The VC/UHV Library is a depository for United States and Texas documents. We select 14% of the documents available from the Federal government, and we receive all of the Texas documents available to depositories. Our United States documents are shelved in the Library's main book collection, the reference collection, or the Victoria Regional History Center. Primarily, the United States documents collection is electronic in format. You can find and connect to these electronic sources of government information through the Library's catalog.
The Texas documents are shelved on the 2nd floor of the Library and are available for 2-week check-out unless labelled non-circulating.
Paula Packard, Web Services Librarian, will be glad to assist you with questions. Link to VC/UHV Library's access policy for government documents.
Finding Federal Government Information
- GPO Access
- The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
- USA.Gov
- As the U.S. government's official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web. USA.gov also serves as the catalyst for a growing electronic government.
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- A link to Forms and Publications on the Internal Revenue Service site. Search by number or by topic.
- Thomas
- Legislative Information from the Library of Congress. This important website contains a searchable database of the text of all Congressional bills and resolutions (status and summary of bills back to 1973). Also available on Thomas are roll call votes, the Congressional Record (1989 through the current Congress), Congressional calendars, Treaties (back to 1967).
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Official House web site
- U.S. Senate
- Official Senate web site
- White House
- Official White House web site
- Science.gov
- Launched in November 2005, Version 3.0 allows more refined search queries of federal science databases.
- TerraServer
- A high resolution web site for maps - USGS aerial imagery and USGS topographic maps
- EPA - Window to My Environment
- Allows users to obtain local information by zipcode about environmental issues from Envirofacts, EnviroMapper, Surf your Watershed, and UV Index.
- INFOMINE
- A collection of government Internet resources from the University of California
- Documents Center
- The Documents Center is a central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.
- U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
- A hierarchical and alphabetical list of U.S. Government agencies created and maintained by Louisiana State University
- U.S. Government Information on the Web Subject Index
- Includes a subject index and links to many university sites for government information. This site is maintained by St. Mary's University.
- American Factfinder
- Census Bureau source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data. Link to a guide (made by the University of Minnesota Libraries) that will introduce you to using the American Factfinder.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
- A Government website for children. It is divided into grade levels of K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, and Parents & Teachers
- U.S. Government Bookstore
- The official online bookstore for U.S. Government publications for purchase from the U.S. Government Printing Office.
- STAT-USA
- STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government. We have a subscription through the University of Houston Libraries.
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published every Monday and is the official publication of presidential statements, messages, remarks, and other materials released by the White House Press Secretary.
Finding State Government Information
- State of Texas
- The official Texas government website.
- Texas Register
- The Texas Register is produced in HTML and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file format. The current issue is available each Friday no later than 5 p.m.
- Texas Register Archive
- From the University of North Texas - archives from 1991- with indexes
- Texas Legislature
- The official site of the Texas Legislature. Search bills, the Texas statutes, the Texas Administrative Code, the Texas Constitution and more. Alerts, RSS feeds, and saved searches are available as part of My_TLO.
- State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information
- From Cornell Law School - available through an alphabetical state list.
- State Goverment Information Index
- From Kathy Amen, Government Information Librarian at St. Mary's University - Great "basic information about each state" plus links to other sites with state information.
Finding International Government Information
- Country Studies
- From the Library of Congress. The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
- Foreign Governments
- The Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department does not collect the documents of foreign governments; this page was created as a way to access that information. It provides links to the official websites of national governments. Information on nations not on this list can be found on the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation List of Members.
- U.S. State Department
- Includes news from the U.S. State Department, information on foreign countries (including links to Background Notes), and answers to FAQs.
- United Nations
- This official United Nations site includes a daily briefing, press releases, maps, a multimedia seciton, and more.
Finding Government Statistics
- VC/UHV Library Document's Sources for Statistical Information
- A page of links to government statistics. This page is updated and annotated by the Web Services Librarian.
- Statistical Information
- International, Federal, state, and local statistical agencies and information from UNT.