Index and Search Engine Tools for Finding U. S. Government Information on the Internet

Search Engines for Government-related Web Sites

USASearch.gov
"The first-ever government website to provide the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources."

Google's U.S. Government Search
A keyword search on .gov, .mil, and .us (state) websites

Electronic Indexes for Government Publications

GPO Access
Free electronic access to the official version of information products produced by the federal government. Search across multiple databases or within files such as the Budget of the U.S. Government, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Bills, Serial Set, United States Code, United States Government Manual, and many more. Provided by the Federal Depository Library Program of the Government Printing Office.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
An index to the federal publications published since 1994 and hot-links to the publications that are available on the Internet

GPO Monthly Catalog of Government Publications (WSU only; select GPO Monthly Catalog from the list of databases)
An index to documents (electronic, paper, and other formats) published by the federal government and distributed by the Government Printing Office 1976-

Congressional Lexis-Nexis (WSU only)
An index to congressional publications with accompanying full-text

Federal Web Locator
Links to government web sites, arranged by government branch and agency

New Electronic Titles
New titles (from the most recent 4 weeks) to the Federal Depository Library Program Electronic Collection, a comprehensive digital library of U.S. Government information

Browse Topics
Links to government Internet sites for over 100 topics

Información Gubernamental en Español/Government Information in Spanish
International and U.S. federal and state web sites in Spanish

CyberCemetery
Permanent public access to the web sites of now-defunct federal agencies and commissions

Subject Index to U.S. Government Information on the Web (St. Mary's University)
Meta-index to over 20 government information subject index pages

Federal Agency Internet Sites (Louisiana St. Univ. Libraries via GPO pathway services)
Search or view a list of Federal Agency Internet Sites

FedWorld from National Technical Information Service
An index for searching, ordering, and acquiring extensive government and business information

Abbreviations and Acronyms of the U.S. Government (Purdue University)
Acronyms of government agencies and programs with links to their web pages

Internet Publications from the U.S. Government (Illinois Institute of Technology)
By agency
By SuDoc number

Government Periodicals Online (University of Louisville)
Links to full-text periodicals published by the federal government

Migrating Government Publications (University of Memphis)
Access to government publications that are in the process of being converted to electronic format

How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the Web
Provides "hands-on" workshop and instructions on searching government information on the Web