"i didn't know i could do that!" help! i'm an accidental government documents...

Using government information and related websites to find just about ANYTHING

I DIDN’T KNOW I COULD

DO THAT!

Alexandra Simons

History, Political

Science, Gov Docs

University of Houston

September 25, 2013

How to renew my passport

What this ache or pain might be

When a hurricane may strike

How many people take public transportation in my city

What day my recycling gets picked up

How many tribes there are in Afghanistan

What the occupational outlook is for librarians

How to contact my state senators

How to research my ancestors

…and answers to so many more questions!

I NEED TO KNOW

Images: Wikicommons, Google Images, and government sites

SURE, YOU COULD JUST USE

GOOGLE, BING, OR OTHER SEARCH

ENGINES…

…BUT WHY NOT GO DIRECTLY TO

THE SOURCE TO GET GREAT

INFORMATION?

http://www.usa.gov/

http://www.usa.gov/

General topic searching

Specific topic searching

There are many .gov sites

available with a variety of

languages, including, but not

limited to:

Spanish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Arabic

Portuguese

French

Polish

LANGUAGE OPTIONS

GobiernoUSA.gov

http://www.usa.gov/gobiernousa/index.shtml

http://www.usa.gov/gobiernousa/index.shtml

HELPFUL LINKS VIA

USA.GOV

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

https://www.healthcare.gov/

https://www.healthcare.gov/

http://www.cdc.gov/

http://www.cdc.gov/

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/feature-0014-identity-theft

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/feature-0014-identity-theft

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/

http://business.usa.gov/

http://business.usa.gov/

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

http://www.irs.gov/

http://www.irs.gov/

https://www.usps.com/

https://www.usps.com/

http://www.noaa.gov/

http://www.noaa.gov/

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

MORE HELPFUL

GOVERNMENT AND

RELATED SITES

CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE WEBSITES

http://www.houstontx.gov/

http://www.houstontx.gov/

http://www.texas.gov/en/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.texas.gov/en/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.co.harris.tx.us/

http://www.co.harris.tx.us/

Image: City-data.com

http://www.city-data.com/

http://www.city-data.com/

Law Library of Congress

ABA LawInfo

FindLaw

Public Library of Law

Free & Low Cost Legal Research

Legal Information Institute

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Code

LEGAL RESEARCH

Image: ©Lincoln College of Technology Library

http://www.loc.gov/law/

http://www.abalawinfo.org/

http://www.findlaw.com/

http://www.plol.org/Pages/Search.aspx

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/freelowcost.cfm

http://www.law.cornell.edu/

http://www.supremecourt.gov/

http://uscodebeta.house.gov/

HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL

RESEARCH

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvhome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvhome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.archives.gov/

NEWS SOURCES

http://thehill.com/

http://thehill.com/

http://www.c-span.org/

http://www.c-span.org/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

SHUTDOWN!!!!Links to

alternate

sites

ERIC from EBSCO

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/selectdb?sid=f63485ca-1ab6-4359-9f6e-37edc7e4e118@sessionmgr113&vid=1&hid=119

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/selectdb?sid=f63485ca-1ab6-4359-9f6e-37edc7e4e118@sessionmgr113&vid=1&hid=119

Social Explorer for Census & other data

http://www.statsamerica.org/

http://www.statsamerica.org/

http://archive.org/index.php

http://archive.org/index.php

http://www.govtrack.us/

http://www.govtrack.us/

http://sunlightfoundation.com/

http://sunlightfoundation.com/

http://www.who.int/en/

http://www.who.int/en/

http://scambusters.org/

http://scambusters.org/

What other

gov docs

folks are

doing

LIBGUIDES GALORE

http://libguides.com/community.php?m=i&ref=www.libguides.com

http://libguides.com/community.php?m=i&ref=www.libguides.com

http://guides.lib.uh.edu/govdocs

http://guides.lib.uh.edu/govdocs

ANY QUESTIONS?

If you have any comments or questions, or

know of any sites I may have overlooked ,

please contact me:

Alex Simons, [email protected]

THANK YOU!

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