Top of Page Genealogy USGenWeb Census Project, via USGenWeb Archives Original census data from every available federal census (1790-1920). An all-volunteer project started in 1997 to transcribe census records in a standard format in order to make them available to genealogical researchers on the Internet. Top of Page General Finding U.S. Government Information on the Internet, via U.S. GPO See By Keyword or Subject. Top of Page General Accounting Office GAO Reports, via U.S. GAO and U.S. GPO GAO Comptroller General Decisions, via U.S. GAO and U.S. GPO Top of Page Geology U.S. Geological Survey   National Atlas of the United States   Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey Searchable database of bibliographic information on USGS publications dating back to the Survey's inception in 1785. Search by subject, keyword, author and specific journal. Search returns do not include full-text, but some have abstracts and all offer citation information, keywords, publisher and price.   U.S. Geological Survey Library Top of Page Health U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (Includes press releases, fact sheets, speeches, congressional testimony, and a public forum; provides pointers to Internet sites of HHS agencies; has a consumer information locator; and provides information on grants and research opportunities.) See Healthfinder (consumer health and human services information gateway).   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)    HIV/AIDS Prevention Division    National Center for Health Statistics, CDC (The Nation's principal health statistics agency. See FASTATS (Health statistics A-Z), Products (Catalogs and Publications), Data Warehouse, News Releases and Fact Sheets.) Publications include:     Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Contains data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries. Also included are reports on topics of international interest and notices of events of interest to the public health community.)     Where to Write for Vital Records   Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), (Medicare & Medicaid Agency) (Discusses HCFA's mission, 5-year information resources management plan, Medicare and Medicaid programs, media information, statistics, research, and publications.)    Medicare (The official U.S. government site for Medicare information.)    See also Medicare Consumer Information, Publications and Forms   National Institutes of Health (NIH) See Health Information link (health information resources at NIH). And PubMed Central Free online access to the full text of life science research articles. Sub-agencies include:    National Cancer Institute (See CancerNet, wide range of accurate, credible cancer information, from peer-reviewed statements from PDQ, covering state-of-the-art care, to cancer fact sheets and other publications.)    National Institute of Mental Health, U.S.    National Library of Medicine     PubMed (Access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.)     NLM Gateway Search NLM databases. Other Agency Data: Health Statistics, via the White House, Social Statistics Briefing Rm. Nutrition.gov A guide offering easy access to all nutrition and dietary guidance. Provides information on prevention of food-related diseases (diabetes, cancer, heart disease, obesity, etc.), the food pyramid, food labels, health management, recipes and other topics. Additionally, it links to nutrition and food assistance programs and to "federally supported research, reports, and brochures as well as funding opportunities in the federal government." Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Provides information about the agency and its programs, a staff directory, media releases, statistics, and standards. www.health.gov Includes healthfinder (consumer health information) and Health People 2010. See also: Health Insurance Coverage, U.S. Census Bureau Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Health Insurance Statistics, 1991 to 1993. National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Prevline (Prevention Online). Covers mission and services, resources and referrals, publications, media releases, research, surveys, statistics, and databases. Top of Page Historical Documents American Memory, via Library of Congress Historical collections for the National Digital Library. Includes:   A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873   Civil War Maps   Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774 - 1789 The Avalon Project, Yale Law School Major online repository of primary sources. Includes pre-18th, 18th, 19th and 20th century Documents. Examples: The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Federalist Papers, Foreign Relations of the United States, the Presidential Papers, World War II Documents. A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents, via U. of Oklahoma Law Center Congressional Serial Set, U.S. What it is and its history. Historical Census Data Browser, 1790-1970, via Harvard U. Making of America, via U. of Michigan Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the Antebellum Period through Reconstruction. National Archives and Records Adminstration See the 'Research Room,' NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL): includes access to Dawes Rolls information (Southwest Region (Fort Worth, TX), Military Personnel Records, etc. The United States Army Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775-1917, Vol. 1 The United States Army in the Global Era, 1917-2003, Vol.2 Top of Page Housing Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, U.S.   