Government Information: Key Resources and Search Tools

To search the OSU Library's Government Documents collection, enter a word search and then limit content type to Government Documents in the 'Library' in the left bar.

One-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases including GPO's Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo. Will retrieve reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources and publications available online.

The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications. Search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general keywords, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options.

Online access to official publications in full-text from all three branches of the Federal Government including laws and regulations.

Access 17+ million digitized items, many of which are government documents.

Search federal documents in Google in the .gov domain. Example search: site:.gov "global warming"

Federated search engine for U.S. government agencies. Locates titles by key resource. Can be refined by topic, date, author etc.

Online guide for government information and services, including state publications. Search by keyword or topic to locate information at the agency level. Includes A-Z index of U.S. Government agencies.