From: "Paradise Cowgirl" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 11:45:26 -0700

INTERNET SOURCES OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
 
Compiled by Blake Gumprecht
Documents Librarian, Temple University

AIDS Related Information: National Institutes of Health database
provides AIDS statistics, daily summaries of articles on AIDS in major
newspapers, full text of AIDS Treatment News, reports from the National
Commission on AIDS, pamphlets about AIDS a nd more. Source: gopher
odie.niaid.nih.gov / aids related information
 
Americans With Disabilities Act: Full text of the 1990 act. Source:
gopher scilibx.ucsc.edu / the library / electronic books
 
Americans With Disabilities Act Documents: Collection of documents
about the ADA, including the Department of Justice technical manual.
Source: gopher info.umd.edu / educational resources / united states /
government / adaregulation
 
AskERIC: Archive of education information compiled by AskERIC, an
Internet question-answering service for teachers and educators at
Syracuse University. Source: gopher ericir.syr.edu
 
Budget of the United States Government: Full text of the federal budget
for the 1993 and 1994 fiscal years; the 1994 budget can be searched by
keyword. Source: gopher sunsite.unc.edu / sunsite archives / politics /
sunsite political science archives
 
Bureau of Justice Statistics Documents: Full text of select U.S. Bureau
of Justice Statistics publications. Source: gopher uacsc2.albany.edu /
united nations justice network
 
Campaign '92 and Election Results: Full text of key position papers,
speeches, press releases and other documents from major candidates in
the 1992 presidential election. Source: gopher tamuts.tamu.edu / browse
information by subject / political scie nce
 
Canadian Documents: Full text of the Canadian Constitution Act, Meech
Lake Accord, Charlottetown Constitutional Agreement and other historic
Canadian government documents. Source: gopher wiretap.spies.com. /
government docs
 
CancerNet: Full text of National Cancer Institute fact sheets,
publications about cancer, patient diagnosis statements and more.
Source: gopher helix.nih.gov / health and clinical information /
cancernet information
 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Provides information about more
than 1,000 U.S. government assistance programs, administered by more
than 50 federal agencies. Can be searched by keyword. Source: gopher
marvel.loc.gov / federal government info rmation / federal information
resources / information by agency / general information resources
 
Census of Population and Housing: 1990 Census data available in text
and Lotus 1-2-3 formats for U.S. cities, counties, metropolitan areas,
states and the nation, with comparisons from 1980. For an archive of
historical Pennsylvania census data, see the entree for the Economic
Development Information Network. Source: gopher bigcat.missouri.edu /
reference center
 
Census of Population and Housing (Pennsylvania): Detailed 1990 Census
data for Philadelphia, suburban counties and the state. Source: gopher
gopher.upenn.edu / penninfo / penninfo / libraries / electronic
reference desk / u.s. census and statistical data
 
Chemical Substance Fact Sheets: Full text of Environmental Protection
Agency fact sheets about hundreds of chemicals; can be browsed or
searched by keyword. Source: gopher ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu /
education / environmental fact sheets
 
Citizens Guide to Using the Freedom of Information Act: Full text of a
popular government guide to obtaining information using the Freedom of
Information Act. Source: gopher wiretap.spies.com / government docs /
citizens guide to using the FOIA
 
Code of Federal Regulations: Experimental system provided by a
commercial vendor allows users to browse the code or search it by
keyword. Access to the complete CFR is not yet available. The system
places limits on the amount of information non-subscribers can
retrieve. Source: gopher gopher.netsys.com / counterpoint publishing
 
Congressional Committee Assignments: Provides current Congressional
committee rosters; can be browsed or searched by keyword. Source:
gopher.lib.umich.edu / social sciences resources / government and
politics / u.s. government resources: legislative branch
 
Congressional Directories: Library of Congress system provides access
to a variety of Congressional directories; some can be searched by
keyword. Source: gopher marvel.loc.gov / u.s. congress / congressional
directories
 
Congressional Firsts: List of firsts for the 103rd Congress. Source:
gopher info.umd
 
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Send comments and additions to:
Blake Gumprecht, Documents Librarian, Paley Library (017-00), Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (215) 204-3187,
[email-masked], gumpbw@templevm