Winding Your Way Through Government Documents:

Documents on Ready Reference and links to them on the web:

http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/indexes/readyref.htm

United States

GENERAL:

Textbook & guide to American politics: http://www.thisnation.com/

[great for answering those technical questions on how our government works]

All 3 branches on the web: http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/gipaw.htm

Fed. Gov. [Executive Branch] Agencies on the web: http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/gipagens.htm

Popular Sites: Consumer Information (Pueblo), Census, Smithsonian, Travel Advisories, OSHA, Social Security, FDA, VA, Vehicle Crash Tests, INS, Healthfinder, CIA, CDC, Patent & Trademark Office, Copyrights, Library of Congress, Postal Service, etc.

http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/gipop.htm

Declaration of Independence, Constitution: http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/

Elections: http://www.wku.edu/Library/dlps/guides/voting.htm

FORMS:

Copyright: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

INS:
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm

Patents: http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/pats.html also: http://www.delphion.com/ibm.html

[latter covers U.S. and international patents]

Trademarks: http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/tm.html

Tax: http://www.irs.treas.gov/forms_pubs/index.html [federal & forms for all states]

SEARCH ENGINES & MEGA SITES:

MarciveWeb DOCS [on the "pink" or Web Accessible Databases page] http://www.wku.edu/Library/inetmenu.htm

FirstGov.gov: http://www.firstgov.gov/ [also on the Web Accessible Databases page]

FedWorld: http://www.fedworld.gov/

Congressional Universe [on Web Accessible Databases page] - hearings, bills, legislative stuff

Government Periodicals Universe [on Web Accessible Databases page] - gov. magazines index

STATISTICS:

Census 2000: http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/2khome.htm - press releases, data [eventually]

Census: http://www.census.gov/ [also on Web Accessible Databases page]

Economic Report of the President - Ready Ref Pr 41.9 also: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/eop/index.html [statistical tables make up half the report]

Education: http://nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp [Condition of Ed., Digest of Ed. Stats. Etc.]

FedStats: http://www.fedstats.gov/ [over 70 agencies contributed statistics to this site]

Health Statistics from National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/siteindex.htm [vital statistics++]

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book - 5th Edition, 1997-98

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/smadb.html [Note: Adobe Acrobat files]

STAT-USA/Internet [on the Web Accessible Databases page] - up to the minute economic statistics on the State of the Nation and on Globus/NTDB - international statistics, Army Area Handbooks, National Trade Data Bank.

Statistical Abstract of the United States - Ready Ref C 1.134
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

USA Counties - http://tier2.census.gov/usac/index.html-ssi or available through CenStats on

the Web Accessible Databases page [demographic & economic tables]

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Kentucky

GENERAL:

Kentucky Commonwealth: http://www.state.ky.us/

Kentucky Information in Cyberspace - http://www.wku.edu/Library/KIIC/ [Cindy Etkin's site]

LEGISLATIVE:

Kentucky Legislative Resources Commission - http://www.state.ky.us/

includes KY Rev. Statutes: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/statrev/frontpg.htm

Find State Senate & House District Nos: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/whoswho/whoswho.htm

Lagniappe: Images of American Political History: http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/_browse.htm

STATISTICS:

How Many Kentuckians - Ready Ref & Gov. Kentucky: HB3525.K4 H6

Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer - http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ brief statistics by county

Kentucky Demographic & Economic Information from the State Data Center: http://cbpa.louisville.edu/ksdc/

Kentucky Deskbook of Economic Statistics - Ready Ref & Gov. Kentucky HC107.K4 A375x

Resources for Economic Development - Gov. Kentucky HC 108 . . . [biennial summary of counties, including health facilities, transportation, labor market information, and population]

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