Government Publications & Maps
- FDLP member since 1972
- 18% Federal Depository
- 100% Maryland Depository since 1984
Tax Forms
- Federal Tax Forms
- Maryland Tax forms
- Federal, State, and DC Tax Forms. Compiled by the Government Documents and Maps Unit at UMCP.
Google's Uncle Sam Search
search the World Wide Web for Government Publications
What's in the News
- Government Resources on the Web - What's New and Documents in the News with an Archive. Contains articles currently in the news and which were formerly in the news that are archived. Maintained by the University of Michigan.
- U.S. 2008 Budget
- U.S. Civil Rights Commission Report Withdrawn by U.S. Government. Link to actual report available.
Frequently Used and Useful Sites
- 2000 Census
- 1990 Census
- Census Materials. Contains estimates for population in 2002 by categories, summary files for census 2000, 1997 economic census information, and more.
- County and City Databook 2007. Demographic and vital statistics in PDF file form.
- County and City Databook. Demographic and vital statistics in education, housing, employment and more from 1944 through 2000.
- Current Population. Figure is based on 2000 census and is an estimate of current population.
- Finding Census Materials, including 2000. Contains information about how to locate and use census information at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery.
- GODORT Handout ExchangeSearch for government documents from bibliographies and categories of subject areas written by document librarians from across the country.
- Historical Statistics of the United States from Colonial Times to 1970. Includes additional time periods to 2003. From Statistical Abstracts of the United States.
- Historical US Census Data. Census data from 1790 to 1960. From University of Virginia. Examine state and county topics for individual census years, examine state and county topics over time.
- IRS. Access to the Department Internal Revenue for tax forms and tax information for individuals, businesses, charities and non-profits and more.
- Science Gov.Allows searching of over 47 million pages of government related information in a broad range of science subjects
- U.S. Budget. Budget of the United States from 1997 to present.
Subject Access
- Subject Access to U.s. Government Documents Available Online. Provides access to websites of information provided by the United States government as produced by Oklahoma State University Library in conjunction with the Government Printing Office.
- Research guide to United States. This research guide is applicable to the University of Missouri. Call numbers do not necessarily track with titles in our collection. Additionally, locations do not correspond with the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. Make use of urls for material in this site.
- Research Guide to United Nations. This research guide is applicable to the University of Missouri. Call numbers do not necessarily track with titles in our collection. Additionally, locations do not correspond with the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. Make use of urls for material in this site.
General
- Core Documents of U.S. Democracy. Includes Bill of Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence and more.
- Federal Forms. Availabiilty of forms from various agencies of the government including Veterans Affairs, Department of Transportation and Department of Energy.
- UMBC's Government CD-ROM holdings. Listing of holdings of government CD-ROM by issuing agency.
- UMBC MapSearch search for maps held by the UMBC library.
Databases and Catalogs
- catalogusmai University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions catalog.
- GPO Access. Includes a comprehensive list of Federal resources and access to the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
- LexisNexis Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe). Includes congressional publications, legislative histories, bill tracking, voting records, Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations.
- Library of Congress Catalog. Search the holdings at the Library of Congress.
- Thomas. An excellent web site with almost every link to Congress-related issues.
- US Business Advisor. Includes information on business development, financial assistance, taxes, laws and regulations, inernational trade, workplace issues, and buying and selling procurements.
Maryland Documents at UMBC
Search | Index- 10,000 plus documents received since 1984.
- These documents are not available through UMBC's catalog
Maryland Government Resources
- Maryland Code (from Lexis-Nexis Academic). Select "Legal," then "Federal and State Codes" to search the Codes for the state of Maryland along with State Attorney General's Opinion, Court Rules and Maryland Constitution.
- Maryland Electronic Capital. The Gateway for contact to the Governor's office, General Assembly and the Judiciary, along with state agencies, boards and commissions. counties, communities, cities and towns and links to businesses and education.
- Maryland General Assembly. Links to general assembly and information about bills, including an index, profile and hearing schedule, redisticting informatin, Maryland Statues, House and Senate proceedings, budget documents.
- Maryland Manual On-Line: A Guide to Maryland Government and their organizational structure. Includes budgets, origins of agencies and function.
- Maryland State Data Center. Includes 2000 census figures, historical census from 1790-2000, 1997 census of agriculture, socio-economic reports, 1997 economic census, community statistical area census for 2000, socio-economic projections, jobs and personal income, population density and more.
- Vital Statistics of Maryland. Includes AIDS statistics, Vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages), and infant mortality rates
Additional Maryland and Other State Resources
- Lexis-Nexis State Codes (from LexisNexis Academic). Includes all 50 state codes and District of Columbia. Select "Legal," then "Federal and State Codes."
- Lexis-Nexis Municipal Codes Web Library. Search all 50 states for municipal codes through Lexis-Nexis.
