Government Research Guide

Website for Clinton County government. Look on the right side of the page for a listing of county departments.

Website for the city of Plattsburgh. Find information about history, recreation, city departments, and more. Look under the "Government" section.

The official website of New York.

From the New York State Library. Provides links to NY state agencies, publications, laws, and more.

Published yearly by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, this publication has chapters and statistics by topic like Education, Housing, and Transportation. Data mostly presented by borough or county.

This library serves the government and residents of New York State. Includes a Braille and Talking Book library for the blind, links to state documents, bibliographies, and more.

This yearly publication collects information about all 56 U.S. states, commonwealths, and territories.

Official website of the President and executive branch. See daily President and Vice-President schedules, photographs, executive offices and cabinets, and initiatives.

Online access to official publications released the White House. Includes remarks, weekly addresses, press releases, links to State of the Union speeches, from 1993-present. Updated daily.

From the Federal Register. Contains executive orders searchable by year, President, subject, and keyword for 1937-present.

from the Library of Congress. Links to all official executive branch websites, by department.

Search current or all legislation by keywords or numbers. You can also search members, committee reports and videos, treaties, House and Senate calendars, and floor activities.

Provides information, statistics, and court reports on the federal courts, which are: the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, district courts, bankruptcy courts, and Article I courts (which include courts of appeals for veterans claims and armed forces, and tax court).

Annual official edition of all the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments of the federal government.

Forms, instructions, and publications for doing your federal taxes.

Congressional Quarterly’s magazine on government, politics, and commerce. Coverage from 1983-2015.

Access to government information by topic and agency.

Provides online access to official publications of the 3 branches of federal government: executive, legislative, and judicial. Includes ways to search and browse by collection.

A way to search electronic & print publications from the federal government. Electronic sources are directly linked and links to find print sources in depository libraries are available. Contains publications from 1976-present and will grow to include those published before 1976.

Search for pre-1976 government documents here.

Find statistics about the US population.

Provides access to Census data. Searchable by community, topic, and more.

A clearinghouse for federal statistics. Provides links to agency statistics websites, and RSS feeds for new releases of agency data.

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data. Find, download, and use government data sets.

This beautiful site won a 2015 Webby and People's Voice awards for best government website.

from the Library of Congress. Links to declassified documents at the CIA, FBI, and Department of State, and to outside transparency groups.

Lists all representatives by state & district or name. Includes office phone numbers and committees.

Lists Senators by name. Use the drop-down menus to search by state or by senator. Includes address, phone numbers, and contact form links.

The Center for Responsive Politics is a nonpartisan nonprofit that tracks money in the US election cycle and government. Search by ZIP code for your representatives, find data on interest groups and Super PACs, search by donor, see who is donating money to which politicians.

General, non-partisan information on United States government, elections, candidates and voting. Includes VoteEasy, a way to find the candidate that matches your beliefs.

Bilateral relations fact sheets, embassy information, maps, and more on official US relationships with other countries.

Country comparison data from the CIA's world fact book. Includes maps, world leader biographies, and historical collections.

Official website of the Canadian government, including the Prime Minister, other ministers and departments, initiatives, and more.

Official website for the Parliament (includes Senate and House of Commons). Find members, legislation, committees, and more.

You can search an online catalog of publications, or browse publications by department or agency.

Statistics on all aspects of Canada.

Alphabetical list of links to departmental or agency statistics.

Collects the documentary history of Canada.

Statistics from the United Nations by topic and country.

This guide from Florida International University links UN data sources by subject, freely available online.

Provides comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication.

Current information on branches of the military and government,