U.S. Government Databases

County Business Patterns (Census Bureau)

• An annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry.
• Statistics are available on business locations at the U.S. level and by state, county, metropolitan area and zip code levels. Also available are data for Puerto Rico and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)

Economic Indicators (Census Bureau)

• Key economic measures on employment, manufacturing, international trade, retail sales, and residential construction and sales allow those who follow the U.S. economy to enhance their business knowledge

EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval) (Securities and Exchange Commission)

• EDGAR performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Export Administration Regulations (Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Industry & Security)

• These are the unofficial electronic EAR files created by BIS. The legally official text of the EAR is provided via the Federal Register publications.
• Current regulations only
• Download regulations in PDF format

Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts

• Aggregated data from a wide variety of published sources that are presented in spreadsheets to facilitate use with analytic software
• Files contain thousands of numbers and hundreds of categories, displayed by jurisdiction and over time
• Wherever possible the data are the most recent available

Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)

• Annual data on workload, activities, and outcomes associated with federal criminal cases
• Data collected from the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Executive Office for the U.S. Attorney, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, U.S. Sentencing Commission, and Federal Bureau of Prisons

National Criminal Justice Reference Database (NCJRS)

• Contains summaries of more than 180,000 criminal justice publications
• Search the NCJRS Virtual Library –full-text publications
• Search more than 7,000+ full-text publications from this site and from NCJRS partner agencies

Academic Institutional Profiles (National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies)

• Produced annually for those universities and colleges reporting non-zero data for the past three fiscal years in at least one of the following surveys:
  • the National Science Foundation (NSF) Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges (academic R&D expenditures survey)
  • the NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Post doctorates in Science and Engineering (graduate student survey)
  • the NSF Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges and Nonprofit Institutions (Federal support survey)

Education Statistics as a Glance

• Brings together data from several NCES sources including:
  • Condition of Education
  • Digest of Education Statistics
  • Indicators of School Crime
  • Safety and Projections of Education Statistics

ERIC

• “The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized ERIC website for searching the ERIC database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966. More than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued 1993-2004), previously available through fee-based services only, are now available for free”

IPEDS College Opportunities Online (COOL) (National Center for Education Statistics)

• Begin a college search by using the following criteria
  • Geographic region, State or outlying area, City, Maximum distance from ZIP Code
  • Type of Institution, Instructional program, Name of institution, and/or Number of students

Congress.gov (Library of Congress)

• Search for bills and resolutions, documents, hearings, and reports. Search the content of the Congressional Record, as well the latest Daily digest, and Roll call votes. Links provided to Committee websites
• Includes links to full-text publications

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports

• The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a federal legislative branch agency located within the Library of Congress. This legislative branch agency works exclusively for Members of Congress, their committees and staff
• CRS experts assist at every stage of the legislative process — from the early stages that precede bill drafting to the oversight of enacted laws and various agency activities.
• Use the following site to search CRS Reports
  • CRS Reports
    • This collection provides the public with access to research products produced by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) for the United States Congress
    • The products in this collection support Congress in its legislative, oversight, and representative duties. New products are regularly produced to anticipate and respond to issues of interest to Congress on a timely basis

GovInfo

• GovInfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), a Federal agency in the legislative branch. It provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government
  • Search or Browse for government publications by A-Z list, category, date, committee, or author
  • Includes links to GPO Partner resources
• Congress.gov (Library of Congress)
  • “Legislative information on the internet”
  • Search for bills and resolutions, documents, hearings, and reports. Search the content of the Congressional Record, as well the latest Daily digest, and Roll call votes. Links provided to Committee websites
  • Includes links to full-text publications available via GPO Access

CDC Wonder (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• An easy-to-use system that provides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data

ClinicalTrials.gov

• Provides patients, family members and members of the public with current information about clinical research studies

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Provides links to available information for health information and health education resources.
• Results include sources recommended by NIH Health Information
• Lists a wealth of health promotion and education materials

PubMed Central

• Web-based archive of journal literature for all of the life sciences
• Being developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Access to PubMed Central is free and unrestricted

IRS Tax Forms and Publications

• Use the “Search for” box and choose “Forms & Publications” in the “within:” box.
• Forms can be searched by number or keyword, then downloaded. Several file formats are available

Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

O*Net

• This public database receives frequent updates from input by a broad range of workers in each occupation
• Contains information on almost 1,000 occupations covering the entire U.S. economy.
• Helps people find the training and jobs they need, and employers the skilled workers necessary to be competitive in the marketplace

USA Jobs

• U.S. Government’s official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management

Wage Determinations

• A central site for obtaining Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations
• Provides a User Guide for guidance in selecting wage determinations

AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library)

• A database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and its cooperators

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)

• Helps the DoD community access pertinent scientific and technical information to meet mission needs more effectively

Fish and Wildlife Service

• Includes several online databases and websites
  • Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
  • Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS)
  • Federal Register Documents
  • National Fish Strain Registry (NFSR)
  • National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS)
  • Wetlands Interactive Mapper
• Also includes links to Fish and Wildlife Service job opportunities, libraries, news releases, office directories, recreational opportunities, special events, and volunteer opportunities

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

• “NOAA’s former three data centers have merged into the National Centers for Environmental Information”

National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP/NEPIS) (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

• Features the U.S. Environmental Agency’s National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) database
• Provides access to over 24,000 digital EPA documents
• Offers Simple, Advanced, and Field searches

NTIS (National Technical Information Service)

• NTIS is “the largest, central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering and business-related information available today”
• Search the NTIS Library for documents published since 1990

OSTI.GOV

• A central connection to science, technology, and engineering resource information from the U.S. Department of Energy. (Replaces SciTech Connect)
• Makes available over 70 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies. Includes journal articles, accepted manuscripts, technical reports, scientific research data sets, and more

PubChem (National Center for Biotechnology Information)