Government Databases

Govt. Info Home> Databases

• Demographics
• Economics
• Education
• Health
• International Affairs
• Jobs
• Politics
• Recreation
• Science
• Social Sciences
• Search
• Portals

• Demographics. Includes current and historical data.
• Economics, Business and Finance. Includes taxes and labor.
• Education and Children. In addition to education, includes databases related to children and families in any way.
• Health. Subtopics include occupational health and safety, hazardous substances, diseases.
• International Affairs. Includes current and historical data of any kind dealing with foreign countries.
• Jobs. Current listings of government and other jobs.
• Politics and Government. Includes legislation, regulatory and legal resources, as well as general governmental concerns.
• Recreation, Culture and Travel. Includes travel, river and weather information as well as national parks and recreation areas; also includes arts-related sites.
• Science and Technology (other than health). Fields include energy, the environment, space, computers, defense, weather and agriculture.
• Social Sciences (other than education and child/family-related issues). Fields include mental health and crime.

NOTE: These are links to only a selected number of U.S. and Texas government databases that are available on the Web. The only databases included are those which are considered substantial research sources; almost all have some kind of search capability unless otherwise noted. Consult links on the Government Information Home Page for additional sources of electronic government information.

Compilation of this list would have been much more difficult (and probably impossible) without Bruce Maxwell's wonderful book How to Access the Federal Government on the Internet. The Library's copy is in Reference (REF TK5105.875.I57 M39 1998) and it includes many sites not on these lists.

Other sources for government databases:

• A meta-site operated by Pacific Information Systems links to various official databases in the U.S. and Canada (state and federal levels).
• The Government Documents staff at Indiana University has also developed an index of government databases.
• Searchable Bibliographies (Government section) (compiled by Gary Price at George Washington Univ.) is another list of government databases.

Author: Kathleen L. Amen • Email: kamen@stmarytx.edu
URL: http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/electronic/dbases.htm
Created: 1998 • last updated • links checked June, 2007

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