Good Places to Search
Government documents, or gov docs, are information sources published by the US Federal Government, state governments, or one of the many government agencies. Did you know that the US government is the largest publisher in the world? Government documents might include everything from reports to pamphlets to book chapters to infographics. With so much government information available, I encourage you to take some time to click around on government websites to find available information.
The GAC also has print copies of many gov docs in our 3rd floor stacks (south side near the Juvenile materials). You can search for these gov docs in SURF and locate them in the stacks. If you have questions or need help finding gov docs online or in print, let me know!
- Google Advanced SearchYou can limit to just ".gov" sites in Google Advanced Search. You can also use the "any of these words" search box to search for multiple possible keywords, such as the location and name of your park.
- US Geological SurveyBrowse more than 160,000 publications from the US Geological Survey.
- USA.govFind webpages from various government agencies through the US Government's Official Web Portal.
- Government of Canada PublicationsThe Canadian government provides access to over 500,000 publications including reports, statistics, articles, and books.
- GovInfo This link opens in a new windowProvides free public access to the full text of official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government (the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judiciary), both as a searchable database and browsable pages of information.
- GPO Monthly Catalog This link opens in a new windowMore than 500,000 records for all types of government documents, including congressional reports and hearings, documents issued by executive departments and judiciary materials. Search the title in SURF to see if we have it, or request the item through Interlibrary Loan.
RefWorks Extension to Save Webpages and Gov Docs
RefWorks has a browser extension to help you save things like webpages and government documents that don't automatically export to RefWorks. After you login, click on your name in the top right corner, then select tools.
