Government Documents

The Clearwater Public Library is the designated Federal Depository Library for the Ninth U.S. Congressional District. As a member of the FDL program, we maintain a collection of reference and circulating Federal documents accessible at our Main Library and identified by searching our catalog. We also provide access to Federal information available on the Internet. The following links are recommended websites for obtaining official Federal government information either electronically or at Federal Depository Libraries.

Core Federal Documents

GPO Access

Offical federal government documents database including quick links to the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Commerce Business Daily, and other core government documents.

Access/Source: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Federal Bulletin Board

Individual federal agency files available for download.

THOMAS: Legislative Information

Features full-text access to the Congressional Record, Public Laws, House and Senate Committee information and legislative Bills.

Access/Source: Library of Congress.

FORMS.gov

The US Government's official hub for Federal forms.

Government Web Locators

Government Information Locator Service (GILS)

Identifies and locates public information resources within the federal government, except for the Department of Defense whose GILS records can be searched at DefenseLINK.

Access/Source: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Florida Electronic Federal Depository Library

Contains links to Florida county & city government websites, demographic & statistical information, and Federal Depository Library administrative sites.

Access/Source: University of Florida.

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)

Home page for GPO, who administers the depository library program through which selected Government publications are made available in libraries throughout the country.

Access/Source: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Bibliographic Locators

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

A search and retrieval service for U.S. Government information products. The records are linked to Federal agency online resources and to materials distributed to Federal Depository Libraries.

Access/Source: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Federal Government Documents Series Titles at Clearwater Public Library

We receive documents from many Federal government departments and in a variety of formats. This is a link to Wichita State University's "Documents Data Miner", which identifies the documents selected by Clearwater Public Library.

U.S. Government Online Bookstore

Find and order Federal information products available for sale through the Government Printing Office.

U.S. Internet Government Periodicals

Search full text U.S. Government periodicals on the Internet.

Access/Source: Auburn University

Subscription Sites available at the Main Library

Stat-USA

Requires password, accessible on-site at Main Library only. Please ask Reference Desk staff for assistance.
Access to "the most extensive government-sponsored business, economic, and trade information data bases in the world today, including the National Trade Data Bank."

Access/Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Popular Federal Government Databases

1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Correspondence Tables

(North American Industry Classification System, 1997.) Provides access to all of the major components of the 1997 NAICS Manual: definitions, SIC correspondence tables, and an alphabetic index.

Access/Source: U.S. Bureau.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Features the "Economy at a Glance" and detailed national, regional, and local Economic and Employment statistics.Also includes international statistics, full text access to B.L.S. online magazines and the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

CenStats

An interactive Census tool for Census Tract Street Locator, County Business Patters, Zip Code Business Patterns, Annual Survey of Manufactures, International Trade Data, and more. The viewer specifies geographic areas, data sets, commodities, etc. and CenStats finds and displays the specified data.

Access/Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Federal Business Opportunity

"FedBizOpps.gov is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps via the Internet."

Access/Source: Federal Business Opportunities

 

Tax Forms, Federal

Downloading Federal tax forms requires Adobe Acrobat.

Tax Forms, Florida

Intangible Personal Property Tax Forms and Corporate Income Tax Forms from the Florida Department of Revenue. Forms are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat.

U.S. Code

User-friendly indexing and searching at this Cornell University Law School website.

Access/Source: Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.

U.S. Code Classification Table

Changes to the U.S. Code prepared and published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Access/Source: Office of Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives.