NABC Library

Links to Government Information

Subject Areas

Computers

General Knowledge

U.S. Government Official Web Portal

US Census Bureau

Health and Medicine

North Carolina

Education

History

African American

Christian Education

Church

Culture

Music

Native American

Religion

Librarianship

Marriage and Family

Missions

Native Americans

Science

Sociology

General: Information by Topic

·        USA.gov – The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal http://www.usa.gov/

·        Google U.S. Government Search http://www.google.com/ig/usgov

·        GPO Access (service of the U.S. Government Printing Office) http://www.gpoaccess.gov/

·        GPO Access: Federal Resources Organized by Topic (topical index of government Internet sites) http://www.gpoaccess.gov/topics/index.html

·        North Carolina Government Portal http://www.ncgov.com/

·        Occupational Outlook Handbook at http://www.bls.gov/oco/

·        Thomas (Library of Congress) http://thomas.loc.gov/

·        University of Michigan Documents Center http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/

·        US House of Representatives (laws, bills, votes, etc.) http://www.house.gov/

Education

·        ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) http://www.eric.ed.gov/ 

Health

·        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/

·        Medline Plus Health Information from the National Library of http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ 

·        US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/

History

·        Library of Congress: American Memory (various topics including African Americans, Native Americans, culture, music, religion, etc.) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

·        Teaching with Historic Places: American Indian History http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/nov99.htm

Library/Librarianship

·        Library of Congress: Librarians, Archivists http://www.loc.gov/library/

Native Americans

·        Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S. Department of the Interior)  http://www.doi.gov/bia/

·        Bureau of Indian Education http://www.oiep.bia.edu/

·        First People http://www.firstpeople.us/

·        Indians/Native Americans – U.S.A. Search.gov http://usasearch.gov/search?v%3Aproject=firstgov-web&query=Native+Americans

·        Tracing Indian Ancestry http://www.doi.gov/ancestry.html

·        U.S. Census Bureau: American Indian and Alaska Native Populations http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/indian.html

·        US Department of Health and Human Services: Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/index_main.asp

Science and Computer Technology

·        Science.gov http://www.science.gov/

Social Sciences and Missions

Information concerning various nations and cultures is valuable for courses in social sciences (e.g., sociology, church history, marriage and family) and missions (e.g., church growth, personal evangelism, and cross-cultural communication). The ministries of pastors, teachers, missionaries, evangelists, etc. benefit from demographic information and statistics. Such information is available at the following government Websites:

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

·        World Fact Book https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Library of Congress

·        Portals to the World at http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

·        Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

United Nations

·        U.N. Cyber Schoolbus http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/index.asp

·        Country at a Glance http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp

·        InfoNation (view and compare statistical data on UN member states)  http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp

·        Indigenous Peoples http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/indigenous/index.asp

United States State Department

·        Home Page http://www.state.gov/

·        Countries (countries and regions of the world) http://www.state.gov/countries/

·        History, Education, Culture http://www.state.gov/history/

·        International Issues http://www.state.gov/interntl/

·        Travel and Living Abroad http://www.state.gov/travel/

WWW Virtual Library

·        International Affairs Resources (annotated links to a variety of subjects) http://www2.etown.edu/vl/ 

·        United States Government Information Sources http://www2.etown.edu/vl/usgovt.html

·        European Union at http://www2.etown.edu/vl/eurunion.html

·        United Nations at http://www2.etown.edu/vl/un.html

·        Other Intergovernmental Organizations at http://www2.etown.edu/vl/otherigo.html 

Other Government Websites Offering Demographics and Statistics

·        American FactFinder (statistics on population, health and nutrition, elections, geography, environment, communications, etc.) http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

·        American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Data and Links (statistical data on Native Americans)http://factfinder.census.gov/home/aian/index.html

·        Federal Citizen Information Center of the U.S. General Services Administration (links to family, education, health, etc.) http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

·        Federal Statistics (gateway for statistics from over 100 federal agencies) http://www.fedstats.gov/

·        Map Maker (allows researcher to make own map based on information/statistics needed) http://www.nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp

·        National Atlas http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

·        National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) – School District Demographics http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/index.asp

·        U.S. Census Bureau Home Page http://www.census.gov/

·        Population and Household Economic Topics (links to various subjects; e.g., age, ancestry, births, children, deaths, education, families, foreign born, grandparents, Hispanic origin, households and families, immigration, language use, marital status and living arrangements, overseas U.S. population, poverty, race, wealth, and well-being, etc.) http://www.census.gov/population/www/index.html

·        Statistical Resources on the Web (U.S. and foreign) http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html

·        University of Michigan Documents Center (federal, state, and local government information, also foreign and international governments and agencies) http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/  

Updated 7/08