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Government Documents
The library is a partial depository for a select group
of federal documents distributed by the Government Printing Office. The
publications provide up-to-date information of a wide variety of subjects such as
business, education, agriculture, health, statistics, and science.
Agriculture
| Budget | Business and
Economics | Careers and Occupations | Census
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Agriculture
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AGRIS - the
international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology.
It was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
in 1974, to facilitate information exchange and to bring together world
literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture.
Subject scope of AGRIS includes all technical, economic and sociological aspects
of agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, the aquatic sciences and
fisheries, and human nutrition.
- AGRICOLA
(AGRICultural
OnLine
Access) - serves as the catalog
and index to the collections of the National Agricultural Library, as well
as a primary public source for world-wide access to agricultural
information. The database covers materials in all formats and periods,
including printed works from as far back as the 15th century. The records
describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture
and allied disciplines, including animal and veterinary sciences,
entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and
farming systems, agricultural economics, extension and education, food and
human nutrition, and earth and environmental sciences. Although the
NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA)
does not contain the text of the materials it cites, thousands of its
records are linked to full-text documents online, with new links added
daily.
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Census of Agriculture
- by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Budget
Business and Economics
- Department of Treasury
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contains business tax information, contracting and procurement information,
small business program, business registration, importing and exporting, EIN
numbers, tax and wage reporting.
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Economic Census - the Economic Census profiles the US
economy every 5 years, from the national to the local level.
- STAT-USA
- a
service of the U.S. Department of Commerce,
is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community,
providing authoritative information from the Federal government.
- Survey of Current Business
Careers
and Occupations
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook -
nationally recognized source of career information,
designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions
about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook
describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and
education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of
occupations.
Census
Crime
Education
- Department of Education
- offers information about the Department, including .initiatives and
priorities, grant opportunities, offices, publications, research
and statistics.
- National
Center for Education Statistics - primary federal entity for collecting
and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and
other nations.
Government Search Engines
- FirstGov (Gateway to the Government)
- official U.S. Government portal to 30 million pages of government
information, services, and online transactions.
- GovEngine
- directory of official federal, state, and local government and court links.
Health
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Healthy People 2010
- provides a framework for prevention for the Nation. It is a statement of
national health objectives designed to identify the most significant
preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce
these threats.
Publications
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and
activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It
contains financial and non-financial assistance programs administered by
departments and establishments of the Federal government.
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Federal Register
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official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of
Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other
Presidential Documents.
- SIRS
Knowledge Source™ - provides
integrated online access to full-text articles and Internet resources from
SIRS reference databases - SIRS Researcher®, SIRS Government Reporter®,
SIRS Renaissance® and SIRS NetSelect™.
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) - the official Web site of
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Search for patents and trademarks,
order copies, apply for patents, register trademarks, pay fees, monitor
progress, etc.
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Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents - published every Monday by the
Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
and contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released
by the White House during the preceding week.
South Carolina
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Facts About South
Carolina
- provides facts such as the State Seal,
Statistics, the State Song,, the State Flag, the State Bird, the State
Flower, and other symbols.
- MySCSchools
- SCGov
- the official website of the state of South Carolina that provides links to information about
state
government, including statewide calendar, jobs, agencies and boards, phone
directory, education, business, health, public safety and much more.
- SCIWay
- provides links to information about South Carolina, government,
business, schools, libraries, civic and religious organizations, community
events, statistics, etc.
Statistics
Government Documents Sites on the Web
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