LibGuides: Government Information: General Sources

Books & eBooks

Access to eBooks is limited to current Merrimack students, faculty, and staff.

Access to MOST databases is limited to current Merrimack students, faculty, and staff.

ERIC - EBSCOhost
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains references to educational and education-related journals and reports with increasing full text.
Nexis Uni, formerly LexisNexis Academic
Find US & international news, company data, and law cases, statutes, reviews and IRS and TaxAnalysts publications. This site replaces LexisNexis Academic which ceased January 31, 2018.
MEDLINE - EBSCOhost
Find authoritative medical information on all aspects of medicine and health care from 5400 current biomedical journals. The EBSCO version links to full text available to Merrimack users. Created by the National Library of Medicine.
PubMed
Search MEDLINE and more with links to fulltext and related resources where available. Service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Provides information about the function of government for K-12 students, parents and teachers with primary source documents, puzzles, games, and debate topics.
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
CIA World Factbook
FBI Press Releases
FDsys
The FDsys (Federal Digital System) will eventually replace GPO Access with additional documents from Congress and federal agency websites.
Federal Agency Directory
Federal Citizen Information Center
Provides citizens with information regarding consumer and government topics.
Federal News Service
Federal Register
GobiernoUSA.gov
The Spanish language version of USA.gov.
Uncle Sam Search
A Google search engine that retrieves only federal, state, and local government internet pages.
Government Web Resources
~ Library of Congress
GPO Access
The GPO (Government Printing Office) website provides access to free databases and online documents produced by the Federal Government.
Healthcare.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce
Public and Private Laws
State Government Information
U.S. Government Manual
Provided by GPO Access, includes access to full-text from 1995 to current.
Untied States Code
USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
A great starting point for finding government information.
The Constitution Project