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Department and Agency Research

If you're unsure where to begin your research, try the Agency Approach. This tutorial from the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table (ALA-GODORT) will help you find government information on the internet by identifying and "mining" government agencies' websites.

You can also consult the United States Government Manual to locate agencies and departments and to get an overview of the structure of the U.S. government. The United States Government Internet Manual deals more specifically with finding government information online, and is located near the Information Desk (Infodesk JK421 .U567 2007).

If the agency's website doesn't have the information you need, try searching in CONSORT with the name of the agency as the author. For example, an author search for Central Intelligence Agency will direct you to the author United States Central Intelligence Agency, and then to the CIA's publications that are available in CONSORT libraries.

To find information from state agencies, consult the State Agency Databases section of the ALA-GODORT wiki.

Selected Departments and Agencies Online

• Agriculture Department
• Commerce Department
• Defense Department
• Education Department
• Energy Department
• Health and Human Services
• HUD - Housing and Urban Development
• Interior Department
• Justice Department
• Labor Department
• State Department
• Transportation Department
• Treasury Department
• Veteran's Administration

• Agency for International Development
• Bureau of the Census
• Central Intelligence Agency
• Commission on Civil Rights
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Federal Communications Commission
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Federal Election Commission
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Federal Labor Relations Authority
• Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• General Accounting Office
• General Services Administration
• Government Printing Office
• International Trade Commission
• Library of Congress
  • U.S. Copyright Office
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• National Labor Relations Board
• National Science Foundation
• National Security Agency
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Office of the Special Counsel
• Office of Thrift Supervision
• Patent and Trademark Office
• Railroad Retirement Board
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Small Business Administration
• Social Security Administration
• U.S. Postal Service
• U.S. Sentencing Commission

Need Help? Contact:

Joseph M. Murphy

Director of Information Resources

(740) 427-5120