Research Guides @ Fordham: DATABASES : Open Government Resources

Select Government Sites

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) This link opens in a new window
Search and retrieval service with direct links to documents available online. Use it to link to Federal agency online resources or identify materials distributed to Federal Depository Libraries. Coverage begins with July 1976 and new records are added daily.
Code of Federal Regulations This link opens in a new window
Full text of the United States Code of Federal Regulations
Export.gov Country Commercial Guides This link opens in a new window
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration details
market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries.
FDsys: Federal Digital System This link opens in a new window
Online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. Full text of legislative, executive and judicial Federal resources. About 50 different collections of Federal Government information are available.
Federal Depository Library Program Electronic Collection This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive digital library of U.S. Government information, drawn from a wide variety of sources, and sharing the attributes of being of public interest or educational value.
GPO MetaLib This link opens in a new window
This searching tool, a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), provides simultaneous searching across multiple Federal Government databases.
International Trade Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce) This link opens in a new window
The International Trade Administration (ITA) strengthens the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promotes trade and investment, and ensures fair trade through the rigorous enforcement of our trade laws and agreements. ITA works to improve the global business environment and helps U.S. organizations compete at home and abroad.
Library of Congress This link opens in a new window
Main research arm of the US Congress for historical and educational content. Holds over 150 million items covering all aspects of American history and culture.
U.S. Department of State This link opens in a new window
United States Department of State website for all international relations information. Includes policies, representatives, interactive maps, country reports and more.
USA.gov This link opens in a new window
The US government's official web portal and search engine for federal, state and local government web sites, interagency searching, and directories. Less research oriented, the site is good for popular & timely information and services such as registering to vote, obtaining passports, jobs & unemployment, emergency services and more.

Science/Health

Agricola This link opens in a new window
The catalog and index to the collections of the USDA's National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary source for access to information on agriculture and allied disciplines.
ClinicalTrials.gov This link opens in a new window
The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through the National Library of Medicine, has developed ClnicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies. The database can be searched by keyword or browsed by disease entity.
ERIC (Institute of Education Sciences) This link opens in a new window
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, provides access to more than 1.3 million citations to journal and non-journal literature since 1966.
MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
The world’s largest medical library, it has free and reliable consumer-oriented health information about diseases, conditions, treatments, drugs, clinical trials, supplements and wellness issues. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) This link opens in a new window
A resource providing access to biomedical and genomic information created by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
National Center for Education Statistics This link opens in a new window
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
National Center for Health Statistics This link opens in a new window
NCHS is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention; responsible for collecting vital U.S. health statistics.
PubMed/MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Over 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, online books, and other resources. MEDLINE is the primary component of PubMed. Citations may include links to full-text content in PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Records are indexed with NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®). MEDLINE Citations are included in OneSearch. For more information, see NIH Resources Guide.
PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
Free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.
Science.gov This link opens in a new window
Gateway to authoritative scientific information funded by the US government. Search across 13 Federal agencies and 2200 websites.
U.S. Department of Energy - OSTI This link opens in a new window
Formerly SciTech Connect. Developed by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Provides access to energy-related R&D results from the 1940s to today. Incorporates Information Bridget and Energy Citations Database from the DOE. Covers many science subjects.
TOXNET (See Information Below) This link opens in a new window
Most of NLM's toxicology information services have been integrated into other NLM products and services as part of a broader NLM reorganization. See a list of current sites here that contain former Toxnet information.

Newspapers from the Library of Congress

Associated Press News Dispatches, 1915 to 1930 This link opens in a new window
News dispatches of the Washington, D.C., Bureau of the Associated Press spanning 1915-1930 and consisting of 375 volumes (387,082 images), housed in 254 boxes, the contents of which provide an unbroken chronology of world and national events as reported by the news agency.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages. Produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Historical U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690 - 1963 This link opens in a new window
From Library of Congress, directory of newspapers published in the United States since 1690 that can help identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.

Population Data

American FactFinder
American FactFinder has been discontinued. All content will be available at the new US Census Bureau site.
Country Studies (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Electronic versions of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division. Books present an analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world.
New Jersey Open Data Center This link opens in a new window
The Open Data Center (ODC) is a redesigned and expanded version of the NJ YourMoney website established in 2010. All state data is now accessible with sophisticated filtering, sorting and charting capabilities.
NYC OpenData This link opens in a new window
The NYC Open Data portal is a powerful tool that ensures transparency and fosters civic innovation to help improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. Data is gathered by the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics (MODA) and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT).
NYC Population FactFinder This link opens in a new window
NYC Planning's Population FactFinder allows you to define study areas within New York City easily and examine detailed population profiles showing critical demographic, social, economic, and housing statistics, and how these statistics have changed over time.
U.S. Census Bureau This link opens in a new window
Official site for data published by the US Census Bureau. Contains content previously available from American FactFinder including population, economic, housing, and geographic information and data about the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Island areas.

Courts

Congress.gov This link opens in a new window
Supersedes Thomas.gov. Contains official and factual U.S. Federal legislative information such as text of bills and statutes, committees, reports, resolutions, members of Congress and more. Direct links to The Congressional Record and Congressional Research Service Reports.
Supreme Court This link opens in a new window
Government site for information about the Supreme Court. Includes Court opinions, oral arguments, case documents, news, justices and more.
United States Courts This link opens in a new window
US Government site with information about the Federal court system including judiciary news, court records, statistics and reports on court cases, court house finder and more.

Historical Content

Constitution Annotated This link opens in a new window
The Constitution Annotated provides a comprehensive overview of how the Constitution has been interpreted over time and is now available on this new site with upgraded search capabilities. The online Constitution Annotated includes discussions of the Supreme Court’s latest opinions.
Library of Congress This link opens in a new window
Main research arm of the US Congress for historical and educational content. Holds over 150 million items covering all aspects of American history and culture.
Library of Congress Webcasts & Videos This link opens in a new window
The Library of Congress publishes its webcasts to offer selections of early motion pictures and recordings of events, lectures and concerts to a broader audience.
National Jukebox This link opens in a new window
Historical recordings from the Library of Congress.
Official Congressional Directory This link opens in a new window
Directories for the 41st (1869-1871) Congress forward, as well as interim editions. Includes short biographies of each Senate and House member. Also, committee memberships, terms of service, and contact information.
United Nations Documents This link opens in a new window
Full text of official U.N. documents published from 1993 onward, including documents of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiaries, as well as administrative issuances and other documents.