As part of the current policy of open access and freedom of information in the United States of America there are a variety of search engines available on the internet to help people to find online government documents and related reference information. This creates the effect of a vast digital library of source information on national and local government policy and processes. Some of the search tools for finding government information are listed below:
- Business.gov
- Catalog of US Government Publications
- Data.gov
- FirstGov
- Google U.S. Government Search Discontinued as of June, 2011.
- Abbreviations and Acronyms of the US Government
- Meta-Subject Index to Government Information
- U.S. Government Information on the Web Subject Index
- GPO Access
- Federal Web Locator
- NTIS - National Technical Information Service
- U.S. Blue Pages
- UNH Reference Department Home Page
- Agency Index
- Documents Center Web Site Directory (University of Michigan)
- Federal Bulletin Board Online (via GPO Access)
- Federal Information Center
- FedStats
- Government Information Exchange
- Govspot
- Library of Congress
- Pathway Services
- Thomas - Legislative Information
- LibWeb
- Google University Search
- Way Back Machine
- Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909, Third Edition
- Government Documents Email Reference
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—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
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—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
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—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)