Finding Government Information on the Internet: A Tutorial

Table of Contents

Introduction
Civics 101: a brief course in the U.S. Government
Locating a particular government publication
Looking for an agency's homepage
Searching for information on a specific subject
Finding government statistics
Finding information on laws and the activities of Congress
Locating information on the Supreme Court and its Decisions
Helpful print resources

The U.S. Government is one of the world's largest publishers of all kinds of information. Thanks to the advent of the Internet and to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, much government information is available to the public on the Internet. As the vast number of government Internet sites can be overwhelming, this tutorial will help you understand how to find the information from the government using the Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources's Government Information Internet site. But first, we need to have an understanding of the structure of the government.

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