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Govinfo
Govinfo provides free online access to official Federal Government publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
USA.gov
U.S. government's official web portal. A great starting point for broad questions.
Congress.gov
Federal legislative information freely available to the public.
Federal Register
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
FAFSA
Free Application for Federal Student Aid

How to Search Govinfo

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Online Reference Material

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Search across numerous digital reference works.

Print Reference

America Votes 30 by Rhodes Cook
Call Number: Reference Collection: R 324.73 qA51
ISBN: 1452283281
Publication Date: 2013-11-19
United States Government Manual 2014 by Records Administration
Call Number: Reference Collection: R 353 U58
ISBN: 1626365660
Publication Date: 2014-02-04

Locating Articles - Government Information

Search here for a specific journal title or to see a list of journals (print and electronic) held by the library. You may also browse journals by subject through this link.

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Non-partisan research on issues facing legislative action.
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Full text of journals in law and political science and of material relating to the presidency and the Supreme Court.
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Articles from over 9,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Use the advance search option to limit your search.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

WorldCat - Find Books/Media and Request Material via Interlibrary Loan

Taxes in America by Leonard E. Burman; Joel Slemrod
ISBN: 0199890269
Publication Date: 2012-11-22

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e-Books

Traversing Digital Babel by Alon Peled
ISBN: 9780262027878
Publication Date: 2014-09-12

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Books in Long Library

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