Research Guides: Government Information: Gov Doc Databases

SU databases for Federal Government Information

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In alphabetical order

HeinOnline
United States federal and state laws, international law, case law, treaties, papers, law and international affairs, journals and more. Access provided by Syracuse University College of Law Library.

LLMC
Online source for US and foreign government documents
US Historical Statistics
Online version of standard reference for quantitative data about American history. Statistics can be downloaded to Excel or CSV, printed and graphed.

Westlaw Campus Research
Provides access to law and regulatory resources, such as the U.S. Code Annotated, federal and state cases, the Code of Federal Regulations, and more, plus business, company, news and global resources.

ProQuest Congressional

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ProQuest Congressional
Publications related to or from the United State Congress and the Executive branch from 1789 to the present that include laws, legislative histories, House and Senate hearings, bills and reports, the Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, plus Executive Orders, Proclamations and other documents related to the presidency.

Citing documents in ProQuest Congressional Database
From the help section of ProQuest Congressional, For SU students, faculty, and staff only.
Click on the (+ PQ Cong Help) on the left and then on the (+ How Do I Cite) and then click the "How to Cite" link to display citation info and examples for all kinds of congressional publications.
Bookmarking in ProQuest Congressional
Instructions on how to bookmark items you find in the ProQuest Congressional database.
ProQuest Congrressional LibGuides
An updated list with links to all the Research Guides on how to use the ProQuest Congressional database.

US Federal Depository Databases - FREE and PUBLIC OPEN ACCESS

Databases freely available from the Syracuse University Library Database menu.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present
US Congress
EPA Publications Search
Environmental Protection Agency
ERIC
US Department of Education
GOVINFO.gov
Search Congressional documents from GPO
HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies
Library of Congress
Homeland Security Digital Library
Naval Postgraduate School and FEMA
CPID Consumer Products Information Database
Disclosing chemical ingredients in products provides essential information throughout the supply chain from raw material supplier to consumers.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Reports Server
NASA
MEDLINEplus
National Library of Medicine
MetaLib database search engine
GPO has updated their MetaData federated search engine to include 78 different government created databases simultaneously. These databases come from Agencies and Departments from across the spectrum of the U.S. Government.
NASA Data Portal
Search for data sets through NASA data portal
NASA PubSpace
Search NASA funded research through this link which is now part of PubMed.
NCJRS
Department of Justice
NREL Publications
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
NTRL - National Technical Reports Library
Department of Commerce. Register on the website to use this FREE database.
NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server
NASA
Public Health Reports
Official journal of the U.S. Public Health Service (2001-date). Check SU's Classic Catalog for older issues.
Publications of the Headquarters, United States Army Corps of Engineers
US Army Corps of Engineers
PubMed
National Library of Medicine
Science.gov
Combined effort from the following Agencies: DOD, DOE, NASA, EPA
SciTech Connect
Department of Energy's OSTI database
Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy
Library of Congress
Soil Surveys
USDA
TOXNET
National Library of Medicine
Treesearch
US Forest Service
USDA Forest Service (USDA/FS Research Publications Database)
US Forest Service
USPTO Patent Database
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Scroll down to the "Search PatFT" link.
Water Resources Reports
USGS
WorldWideScience.org
US Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) in partnership with the British Library and other sources
USA Trade Online
PLEASE NOTE: On October 15, 2015, access to USA Trade Online will be FREE to all customers. Users must create their own user name and password.
This database contains US foreign trade data: current and cumulative exports and imports. Use this database to find existing and and emerging export markets for products, determine market share of export markets, and monitor trends in specific products, markets, and countries.