Government Documents Center

Notre Dame has been a depository for U.S. Government publications since 1883. The present Documents Center collection on the first floor of Hesburgh Library has over 800,000 publications received since January 1, 1968. This figure does not include over 200,000 publications which have been cataloged into the main library collection. 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, international and global levels is now possible through the use of technology.

For more information, contact:
Mike Lutes, Government Documents/Reference Librarian
mlutes@nd.edu
631-4182

Federal Information

• United States Government General Information
  http://www.firstgov.gov/
• Google - U.S. Government Search
  http://www.google.com/ig/usgov

  Executive Branch

  • The White House
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/
  • Cabinet
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html
  • Departments and Agencies
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html

Legislative Branch

• House of Representatives
  http://www.house.gov/
• Senate
  http://www.senate.gov/

Judicial Branch

• Federal Courts
  http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/Judicial.shtml

State Government Information

• Indiana Government Information
  http://www.state.in.us/
• Other State Governments
  http://www.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

Tribal Government Information

• Tribal Government Sites
  http://www.statelocalgov.net/other-na.htm
• Tribal Contact Information
  http://www.dickshovel.com/us1.html
  http://www.dickshovel.com/us2.html
• Tribes by State
  http://www.500nations.com/tribes/Tribes_State-by-State.asp
• U.S. Government Information for Tribal Governments and Native Americans
  http://www.firstgov.gov/Government/Tribal.shtml
  

City Government Information

• South Bend
  http://www.ci.south-bend.in.us
• Mishawaka
  http://mishawakacity.com/mishawakagovernment.asp
• Chicago
  http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/home.do
• Other U.S. Cities
  http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1389/

Foreign Governments

• Australia
  http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/
• Canada
  http://canada.gc.ca/
• The European Union
  http://europa.eu.int/
• Mexico
  http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/
• United Kingdom
  http://www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en
• Other Foreign Governments
  http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html

International Organizations

• The United Nations
  http://www.un.org/
• NATO
  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  http://www.nato.int/
• International Documents Task Force - listings of foreign governments
  http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/

Human Rights Information

• Human rights information available via the United Nations web site
  http://www.ohchr.org/english/
• Amnesty International
  http://www.amnesty.org/

Miscellaneous

• Federal Government Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
  http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
• Flags of the World
  http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/
• GIS Mapping - a Local, State, National Sampler
  http://www.library.nd.edu/reference/gis_mapping.shtml
• World File
• Earthviewer
  http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
• O'Melia Special Collection
  Richard O'Melia Collection on U.S. Congressional Investigations of Communism and Subversive Activities, 1918-1956.
• Resource Discovery Network (UK)
  http://www.rdn.ac.uk