Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library

Government Information Sources

The Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library is a partial Government Depository library. As such, it has a wide-ranging collection of current and historical federal government documents. The best finding aid for federal government documents is maintained at the U.S. Government Printing Office. Documents held by the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library are kept at the Cesar Chavez Central Library. Ask at the Information Desk for assistance in finding specific items.

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Fedstats: ...a fast way to get to statistics from more than 70 U.S.
federal government agencies.
USA.gov: This site's powerful search engine and ever-growing collection of topical and customer-focused links connects you to millions of web pages - from the federal government, local and tribal governments and to foreign nations around the world. On USA.gov, you can search more than 51 million web pages from federal and state governments, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Most of these pages are not available on commercial websites. USA.gov claims to have the most comprehensive search of government anywhere on the Internet. Consider also the usefulness of more specialized subsets of USA.gov, such as science.gov.
Full-text State Statutes and Legislation: This site allows you to view the constitution, the statutes (laws), and legislation from all of the 50 states of the United States.
Govengine.com: A Directory of Official Government Sites: This directory consolidates links to official federal, state, and local government information sites for the United States, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Browse by type of government or by state. The local government section includes official county and city web sites.
Official City Sites: This site leads to a wealth of governmental information arranged by country,state, county and city/town. Currently, it contains links to the following countries: Australia,Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
Public Records Online: This information portal takes the user to official State websites, including Tax Assessor's and Recorder's Offices for deeds, parcel maps and ownership records.
Unclaimed Property Supersite: This site allows you to search nationwide to see if any state or federal agency owes you money.

International

Background Notes: Background Notes are updated/revised as they are received from regional bureaus and are added to the database of the Department of State web site. Information on international organizations in a Background Notes format is no longer provided.

Background Notes Archive: The original State Department Background Notes web site has become a permanent electronic archive of information released prior to January 20, 2001. Please see www.state.gov for material released since President George W. Bush took office on that date. This site is not updated so external links may no longer function.

C.I.A. World Factbook: The CIA maintains a detailed, encyclopedic dossier on every country, recognized island group, and some regions. Each entry contains information about population, economic condition, trade, conflicts, and politics There is information important to travelers, like weather, natural hazards and severe weather seasons, and communications. There is also a good weights and measures table, a list of United Nations bodies, and a list of international organizations and groups.

Country Studies: These are electronic books originally compiled by the Army. A typical book in the series-- which is intended to provide an introduction to individual countries-- contains five chapters describing and analyzing its history, society, economy, government and politics, and national security. Currently there are 71 studies...some encompass two or more countries or an entire region.

Embassy World: This site offers several ways to search for American and foreign embassies and consulates around the world. One of its useful search options lets you select a country and find its embassy in any other country.

Electronic Embassy: This site focuses on all the foreign embassies in Washington, D.C.

Flags and Maps of the World: Need a picture of the flag of Kazakhstan? You name the country, and you'll quickly find an image of the flag and a simple map that can be printed. ** Please note: You need to enlarge the window that pops up to see the flag AND the map.

United States Government

American FactFinder (U.S. Bureau of the Census): This site, created and maintained by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, offers many ways to look up Year 2000 census maps and data. You can look up many sorts of information currently, but there will also be many more detailed reports added as they become available.

Commerce Business Daily has changed into FedBizOpps (Federal Business Opportunities): FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet. Through one portal - FedBizOpps (FBO) - commercial vendors seeking Federal markets for their products and services can search, monitor and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire Federal contracting community.

Congressional Directory: This federal government site reproduces the well-known Congressional Directory for the Internet. You can look by state or use the search tool to put in a name. You will quickly find information about all U.S. Senators and Representatives.

Consumer Price Index: This connects directly to San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CPI data. Consumer Price Index information.

The Federal Court Locator: The Federal Court Locator is a service provided by the Villanova University School of Law. It is intended to give net citizens a means to access information related to the federal judiciary, including slip opinions. This information can be viewed on-line or it can be downloaded.

Federal Jobs Digest: The electronic version of the popular nationwide federal job newspaper.

Flags of the States: If you need to know what the state flag for Hawaii looks like, check here. Or perhaps you want to see earlier versions of the U.S. flag.

Food and Drug Administration: The nation's foremost consumer protection agency. Page maintained by the Dept. of Health and Human services.

Foreign Consular Offices in the United States: This publication contains a complete and official listing of the foreign consular offices in the United States, and recognized consular officers.

GPO (Government Printing Office) Access: The Federal Register, Congressional Record, the U.S. Code, Congressional Bills, Monthly Catalog of U.S. Govt. Publications and other Federal Government information sources are available online via GPO Access.

United States House of Representatives: This is the official site for the U.S. House of Representatives and all the individual congresspersons. Write them a letter!

US Immigration: US Immigration Information about Visas, Green Cards, Citizenship and Passports. Learn More About US Immigration Today. USIMMIGRATION.COM is a free website dedicated to help immigrants through the United States immigration system by providing do-it-your immigration guides. If you are interested in such books at your library, please ask a Librarian.