HUDCLIPS, HUD's Client Information and Policy System     Free access to HUD's official repository of policies, procedures, announcements, and other materials. United States Treasury Auctions Page See HUD Auctions (HUD Homes by State) also Fannie Mae (Foreclosed Properties for Sale). Top of Page Human Rights Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, via U.S. Dept. of State Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 Summarizes the state of human rights in 66 countries around the globe. Top of Page Immigration Office of Immigration Statistics, via U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Top of Page Maps GeoData One stop for finding and using geographic data. Geo Information Systems See Oklahoma Data Warehouse Mapper, via University of Oklahoma. Map Dealers, USGS To provide outdoor recreationists and others greater access to maps of the nation's 192 million acres of national forests and grasslands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Forest Service have entered into an agreement to make Forest Service maps available from the USGS. Map Collections 1500 - 2004 Via American Memory, Library of Congress Topozone Complete set of digital topographic maps, aerial photographs, and related mapping information to the professional and outdoor recreation communities. Top of Page Native Americans Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Vol. II (Treaties), via Oklahoma State University An historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes. Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler. Published by the Government Printing Office, 1904. Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project Top of Page Population Reports Population Reports (Current Population Reports), U.S. Census Bureau Full-text reports in .pdf format. Population Topics, U.S. Census Bureau Reports of note: Population Profile of the United States: 1997, U.S. Census Bureau A picture of recent demographic, social, and economic trends in the U.S. (P23-194). Trends in Marital Status of U.S. Women at First Birth: 1930 to 1994, U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Reports via Ohio State University Libraries, Government Documents Top of Page Poverty and Welfare U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services   Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Dept. of Health Human Services     Responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. Covers organization, news, welfare demonstration, and programs and services such as Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. 1998 Green Book, U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means Committee Print. Annual. Provides background material and statistical data on major entitlement programs, including Social Security, Medicare, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), unemployment, and Title XX Social Services Block Grant. It also includes sections on background materials, other Federal assistance programs, and tax expenditures and provisions. Overcoming Human Poverty, U.N. Development Programme Poverty Information and Statistics, via U.S. Census Bureau Social Security Online, U.S. Social Security Administration Top of Page Privacy Privacy Act Issuances, via NARA and U.S. GPO Descriptions of Federal agency systems of records maintained on individuals and rules agencies follow to assist individuals who request information about their records. Top of Page Psychology Social Psychology Network The largest social psychology database on the Internet. More than 11,000 links related to psychology. Top of Page Reinventing Government Acquisition Reform Net Created to foster and propagate measurable breakthrough improvements in the way that government obtains goods and services. Center of Excellence Focuses on proven information technology (IT) best practices in both the public and private sectors. It supports the direction and the spirit of Vice President Al Gore's Access America Plan, and is sponsored by the Government Information Technology Board (GITSB). FinanceNet The Internet's home for public financial management worldwide. Plain Language Action Network Plain Language Action Network (PLAN) is a government-wide group working to improve communications from the federal government to the public. Transforming Governments in the 21st Century Global partnership of governments and organizations to share ideas for efficient, prosperous, and customer-focused governments around the world. Top of Page Smithsonian Smithsonian Online Collections The digitized image collections from the Smithsonian's museums, archives, and libraries. Top of Page Social Security Social Security Adminstration: Social Security Online Entitlement Reform Information, via the Concord Coalition Offers resources including charts and graphs, position papers, debate transcripts and analyses. Social Security Network, via the Century Foundation Issue papers, publications, and transcripts exploring the various issues, proposals, and opinions involved. Social Security Reality Check, via the AARP Provides a "reality check" on Social Security, primarily by asking and answering four major questions about the program and its future. Top of Page Specifications and Standards DoD Index of Specifications and Standards Search by fields. Includes documents in full-text. Top of Page Students Access America for Students A U.S. Government-wide initiative to deliver electronic services from Government agencies and organizations to postsecondary students. Top of Page Taxes Internal Revenue Service   Federal Tax Forms and Publications (Adobe Acrobat required)   Tax Regulations, Internal Revenue Bulletins, etc. Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 of the U.S. Code, via Cornell State Tax Forms, via IRS and Federation of Tax Administrators Tax and Accounting Sites Directory Comprehensive State and Local Tax information. Tax History Project Primary historical documents relating to American tax history. Includes US Treasury, White House, and Congressional documents from the early national, Depression, and World War II eras. TaxLinks, IRS Revenue Rulings Uncle Fed's Tax*Board U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms, news, and bulletins; Tax Court Rules; the Taxpayer Bill of Rights; strategies for avoiding audits; U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) reports on the IRS; state tax forms; information for tax professionals, including job postings; and more. Much of the material is reprints of government documents that can be found elsewhere on the Internet, but here it is arranged in an easy-to-navigate presentation. From a commercial tax preparation firm. U.S. Tax Code On-Line Top of Page Technical Reports National Technical Information Service The official resource for locating government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information. Click on 'Search' to identify publications from 1990- (no fee). Includes FedWorld Information Network.   Search Search publications by title and topic, 1990- . Records do not include summaries.   NTIS OrderNow Identifies information products (including technical reports) added to the NTIS Collection within the last 90 days. Includes a fielded search. Science.gov, FirstGov for Science Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. DOE Information Bridge, via U.S. Dept. of Energy and U.S. Government Printing Office Access to full-text DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics. Includes the EnergyFiles Virtual Library of Energy Science and Technology. Defense Technical Information Center, DISA To access and facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical information. Search STINET, for technical report citations. Scientific and Technical Information Network Search DTIC (Defence Tech. Information Ctr) scientific and technical documents, DoD Index of Specs and Standards, R&D Descriptive Summaries, etc. Scirus Most comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the Internet. Virtual Technical Reports Center Links to a large number of online providers of technical reports. Access to sources that offer either full-text or searchable, extended abstracts of their technical reports. Via University of Maryland Libraries. See also: Aeronautics and Space Defense / Military Energy Environment Top of Page Technology Issues Building America's Information Technology Workforce The U.S. Depart. of Commerce, partly as a result of the response to its recently published _America's New Deficit: The Shortage of Information Technology Workers_ has created this site to aid in building and maintaining an information technology workforce. The key to the site is an IT work force program database, which lists education, employment, and training programs. The database is searchable by type of program, geography, sponsorship agency, and keyword. For an overview of the over 170 programs in the database at present, simply click on the Search button without using any of the options. President's Information Technology Advisory Committee Interim Report to the President, August 1998 The U.S. National Coordination Office for Computing, Information, and Communications has issued this report concerning "future directions for Federal support of research and development in high performance computing, communications, information technology, and the Next Generation Internet." PITAC has concluded that federal support of information technology is inadequate and generally short-sighted. Their 60-page report is divided into five major sections that first overview information technology, and then discuss federal research priorities, potential focal points, and the implementation and management of new initiatives. Top of Page Telecommunications Americans Communicating Electronically ACE represents private and public organizations and individuals who wish to promote interactive communications nationwide. InterNIC The InterNIC is a cooperative activity between the National Science Foundation, Network Solutions, Inc. and AT&T. National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library U.S. Congressional Internet Caucus Provides up-to-date information on what the Internet Caucus is working to accomplish, Internet issues before Congress, and a forum to communicate opinions with elected representatives. The Virtual Institute of Information, housed by The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information The "ultimate source for telecommunications, cybercommunications and mass media research. Top of Page Toxicology TOXNET: Toxicology & Environmental Information, via National Library of Medicine Integrated system of toxicology and environmental health databases. Top of Page Transportation U.S. Dept. of Transportation   Department of Transportation Publications On-Line     Select On-Line D.O.T. Publications.     