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Government Information & Law 

Find United States federal, state of Ohio, and international government information at Miami University.
Last update: Jan 28th, 2010 URL: http://libguides.lib.muohio.edu/government  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Requesting Microform

A number of older U.S. government documents are available in microfiche and microfilm formats. 

When you discover an item in the MUL Catalog in these formats, you can request them to be delivered to your preferred MUL Liibrary by using the form below.

Learn About the United States Government

 

Site of Notice: FDsys - Federal Digital System

  • FDsys  
      
    FDsys is the GPO's document storage and retrieval system that allows for access to authenticated documents from all three branches of government.

    The site allows for simple or sophisticated searching of government information, and will expand backward to historical collections in teh future.

    FDsys will eventually replace the current GPOaccess system.

Finding Goverment Information

Here are some useful tools for starting your search.

THOMAS: legislative information from the Library of Congress

THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public.

Defense, Technology, and Technical Reports and Research

  • National Technical Information Service  
      
    The National Technical Information Service serves as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information.
  • Defense Technical Information Center  
      
    The DTIC provides information and research on scientific, technical and related defense information services, databases, systems, or networks for the acquisition, organization, retrieval, and dissemination of information to support the Defense Community
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology  
      
    NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.
  • Federal Research Division  
      
    The Federal Research Division provides directed research and analysis on domestic and international subjects to agencies of the United States Government, the District of Columbia, and authorized Federal contractors.
 

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