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Useful Web Reference Sites

Library of Congress - THOMAS
Provides the full text of legislation, bill summaries and the Congressional Record from the 103rd and 104th Congress; has hypertext links to the House of Representatives.

Library of Congress - Marvel
Contains an extensive list of links developed by the Library of Congress on a variety of subjects.

FedWorld
Maintains a subject organized listing of government Web sites.

Federal Web Locator
Has a similar structure to the Government Manual with sections for legislative branch agencies, executive branch agencies, and independent government corporations.

House of Representatives
Provides information about House legislation, members, committees, organizations
and links to other US government information resources.

Senate
Contains information on members, press releases, committee rosters and schedules.

International Information Program (Public Diplomacy)
Information on and links to news and current events, "hot" topics, exchange programs, information on US society, government, economy, and the media.

Government Printing Office
Has information on government publications and offers a link to GPO Access system which allows access to the Federal Register, Congressional Record and other information.

Purdue University
Offers another access point for Government Printing Office documents.

University of California, San Diego Offers another access point for Government Printing Office documents.

General Accounting Office
GAO reports, dating from October 1994 are present in full text on this home page.

University of Michigan Library Documents Center
In addition to the typical links to executive, legislative and judicial Web sites, there are links to international and state government resources.

U.S. Code at Cornell
Very easy to use, U.S. Code can be accessed via titles, table of popular names, a form of specific sections (useful of you have a cite, e.g.. 14 USC 1225).

DefenseLINK
Information about Department of Defense, its organizations and functions, official news releases, photos, and fact sheets.

BosniaLINK
BosniaLINK is the official home page about US military activities in Operation Joint Endeavor, the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.

Census Bureau
This home page presents access on a variety of subjects such as: Population and Housing, Economy, Geography, Economic Indicators, Latest News.

Securities and Exchange Commission
Contains Database of Corporate Information, SEC News Digest, and consumer-oriented information such as "What Every Investor Should Know".

Patent and Trademark Office
Bibliographic data for 20 years worth of patents.

National Cancer Institute
A variety of cancer information resources.

Cicero
Information on environmental research. (CICERO: Center for International Climate & Environmental Research)

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Search Tools

• Google
• Nerd World Media
• MetaSearch
• MetaCrawler
• Alta-Vista

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News and Current Events

• CNN
• Financial Times
• New York Times
• USA Today

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