- Municipal Codes Online (From Seattle Public Library). Search muncipal codes as they are available on the web.
- State and Metropolitan Area Data Book. Current Edition. Includes economic and demographic information on Standard Metropolitian areas and counties for all 50 states in PDF format.
Print and Microforms Government Documents at UMBC
- U.S. and Maryland Government Documents. Some of these documents are not available through UMBC's catalog
Federal Government Resources
U.S. Executive Branch
Regulations
U.S. Legislative Branch
U.S. Judiciary Branch: Supreme Court
Federal Court Rulings
- Departments, Agencies & Commissions. From the Library of Congress
- Federal Agencies & Commissions. Includes such agencies as Immigration and Naturalization, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and others. Agencies are under the auspices of the Executive Branch of Government.
- Federal Government Resources: Executive Branch. From the University of Michigan.
- President Bush's Cabinet. Official Web Site from the White House. Contains cabinet biographies, offices included in the Executive Office of the President, announcements on various topics, current news, listing of federal agencies and commissions.
- President of the United States. Maintained by University of Michigan. Contains biographies, current cabinet, current speeches, directives, executive orders, First Ladies, Historic Speeches, Impeachments, Libraries, Pardons, Salaries, Successions, and Vetos.
Regulations
- Code of Federal Regulations. Listing of federal regulations. Rulings of an agency are regulations and not a statute. New federal regulations are published in the Federal Register for comment before being enacted.
- Federal Register. The official site to track rules, proposed rules, notices of federal agencies and organizations, executive orders, and other presidential documents.
- Tracking Regulations using GPO Access
U.S. Legislative Branch
- Congressional Directory. Official directory of the U.S. Congress.
- Congressional Record Index. (1983)- . Official index of the Congressional Record.
- Official Web Sites from the Library of Congress. An excellent web site with almost every link to Congress-related issues.
- Legislative Branch. Contains biographies, directories, compensation and congressional districts. Maintained by University of Michigan.
- LexisNexis Congressional (formerly Congressional Universe). Subscription database. Congressional publications, legislative histories (1970-present), and track bills. Contains the US Code, voting records, full-text of congressional documents and the Congressional Record, plus the Federal Register (1980 - present) and the CFR.
- Public and Private Laws (104th)- . Contains the text of public and private laws enacted by the 104th Congress to present.
- Thomas. Contains legislative information from 93rd Congress to present, Congressional Record from 101st Congress to present, and House and Senate Committee Reports from 104th to present.
- Tracking Legislation using GPO Access
- United States Code. Codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. Search OR Browse
U.S. Judiciary Branch: Supreme Court
- Judicial Branch. From University of Michigan. Includes Circuit Courts, District Courts, the Constitution of the United States Annotated, Supreme Court Decisions via various search engines, Independent Counsel, and Directory of Supreme Court judges.
- Judiciary Branch. From U.S. Courts. Includes U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
- Oyez Project. From Northwestern University. Includes audio from court decisions, membership of the court.
- Supreme Court Collection. From Cornell University. Current and historical decisions, searchable by topic or author or party. Includes recent decisions and cases argued in present term.
- Supreme Court Decisions, 1937 - 1975. From Government Printing Office. For use as a finding aid. Can be search by full-text, case name, and/or case number. Not the official version of the Supreme Court Decisions.
Federal Court Rulings
- Federal Courts Finder. From Emory University, Emory Law Library. Listing of decisions by U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court, and U.S. Bankrupcy Courts for all nine jurisdictions.
- Federal Judiciary Homepage. From Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Listing sites for U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and U.S. Bankrupcy Courts.
International and Other Nations Court Rulings
- International Court of Justice. The principal judicial organ of the United Nations, located in the Hague. Includes history, current docket, and decisions.
- Supreme Court of Canada. From the Canadian government. Includes history of the court, judgments and, acts and rules.
International Inter-governmental Organizations (IGOs) - Including United Nations and European Union.
- IGO Web Page Finder. From publication Information Systems of International Inter-Governmental Organizations: A Reference Guide. Includes organizations under the sponsorship of the United Nations and other countries, including but not restricted to Asia, Africa, Europe.
- International Labour Organization (ILO). From the United Nations. Includes ILO Library resources, ILO encyclopedias and database and notice of publications and meetings of the ILO.
Subject Guides
- Kids.gov. The official kids' portal for the U.S. government. Includes links to over 1,200 web pages from government agencies, schools, and educational organizations, all geared to the learning level and interest of kids
- Meta Subject Guide to Government Information. From Idaho State University, Eli M. Oboler Library. Information from a variety of sources and subjects from Government Publications Office, universities and scholarly material identified through Informine search engine (University of California).
- Repositories of Primary Sources. From University of Idaho, Moscow. Includes documents and other primary sources.