Subject Librarian: Lora Amsberryaugier, lamsberr@uno.edu, 504.280.7276

Hurricane Katrina/flood information

• New Orleans District Army Corps of Engineers
• FEMA flood maps

• 2010 Census
• U.S. Census Bureau
• American Factfinder (online census information - 1990 & 2000)
• Louisiana Census Data
• Social Explorer - Some material requires a subscription, but there is free access to census reports and maps.

• LexisNexis Congressional
  offers comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information. Search for legislation, member voting records, committee reports or congressional publications.
• Listing of Senate and House committee hearings and prints available at UNO Library that are not in the online catalog.
• Readex Microprint Collection---U.S. Serial Set - American State Papers v.1-v.38 and v.1-v.2502 (Multimedia Collection - ask at desk).
• CIS US Congressional Committee Hearing Index 1959/1964 - 1965/1969 (Federal Documents - Floor 3, Aisle 4) Call# Z1223 .Z7 C57.
• CIS U.S. Serial Set Index 1789/1857 - 1915/1925 (Federal Documents - Floor 3, Aisle 4, Index row) Call# DOC INDEX.
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set Catalog 98th(1983/84) - 104th(1995/96) (Federal Documents - Floor 3, Aisle 4) Call# GP 3.34:
• Legislative Information through GPO Access.
  • Congressional Directory (104th Congress forward)
  • History of Bills (1983 forward)
  • and More
• Thomas Legislative information provided by the Library of Congress
• Congressional Bibliographies enumerate and describe meetings held by Congressional committees since 1985, those for which printed transcripts are issued, and those that remain unprinted. This resource was created and maintained at the North Carolina State University Library.
• Congressional Research Service Reports - These reports are commissioned by congress, but not officially published materials. Many of the reports can be access online from the US Embassy in Italy site, the Federation of American Scientists, OpenCRS, and the University of North Texas Libraries.

• STAT-USA/Internet [available in the library only/1^st floor govdoc workstations. Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance] is a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is an important resource for business, economic and trade information produced by the federal government.
  
• USA Trade Online [available in the library only/1st floor govdoc workstations. Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance.] is a service of STAT-USA and the U.S. Department of Commerce. This database provides specific U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities world wide.
  

• GPO Access, is the Government Printing Office's full-text website, includes online versions of numerous publications of the federal government, such as U.S.Code, the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, and much more.
  • FedBizOpps (Federal Business Opportunities)
    This replaces Commerce Business Daily as the single government point of entry for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.
  • CBDNet - CBDNet is the Government's electronic archive of the Commerce Business Daily up through January 4, 2002.
  • The Code of Federal Regulations
  • Congressional Record - The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.
  • Core Documents of US Democracy
    Federal Register - The Federal Register is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.
  • US Code - This database contains the general and permanent laws of the United States.
    

Labor

• Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online provides access to information about professions, choosing a career and job searching. The Quarterly includes access to the Occupational Outlook Handbook as well as Employment Projections.
  
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles has been replaced by O*NET online.

Country Studies

Background Notes
An up-to-date description and analysis of countries around the world with which the United States maintains relations. This information is maintained by the U.S. State Department.

Country Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. This material is the digitized version of the print titles created by the Department of Defense.

Online versions of Country Studies/Area Handbook Series previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Librayr of Congress from 1986-1998.

Treaties in Force
List of treaties and other international agreements in force - 2003.

Louisiana
Louisiana.gov provides access to Louisiana state government information on the web.

• USA.gov - Search engine and web portal created and maintained by the United States government.
• Google US Government Search - Commercial search engine that limits results to only .gov, and .mil domains.

For further government information visit the University of Virginia's comprehensive collection of Government Information Resources.