Includes National Transportation Statistics (Bureau of Transportation Statistics). Directory of State Highway and Transportation Departments, via Transportation Research Board Provides access to Web sites of all the transport and highway departments in the U.S. with links to many other transportation sites and to transportation departments around the world. Top of Page Travel Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. See 'Services' for Travel Warnings/Consular Info Sheets, Services/Information for Americans Abroad, Travel Publications, International Adoption, International Parental Child Abduction, Passport Information, Visa Services, Vital Records Services, etc. CDC Travel Information, via Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Includes travelers' health, health information. U.S. Dept. of State See Counterterrorism. Recreation.GOV, via Federal Land Management Agencies One-stop resource for information about recreation on federal lands. Visit Your National Parks, via National Park Service Top of Page Treaties U.S. Treaties, via U.S. Dept. of State Includes Current Treaty Actions, Treaties in Force. See also International treaties Top of Page War / Military History Civil War: American Civil War Collections, via Electronic Text Center, U. of Virginia Library Civil War letters and diary entries include transcriptions and digital images of the manuscripts. Civil War Generals Indexed alphabetically, this site lists confederate and union generals from the United States Civil War. Find brief listings with birth and death dates, years of service, branch of service, bibliographies of further readings, and in some cases Web sites. Civil War Maps A selection from the approximately 2,240 Civil War maps and charts and 76 atlases and sketchbooks held by the LOC's Geography and Map Division. Korean War: The Korean War, via Project Whistlestop Excellent collection of primary resources, most offered in the ongoing Week by Week section, which contains a chronology, accounts, letters, presidential calendars, telegrams, memorandums and other digitized documents that trace developments in the War on a daily and weekly basis. Korean War Casualties, via NARA, Center for Electronic Records The list covers "persons who died as a result of hostilities in Korea, 1950-57, including those who died while missing or captured." CER has created state casualty lists from the larger list. The lists can be browsed by state, and then alphabetically by last name or "'home of record,' as identified by the serviceman upon last entrance into military service." Army casualties list home of record by county within state. The other three branches of the military list by city/town within state. Each record contains the soldier's name, rank, branch of service, home city/town or county, state, date of death, and cause of death. At present the database contains 33,642 names. Unfortunately, the list is not searchable at this time. Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbor Attack Pearl Harbor Hearings Pearl Harbor Archive USS Arizona Memorial Vietnam War: Combat Area Casualties Current File - Vietnam Casualty Database Search Searchable listing of casualties of the Vietnam conflict. State-level Lists of Casualties from the Vietnam Conflict (1957-), via NARA, Center for Electronic Records Browseable databases which includes name of casualty, rank, branch of military service, "home of record," date of birth and death, "category of casualty," and an indicator as to whether the remains have been recovered. Records may be sorted alphabetically or by "home of record," within state. The database covers 1957-1995 and contains records for 58,187 individuals. Vietnam Era Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Database This database has been established to assist researchers interested in investigating the U.S. Government documents pertaining to U.S. military personnel killed, missing, or imprisoned in Southeast Asia during or after the conclusion of American involvement in the Vietnam Conflict. The title of this collection is "Correlated and Uncorrelated Information Relating to Missing Americans in Southeast Asia." Vietnam War Declassification Project The Ford Presidential Library has released nearly 30,000 pages of newly declassified material concerning the Vietnam War. Most of the documents are from the White House offices of national security advisers Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft or from the files of National Security Council staff. Vietnam War Memorial World War II: Historical Government Publications from World War II Military History: American Battle Monuments Commission Grunts.net: Home of U.S. Military History Medal of War Citations, via U.S. Army Center of Military History Contains the full text of all the Medal citations. Naval Historical Center Includes ships histories; a FAQ with more than 100 answers to common questions; wars and battles; maritime traditions, uniforms and customs; images from the Centers extensive document and photographic archives. U.S. Army Center of Military History Top of Page Water Water Resources Division, USGS   Selected Water Resources Abstracts   Groundwater Atlas of the United States Return to Oklahoma State University Library Return to OSU Home Last update: February 14, 2008 Questions and comments to: lib-doc@okstate.edu URL: http://www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/