Virtual Reference Desk Index

GOVERNMENT:

Information USA is an authoritative resource for foreign audiences seeking information about official U.S. policies, American society, culture, and political processes.

US Government Documents Ready Reference Collection--major government data collections, law, and handbooks, arranged by broad subject area.  Incredibly useful.

LAW:

Find Law  This guide to Legal Resources has been the subject of much praise for its resource listings and organization.  One of its advantages is its browseable and searchable archive of US Supreme Court decisions from 1937 to the present.  Each case is presented in hypertext format, which allows linking from case to case.

Federal News Service (FNS)  Free access to the actual words spoken by national leaders on matters of official U.S. Government policy and other issues of the day, the same day! FNS coverage includes the White House, Executive and Legislative Branches, including State, Defense and Justice Departments; U.S. House and Senate.

US Code  This version is generated from the most recent version made available by the US House of Representatives.

STATISTICS:

U.S. Census Bureau  Your source for social, demographic, and economic information about the United States. 

Current Economic Indicators

FEDSTATS  Statistics of interest to the public from more than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government.

DIRECTORIES:

United States Department of Commerce

ALMANACS:

CIA World Factbook

ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

Internet Public Library