Government Documents Center

Notre Dame has been a depository for U.S. Government publications since 1883. The present Documents Center collection on the lower level of Hesburgh Library has over 800,000 publications received since January 1, 1968. These materials are arranged by Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification, and cover a broad spectrum of subjects. Access to governmental information at the local, state, federal,and international levels are freely available online. For more information, contact: Hesburgh Library Reference Desk: 631-6258 or 631-6259

Federal Information

• USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web.
• FDsys provides online access to federal documents and publications released by the government printing office.
• Google U.S. Government Documents searches Google for U.S. Government Documents

State Government Information

• The official State of Indiana website provides government and other information about the state of Indiana.
• The State of Michigan website provides Michigan government information.
• Stats Indiana provides data from more than 100 federal and state agencies, along with commercial or private data sources. STATS Indiana is the statistical data utility for the State of Indiana, developed and maintained since 1985 by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelly School of Business.

Tribal Government Information

• National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) works to inform the public and Congress on the governmental rights of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
• Native  American Constitution and Law Digitization Project provides Tribal constitutions and codes are the heart of self-government for over 500 federally recognized tribes. The University of Oklahoma Law Center Library and the National Indian Law Library work with tribes whose government documents appear on this web site.
• United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is the official website of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.  
• U.S. Government Information for Tribal Governments and Native Americans provides online services and resources relating to law, jobs, housing, health, tribal government, and more.

City Government Information

• City of South Bend website
• City of Mishawaka website
• City of Chicago official website

Foreign Governments

• Official government website of Mexico
• Official government website of Canada
• Official website of The European Union

International Organizations

• Official website of The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Official website of The United Nations

Human Rights Information

• United Nations Commission on Human Rights provides international human rights information.
• Amnesty International is a non-governmental human rights organization. 

 Other

• CIA World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Includes maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.
• GIS  information on local, state, and national mapping.
• The Richard O'Melia Collection is a special collection of U.S. Congressional Investigations of Communism and Subversive Activities, 1918-1956.
• United States Patent and Trademark Office provides access to issued patents' full-text (since 1976) and full-page image (since 1790).
• European Patent Office provides data on 50 million patents from 71 countries worldwide as of February 2005. Esp@cenet also provides full-text searching of US patents from 1920 - present.
• Japan Patent Office - Industrial Property Digital Library (IPDL) provides public access to IP Gazettes of the JPO, including patents, applications and specifications.