GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/multidb.html
Search and retrieve congressional information from the US Government Printing Office.

Country Studies (Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Studies produced by the United States government covering various aspects of individual countries. Not every country is covered and some are several years old.

US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
This site has been updated to contain Census 2000 information.

AmeriStat
http://www.ameristat.org
This site provides population data sets according to criteria such as labor/employment, income/poverty, race/ethnicity and other factors. The data is pulled from the U.S. Census Bureau as a project from the Population Reference Bureau in cooperation with the University of Michigan's Social Science Data Analysis Network.

Federal Government:General Information

Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/index.html
This frequently updated site has thousands of local, state, federal, foreign, and international government documents.

Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information
(ALA GODORT FDTF)
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/central/staff/fdtf.html
This excellent index links to a huge variety of federal government sites.

U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
This site links to the homepage of any U.S. federal agency.

INFOMINE
http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?govpub
This site has a huge collection of government resources and guides from the University of California, Riverside. This site is not limited to federal information as excellent scientific, geographical, and cultural links are also found.

US House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
Information on the legislative process, the role of the House of Representatives, and its members. Plus, you can contact any member of the House.

US Senate Home Page
http://www.senate.gov/
In addition to a listing of senators and their addresses, this site provides an updated Senate calendar and information on pending or recently passed bills.

White House Home Page
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Contains policy statements, the text of recent presidential speeches, and the members of the cabinet, among other things. The My Government link allows access to websites of all agencies and branches of the federal government.

Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information

Congress.Org
http://www.congress.org/
Searchable member directories and current awareness.

GPO Access
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/multidb.html
Search and retrieve congressional information from the US Government Printing Office.

Gateway
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces004.html
Sites at over 20 universities, each with their own strengths.

Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html
Guide to the U.S. Legislative Branch.

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Search & retrieve legislation from the 103^rd to current congresses.

State Information

State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html
Locate the constitution of any state, plus important statutes and pending legislation.

State Government Collections

1. American Law Sources On-Line
   http://www.lawsource.com/also/index.htm#[United%20States]
   Good source for information on the legal systems of the United States, Canada, and Mexico (available in English, French, or Spanish). It also links to the constitutions and recent court decisions from each of the fifty states and other American possessions.
   
   

2. Virtual Law Library
   http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/
   On this Indiana University School of Law site, from the "Browse by Information Type" menu, select "State Government Servers". This site can be searched for summaries of various topics of American law.
   
   

3. FindLaw
   http://www.findlaw.com/11stategov/index.html
   To access the constitutions and case law of each of the states click on "Cases and Codes".
   
   

4. Piper Resources
   http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
   This is an easy-to-use index that contains information on the structure of government for each state and many localities within each state.
   

State Legislatures Internet Links
http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm
This page is provided by the National Conference of State Legislatures. This site can be searched for legislators, statutes and bills in progress, to name just a few.

StateList
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/StateList/check/check.htm
Electronic access to official publications from 32 states is available here.