Government Documents
The library is a Selective Depository for United States government documents. It is also a Selective Depository for California publications distributed by the State Printer. Both depository collections are important sources of legislative history materials such as bills, hearings, reports, and debates.
Hastings is also a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Documents Network (BADNET).
U.S. Government Information on the Internet
The following lists suggests the best sites to find government information available online for federal, state, international and foreign levels of government.
Federal Government
General Information
- FDsys - GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies.
- 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
- Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL), available on UC Hastings Electronic Resources page under Government Information Sources.
Legislative and Regulatory Information
- Code of Federal Regulations and the daily updated eCRF
- Congress.Org (Searchable directories and current awareness)
- Federal Register (FDSys)
- Legislative Branch Internet Resources - Thomas (Library of Congress)
- Thomas (Search and retrieve legislation)
- Government Information Connection (Univ. of North Texas)
Additional Federal Legal Information
State Information
- State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell Univ.)
- State Agency Databases (GODORT)
- State Blue Books (GODORT)
State Government Collections:
- American Law Sources On-Line (ALSO!)
- FindLaw
- State & Local Government on the Net
- StateList (Electronic Source for State Publications, Univ. of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign)
- U.S. State and Local Gateway (USA.gov)
California State Information
- California State Homepage
- California Laws & Regulations
- California Courts, Judges, & Cases
- California Election Information
- California Ballot Measures
Additional California Research Resources
Local Government Information
San Francisco City/County Government Information
- City and County of San Francisco Homepage
- City and County of San Francisco Departments and Agencies
- San Francisco organization chart
- San Francisco Municipal Codes and City Charter (Searchable, unofficial source)
- San Francisco Courts Homepage
- Mayor's Office: Budget Documents, Policy Papers and Official Correspondence
- Public Notices, Meetings, and Documents for the City and County of San Francisco's Commissions, Committees and Task Forces
International and Foreign Information
- Country Studies (Library of Congress)
- Foreign Governments (Northwestern Univ.)
- Foreign National Governments, International Governmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations (ALA GODORT International Documents Task Force)
- International Governmental Organizations (Northwestern Univ.)
- US State Department 1997-2001
- US State Department 2001-2009
- US State Department 2009-present
- United Nations
Statistical Resources
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Business and Accounting Data (Mansfield University)
- Economica Data (Mansfield University)
- Fedstats (Search engine for government statistics and data)
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Statistical Agencies & Information (Univ. of North Texas)
- US Census Bureau
Additional Resources
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (U.S. Government Printing Office)
- GODORT CD-ROM Documentation Service (Univ. of Iowa)
- Meta-Subject Access to Government Information (Idaho State Univ.)
- Resources of Use to Government Documents Librarians (ALA GODORT)