Federal Government Databases and Web Resources

 

Agriculture

• AGRICOLA - Agricultural OnLine Access is a machine-readable database of bibliographic records created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators.

Economic Research

• Fed in Print - An Index to Federal Reserve Economic Research.

Environment protection

• EPA National Publications Catalog
• National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) - Full text, on line EPA Documents.

Government Printing Office

• U.S. Government Printing Office.

Global Change

• Global Change Master Directory (NASA) - A comprehensive directory about Earth science and global change data.

Health

• CANCERLIT
• Healthfinder
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• TOXNET - A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
• USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference - users may view the nutrients found in a certain food item using the Standard Reference database or a report on a single nutrient using the Nutrient's List feature.

NASA

• NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS) - The NTRS collects scientific and technical information from NASA's technical report servers and non-NASA sites, and allows users to search the many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs.

Security and Exchange Commission

• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information

Smithsonian

• SIRIS - The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System provides access to research resources held primarily by the Institution's libraries, archives, and research units in support of the Institution's mission.

Statistics

• Child Stats
• FedStats - A gateway to over 70 agencies that provide government statistical information.
• Transportation Statistics

Technical Reports

• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - is the official source for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.