POL 100: United States Government

Federal Digital System (FedSYS), produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online.  Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject and general key word or click on "Advanced Search" for more options.

Using the World Wide Web to locate Government Documents

There are literally hundreds of thousands of federal government publications available online.  To find these publications you may want to try a web search engine specifically for government documents:

• Catalog of Government Publications
  Database of government publications released to the public since 1976.
  
  
• Google US Government Search
  Google's specialized search engine for finding government documents on the web. 
  
  
• USA.Gov
  The federal government's official search engine.  USA.Gov also offers a comprehensive web portal to federal government sites.