United States

Search Engines For Government Information

• FirstGov
  an official government website, FirstGov provides a search engine and hierarchical approach to government information
• Infomine (University of California, Riverside)
  search for university level research and educational tools; government and non-government sources; browse table of contents, subject, keyword, title and global search capability; nicely done
• Government Information Locator Service (GILS) (Government Printing Office)
  an attempt to centralize searching of all federal GILS servers. Click here for an explanation of GILS.
• Catalog of United States Government Publications (formerly Monthly Catalog)
  government information products available through the Federal Depository Library Program since 1994
• FedWorld (National Technical Information Service)
  large set of online government information resources, search options include: FedWorld-hosted Federal Internet sites; government reports for sale by NTIS; public services such as IRS forms and Federal job announcements; many files are downloadable.
• Federal Consumer Information Center (General Services Administration)
  links to federal, state and local and international government information sources; general types of searches only not as thorough as other sites listed here
• Federal Bulletin Board (Government Printing Office)
  on-demand delivery of files not time-sensitive enough to warrant online interactive access; files are from more than 20 Federal agencies and all three branches of the Government; formats include ASCII text, PDF, WordPerfect and dBase.
• General Search Engines
  Yahoo, Alta Vista, etc.

Gateways To Government Information

• University of Michigan Documents Center
  very comprehensive, includes local, state, federal and international links
• U.S. State and Local Government Gateway
  this excellent site provides state and local government officials access to federal information.   Categories include: information by topic; information by type; partnerships; current issues; reference.
• Yahoo! Government Information
  arranged hierarchically by subject