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Government Information Databases
- LexisNexis Congressional
Subject and keyword index for Congressional Committee publications including bills, bill status, and Congressional Record.. Also includes full text of laws passed, laws codified in the U.S. Code, and the regulations developed from the laws as published in the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations. Now also includes Congressional Research Service studies. Good source for identifying issues and advocates in congressional hearing testimony.
- GPO Access
Covers bills, bill status, laws, Congressional Record and committee publications with less thorough index coverage. Also includes the official version of the U.S. Code, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations.
- LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index
Indexes contents of more than 150 U.S. government agency periodicals from 1988 to present and offers links to web-based texts.
Federal Agency Sites
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Protects the public health through provention and control of diseases. Serves as major source for statistical information on health topics.
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Monthly journal on infectious diseases whose incidence has increased in the past two decades or threatens to increase in the near future. Covers causes, laboratory and epidemiological findings, and research trends. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Food and Drug Administration
Regulates safety and quality of food, human and animal drugs, biological products and medical devices. Responsible for approval of new drugs.
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Weekly statistics on diseases reported to federal authorities by state health departments and related health information from the Centers for Disease Control
- National Institutes of Health
Supports and conducts biomedical research and promotes distribution of medical knowledge.
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Sponsors research to understand, treat, and prevent a wide variety of infectious, allergic, and immunologic diseases.
State and Local Sites
- State and Local Government on the Net
Offers a directory of links to thousands of state and local government agencies including state health agencies.
- State Legal Sources on the Web
Offers state by state web links to legal sources in grid pattern. In most cases covers bills, laws, regulations, and executive orders. From University of Michigan Documents Center.
- Stateline.org
News and data on major topics of state responsibility such as education and health. Sponsored by Pew Center on the States.
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