Finding Government Information: Websites

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A multi-lingual site that contains information on current issues, as well as official United Nations documents, resources, news and media.

The official, multi-lingual website of the European Union.

HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.

Provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government by the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO).

The official website of the United States Government

Links to basic information about governments of U.S. states and territories.

A nonpartisan think tank that provides members of Congress with reports on government policy and political issues worldwide. Though not published publicly, these reports are often sent to websites such as Every CRS Report and the Federation of American Scientists, so that the public can access the same information Congress uses to make their decisions.

Collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

Provides access to data about people, business, and geography, from the United States Census.

Links to home pages for all branches of the California State Government.

Contains county profile information.

UCSB's guide to local government resources.