UVM Libraries

Government Information by Subject

Agriculture

• AgDB--agriculture-related databases and information systems
• Agricultural Research Service
• Agricultural Statistics
• Census of Agriculture
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Farm Credit Administration
• Food and Agricultural Organization of the U.N.(FAO)
• National Agricultural Library
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• Plants Database
• State Fact Sheets
• USDA Economics and Statistics System

Business & Economics

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Commodity Futures Trading Commision
• County Business Patterns
• Country Reports: Economic and Trade Practices
• Economic Census Reports
• Economic Indicators
• Economic Report of the President
• EDGAR: Database of Corporate Information
• Federal Business Opportunities
• Federal Reserve Board
• Federal Trade Commission
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Small Business Administration
• Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC)
• STAT-USA--Library Use Only, See Staff for Assistance
• U.S. Business Advisor

Children

• Administration for Children and Families
• Childcare Bureau
• Family and Youth Services Bureau
• Head Start
• National Instititute of Child Health and Human Development
• State of the World's Children
• Statistics--America's Children

Climate

• Climate Prediction Center
• National Climatic Data Center
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
• National Weather Service
• Global Change Data and Information System
• Global Climate Change Documents from the U.S. Department of State
• Global Change Master Directory (NASA)
• Global Change Research Information Office
• Global Change Research Program

Consumer Information

• Better Business Bureau
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Consumer Gateway
• Consumer Information Center
• Consumer Information Pamphlets
• Food and Drug Administration

Country Information

• Background Notes (US State Department)
• Country Studies: Area Handbook Series
• World Factbook

Crime & Criminal Justice

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• FBI Uniform Crime Reports
• Justice Information Center
• Juvenile Justice Facts and Figures
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

Development

• Information Technologies and Social Development
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Development Research Centre
• Sustainable Development Networking Program
• United Nations Development Programme
• US Agency for International Development (USAID)
• World Bank Group
• World Development Indicators  (This is a program installed on Bailey/Howe computers only)
• World Development Reports

Education

• Condition of Education
• Digest of Education Statistics
• Education Resource Organizations Directory (EROD)
• Encyclopedia of Education Statistics
• Head Start
• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• WebCASPAR--National Science Foundation data on science and engineering in U.S. higher education

Elections

• Campaign Finance Reports
• Federal Election Commission
• Federal Election Results (1920-present)
• Presidential Election Results--Historical
• Project Vote Smart
• Vermont (Secretary of State Elections Division)

Environment

• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation (Managing Water in the Western States)
• Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change (USGS)
• Envirofacts
• Environmental Diplomacy
• Environmental Health Information Service
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Global Change Data and Information System
• Global Change Master Directory (NASA)
• Global Change Research Information Office
• Global Change Research Program
• Global Climate Change Documents from the U.S. Department of State
• Lake Champlain Basin Program
• National Environmental Publications Internet Site
• National Environmental Satellite, Data and Info. Service
• National Library for the Environment
• Office of Lead Hazard Control---Publications
• Public Land Statistics
• Science Accelerator
• USA.gov – Maps

Fish & Wildlife

• Duck Data--Bibliographic Database
• Endangered Species Homepage
• Fish and Wildlife Service Publications
• U.S. Fisheries Program
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Foreign Policy

• Electronic Research Collection (US State Department Foreign Affairs Network)
• Environmental Diplomacy
• Foreign Relations Series Online
• General Foreign Policy (US State Department)
• History of US Foreign Relations
• State Department

Health

• Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Combined Health Information Database
• Community Health Status Indicators Project
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Environmental Health Information Service
• Healthcare Financing Administration (Medicaid and Medicare)
• Health Finder
• MedlinePlus
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute on Aging
• National Library of Medicine
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Office of Lead Hazard Control
• PubMed---index to medical and health resources (articles and more)

Labor & Work

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Department of Labor
• Employment Standards Administration
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Federal Jobs
• Federal Labor Relations Authority
• International Labor Organization
• National Labor Relations Board
• O*NET (occupational information)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC)
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Libraries

• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (1994-present)
• Federal Depository Library Program
• Library of Congress
• National Agricultural Library
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Libraries of the World (IFLA)
• National Library of Medicine
• Presidential Libraries
• U.S. Depository Libraries

Mapping

• NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
• National Imagery and Mapping Agency
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• USGS: National Mapping Information

Museums

• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
• National Air and Space Museum
• National American Art Museum
• National Gallery of Art
• National Museum of African Art
• National Museum of American History
• National Museum of the American Indian
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Portrait Gallery
• National Zoo
• Smithsonian Institution
• United States Holocaust Museum 

Native Americans

• Administration for Native Americans
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• "Indian Affairs Laws and Treaties" Vol. II (Treaties)(18th & 19th centuries)
• Indian Health Service
• Tribal Services (Department Health and Human Services)

Science & Technology

• NASA
• National Biological Information Infastructure
• National Geophysical Data Center
• NTIS: National Technical Information Service
• Office of Scientific and Technical Information
• Plants Database
• Science Accelerator
• Science.gov
• Scientific and Technical Information Network
• Scientist and Engineer Statistics Data System

Standards & Specifications

• ANSA: American National Standards Institute
• DODSSP: Military Standards and Specifications
• NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
• NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards
• Scientific and Technical Information Network

Transportation

• Airline Statistical Information
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Federal Highway Administration
• Mass Transit Agencies
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration -- includes crash test results and vehicle recalls
• National Transportation Library
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Transportation Research Information Services--bibliographic database on transportation

Travel & Tourism

• Passport Information
• Tourism Industires
• Tourism Statistics (US)
• Travel Warnings

Veterans

• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Veteran's Employment and Training Services

Vital Records

• Where to Write for Vital Records

Women

• Genderstats (World Bank)
• International Women's Issues (US State Department)
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Office of Women's Business Ownership
• Places Where Women Made History
• President's Interagency Council on Women
• Violence Against Women Office
• Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor