The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.

Comprehensive acess to U.S. legislative information on members of Congress, voting records and publications including The Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Role Call. Legislative histories are available 1970-present; key votes in Congress 1987-present; committee reports 1990-present; bill text 1989-present.

A Google search of U.S. government Web sites only. This search engine is useful if you are researching current issues or controversial topics. Many government agencies maintain informative Web pages with detailed documents and reports freely available online.

RAND California features a collection of statistics on California and its cities and counties, an online library of research reports, and a monthly report on California’s economy.

STAT-USA provides current U.S. economic data, along with full-text international business, economic, trade, and marketing information from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and some 50 other U.S. government agencies. Includes the complete National Trade Data Bank.

USA Trade Online presents United States trade statistics for more than 18,000 commodities. You can match a commodity with a country. For imports or exports you can choose the entire US or the US Custom Port Area the commodity was shipped to or from. The data covers 1998 to the current year.