United States, United Kingdom, and Other Foreign Governments
Note that some of the resources listed below are only available to York students, faculty, and staff. If you are accessing York-only resources from off-campus, see our instructions.
United States
Government
- USA.gov
The U.S. government’s official web portal to federal government information arranged by subject. The advanced search function can limit searches to state level government programs and services
- Federal Government Agencies Directory
Provides links to current/active/existing U. S. Federal Government agencies as represented in the U.S. Government Manual (Louisiana State University)
- Frequently Used Sites Relating to the U.S. Federal Government Information
Links to popular U.S. government web sites arranged by subject (GODORT)
- White House
Quick access to Presidential addresses and selected policy documents.
- Frequently Used Sites Relating to the U.S. Congress
Federal Documents Task Force
- GPO Access U.S. Government Printing Office
This site provides links (and often indexes) to Federal Legislative, Executive, and Judicial documents including bills, the Congressional Record, and the Federal Register
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
A searchable database of U.S. government publications from 1976 to the present.
Laws and Legislation
- Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
The Library of Congress web site for bills, the Congressional Record, public laws, committee reports and treaties.
- Public and Private Laws (Government Printing Office)
- United States Code (Government Printing Office)
- Federal Register
1994 – current (Government Printing Office).
- Federal Register Library
Provides full-text access to the Federal Register (1936-2008) and Presidential Papers (1965-2008).
- Code of Federal Regulations (Government Printing Office)
- Guide to Law Online (Library of Congress)
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
The CRS is the public policy research arm of the Library of Congress; as such, it produces reports on public policy issues of current interest.
- Open CRS — Congressional Research Reports for the People (Center for Democracy and Technology)
- CRS Reports and Issue Briefs (Department of State, Foreign Press Center)
- CRS Reports
Military and National Security
(Federation of American Scientists) - CRS Reports Search Engine
This site provides a search function to locate online CRS reports by keyword, phrase, or Order Code. Please contact the Foreign Government Publications Librarian if you would like the Scott Library to obtain a specific report.
United States Statistical Sources
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Historical Statistics of the United States
- Government Statistics
Frequently used sites related to U.S. Government statistical sources on the Internet. The list is arranged by indicator, source, and subject (GODORT).
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Department of Commerce)
State and Local Information
- State and Local Government on the Net
A directory of official state, county, and city government websites.
- State Government and Politics
Subject guide to state government information including government directories, reports, laws and regulations, and political parties (University of Michigan Documents Center).
- State and County Quick Facts (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Statistics at the State and Local Levels
Includes the County and City Factbook, State of the Cities reports, state and county exports (U.S. Census Bureau).
United Kingdom
- Direct Gov
Portal site for accessing information about United Kingdom government agencies and services
- 10 Downing Street
The Prime Minister’s web site.
- BOPCRIS
An index of British Official Publications from 1801-1995. Selected documents are available full text.
- UK Government Publications
A service of UK Online, this page links to the full-text of Command and departmentally sponsored House of Commons Papers. Coverage is comprehensive from May 2005 forward and selective from 1994-April 2005.
- United Kingdom Parliament
Provides access to Hansard (1988-), Public General Acts (some from 1837-1987, 1988-), Local Acts (1991-), Bills before Parliament, and a selection of other parliamentary publications.
- Hansard 1803-2005
Provides full-text access to Hansard, the Official Report of debates in Parliament. This site also includes lists of people who are recorded as having spoken, constituencies, offices, acts, bills and divisions. The site is a prototype digitised historical Hansard and is still undergoing development and experimentation.
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Provides full-text access to House of Commons sessional papers from 1715 to the present, with supplementary material back to 1685 including Journals from the House of Commons and House of Lords.
- Parliament Rolls of Medieval England (PROME)
Official records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of Edward I (1272 – 1307) to Henry VII (1485 – 1509), with full translation and some images.
European Union
- Europa, Gateway of the EU
The official portal to information about and produced by the European Union. Includes access to web sites of EU institutions and legislative materials.
- EU Bookshop
Download the online version of publications produced by EU institutions, agencies and other bodies.
- EuroStat
This web site provides full-text access to most of the Statistical Office’s publications.
- EUR-Lex
Provides access to EU law, including the Official Journal, the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals. EUR-Lex is the result of merging the EUR-Lex site with the CELEX database on European law.
- Delegation of the European Commission to Canada
This diplomatic mission’s web site provides access to EU-Canada agreements, declarations and statements as well as press releases, speeches and newsletters.
For more information about finding EU materials, see the McGill Library web guide to the EU.
Other Foreign Governments
- Foreign Governments and Agencies
Links to foreign government web sites (Northwestern University).
- Government Gazettes Online
Provides descriptions and links to official gazettes published by foreign governments (University of Michigan Documents Center)
- Foreign Government Resources on the Web
Organized by country and by subject, including foreign policy, economics, elections, flags, etc. (University of Michigan Documents Center).
- Latin American Government Documents Archive Project
Uses the Internet Archive as an access point for ministerial and presidential documents of 18 Latin American countries. Limited to materials accessible via the web sites of selected agencies (University of Texas).
- Latin American Government Report Archive
Provides access to annual reports of major ministries and some presidential plans in all of Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries . Includes some materials produced by Mexican states. Coverage for most areas is from 2002 forward (University of Texas).
Country Profiles
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