2008* Government Documents Core Reference Tools Results

Print -- Free Web-Sites -- Fee-Based Web-Sites

  1. Statistical Abstract of the United States
  2. United States Code/ United States Code Annotated
  3. Occupational Outlook Handbook, United States Government Manual, State specific statutes, codes, and guides
  4. Code of Federal Regulations/Federal Register
  5. United States Statutes at Large, CIA World Factbook, Census Bureau Publications,

*These print reference tools got two votes each: Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government Publications, Budget of the United States Government, United States Reports

Print -- Free Web-Sites -- Fee-Based Web-Sites

  1. US Census Bureau/American Factfinder - http://www.census.gov or http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html
  2. FDsys - GPO Access -  http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
  3. THOMAS-Library of Congress - http://www.thomas.gov
  4. Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov
  5. Catalog of U. S. Government Publications - http://catalog.gpo.gov/, USA.Gov - http://www.usa.gov/

These sites got three votes each: Code of Federal Regulations/Federal Register - http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html, Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - http://www.irs.gov/

These sites got two votes each: American Memory Project (LOC) - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html, National Technical Information Services (NTIS) - http://www.ntis.gov

Print -- Free Web-Sites - - Fee-Based Web-Sites

  1. Lexis Nexis Congressional Universe - http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp
  2. Stat-USA - http://www.stat-usa.gov/
  3. Lexis-Nexis/Lexis-Nexis Academic - http://academic.lexisnexis.com/online-services/academic-overview.aspx, Westlaw/Westlaw Campus - http://campus.westlaw.com/
  4. CQExpress Electronic Library/CQResearcher (Congressional Quarterly) - http://library.cqpress.com/, LexisNexis Statistical - http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv, PACER - http://pacer.uspci.uscourts.gov/
  5. Hein OnLine (agency case law, CFR, FR, Presidential communications) - http://www.heinonline.org/, Legaltrac (Infotrac/Gale) - http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&titleCode=INFO31&type=4&id=172054, Lexis Nexis Serial Set - http://academic.lexisnexis.com/online-services/us-serial-set-digital-overview.aspx

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