Finding Federal Government Publications

In Tennessee Libraries

The Tennessee State Library and Archives is one of 24 federal depository libraries in Tennessee that receives Federal publications from the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) in Washington D.C. TSLA receives about 33% of all publications offered through the GPO's Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Our librarians select materials from federal agencies that have the greatest impact on Tennessee.

The library at the University of Memphis is Tennessee's regional depository. They receive and preserve 100% of the FDLP items.

On the World Wide Web

• Search Engines
  • FirstGov
  • Google Uncle Sam
• Federal Government: General Information
  • Federal Government Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)
  • Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information (ALA GODORT FDTF)
  • Federal Agencies Directory (Louisiana State Univ.)
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • United States Senate
  • White House Home Page
• Federal Government: Legislative and Regulatory Information
  • Code of Federal Regulations (GPO Access)
  • Federal Register (GPO Access)
  • GPO Access (U.S. Government Printing Office)
  • Legislative Branch Internet Resources - Thomas (Library of Congress)
  • Thomas (Search and retrieve legislation)
  • Law (Univ. of North Texas)
• Statistical Resources
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Business & Economics Numeric Data Starting Points (Mansfield Univ.)
  • Fedstats (Search engine for government statistics and data)
  • InfoNation (United Nations)
  • National Center for Education Statistics
  • National Center for Health Statistics
  • US Census Bureau
• Additional Resources
  • "Agency Approach" To Locating Government Information on the Internet (tutorial)
  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (U.S. Government Printing Office)
  • GODORT CD-ROM Documentation Service (Univ. of Iowa)
  • Resources of Use to Government Documents Librarians (ALA GODORT)
  • U.S. Government Online Bookstore (U.S. Government Printing Office)
  • Migrating Government Publications (full-text docs via the Univ. of Memphis, or try the collection of brochures and pamphlets at the Univ. at Buffalo)