Government Documents

Longview Public Library serves as a select government depository for the 19th Congressional District.  A wide variety of government information is housed in the Government Documents Section of Adult Services.   Health, education, tax, historical, and Congressional information are only a few of the areas covered.  Some materials are available in both English and Spanish.   For assistance in locating specific titles, or for help in finding information on a specific topic, ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.  Links to government resources on the Internet are available below:   

Table of Contents

1. Federal Government: General Information
2. Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information
3. State and Local Information
4. International and Foreign Information
5. Statistical Resources
6. Additional Resources

Federal Government:  General Information

• Cybercemetary (public access to web sites and publications of defunct U.S. Government Agencies and Commissions)
• Explore GovDocs (one-stop shopping from the University of Michigan)
• Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information (ALA GODORT FDTF)
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory (locate all federal agencies via LSU)
• INFOMINE (huge collection of government resources and guides from the University of California, Riverside)
• USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
• US House of Representatives
• US Senate Home Page
• White House Home Page

Federal Government:  Legislative and Regulatory Information

• CongressLink (Guide to Congressional System for Students)
• Congress.Org (searchable member directories and current awareness)
• GPO Access (search and retrieve congressional information from the US Government Printing Office)
• U.S. Code
• Library of Congress (guide to the U.S. Legislative Branch)
• Thomas (search & retrieve legislation from the 103rd to current congresses)
• Internet Law Library (World Legal Resource Center)

State and Local Information

• Legal Information Institute (State Constitutions, Statutes, and rlated information from Cornell University)
• State Government Collections -- try one of the following:
  1. American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO!)
  2. Virtual Law Library (Indiana University School of Law) At "Browse by Information Type" menu, select "State Government Servers"
  3. FindLaw
  4. State and Local Government on the Net
• NASIRE StateSearch

Texas

• Guide to Texas Laws for County Officials
• Governor of Texas (News releases, speeches, commissions, agencies)
• Lone Star Junction (Texas history)
• Texas Business Advisor (How to start a business in Texas)
• Texas Laws and Resolutions Archives (All bills, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions passed by the Texas Legislature)
• Texas Legislature Online (House and Senate members, calendars, legislative bill information)
• TexasOnline (Official Web Portal of Texas)
• Texas State Library (Texas state government information)
• Texas Treasures (Images of artifacts and historic documents in the Texas State Library)
• TRAIL (Texas State Library's Records and Information Locator)
• Texas Business Portal

Longview

• City of Longview (Official city website of Longview, Texas)
• City of Longview City Ordinances
• Longview Chamber of Commerce
• Longview Convention and Visitors Bureau
• Longview Economic Development Corporation

International and Foreign Information

• Constitution Finder of the countries of the world
• Country Studies (Library of Congress)
• International Governmental Organizations (University of Michigan)
• International Documents Collection (Northwestern University)
• Non-Governmental Organizations
• NATO (Official NATO site; history, news, programs and agencies)
• US State Department Home Page
• United Nations

Statistical Resources

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• CyberSchoolBus
• State and County QuickFacts
• Statistical Information (UNT's Government Information Connection)
• US Census Bureau

Additional Resources

• Consumer Information Catalog Pueblo, CO
• Digital Government Documents (University of Buffalo)
• Government Book Talk (GPO book blog with reviews of government publications)
• Government Information Subject Index (St. Mary's University)
• Government Publications
• GPO Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (search for government documents)
• GPO Federal Digital System (advanced digital system with info from all branches) 
• Homeland Security Digital Library (access to many HS documents)
• Meta-Subject Access to Government Information (Idaho State University)
• Government Documents Round Table (Resources of Use to Government Documents Librarians)
• Sales Product Catalog via GPO (also see the commercial version from Claitor's)