Federal Government Information and Related Resources

Legislators and Other Government Directory Resources

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Local Federal Resources | Depository Libraries | Representatives & Senators

UCF is a member of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), and receives approximately 71% of Federal publications distributed through this program.   Documents in every subject area are collected.

• UCF Small Business Development Center

• Federal Office Building, 80 N. Hughey Ave, Orlando
• Federal Information Center, 1-800-688-9889

• Dept of Agriculture
  • Citrus & Subtropical Products Laboratory (Winter Haven)
  • Florida Agricultural Statistics Service
  • U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory
• Dept of Commerce - Commerce Offices in Florida - International Trade Administration, Minority Business Development Agency, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Ocean Service, National Environmental Satellite Data & Information Service, National Weather Service
• Dept of Defense
  • US Army PEO STRI (Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training & Instrumentation) - 12350 Research Parkway
  • Defense Base Realignment and Closure Budget Data for the Closure of Naval Training Center Orlando, Florida, and Realignment of Maintenance and Storage Facilities to Taft U.S. Army Reserve Center, Orlando, Florida -- Report No. 97-046 -- Previous Report No. 96-147
  • Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division - 12350 Research Parkway
  • Patrick Air Force Base (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station)
• Dept of Homeland Security
  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Orlando Sub Office
  • U.S. Coast Guard Recruiting Office - Orlando, Daytona, & elsewhere in Florida
  • U.S. Customs & Border Protection - offices for Ports of Entry at Cape Canaveral, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, Ocala, Orlando, Sanford, & elsewhere in Florida
• Dept of Housing & Urban Development - Homes & Communities, Orlando Office
• Dept of the Interior
  • Canaveral National Seashore (National Park Service)
  • Water Resources of Florida, Orlando Subdistrict (USGS)
• Dept of Justice
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tampa Division (FBI), Resident Agencies at Brevard, Lakeland and Orlando
  • U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division
• Dept of Transportation - Orlando Flight Standards District Office (FAA)
• Dept of Veterans Affairs - Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment, Orlando & elsewhere in Florida
• Other Agencies
  • Kennedy Space Center
  • Social Security Administration

• Regional Federal Depository Library, University of Florida (Gainesville) - has the most complete collection of Federal documents in Florida.  Be sure to contact them to determine hours and availability of specific documents prior to making a trip.  Some documents may be in off-site storage which may require a day or two for retrieval.
• Other Federal Depository Libraries in Central Florida
  (listed by the year in which the institution became a Federal Depository)
  • 1887 - Stetson University (DeLand)
  • 1909 - Rollins College (Winter Park)
  • 1928 - Lakeland Public Library (Lakeland)
  • 1963 - Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne)
  • 1963 - Lake Sumter Community College (Leesburg)
  • 1963 - Volusia County Public Library (Daytona Beach)
  • 1966 - University of Central Florida (Orlando)
  • 1975 - Indian River Community College (Fort Pierce)
  • 1996 - Central Brevard Library and Reference Center (Cocoa)

Other Resources

See also:  Other Document Resources and Document Databases & Indexes.

American Memory Historical Collections (Library of Congress), major components of the Library's National Digital Library Program, are multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library's Americana collections. For example, A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents & Debates, 1774-1873 includes searchable full-text for Journals of the Continental Congress, Elliot's Debates, Farrand's Record, House Journal, Senate Journal, Senate Executive Journal, Maclay's Journal, Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, Congressional Globe, Bills and Resolutions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Statutes at Large, and selected volumes from the U.S. Serial Set.

American Presidency Project provides full-text documents and statistical data, including Public Papers of the Presidents, State of the Union Addresses, Inaugural Addresses, National Political Party Platforms, Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chats, Saturday Radio Addresses, Presidential Elections, Relations with Congress, Popularity, Public Appearances, Growth of the Executive Branch, Presidential Selection, etc.  See also: 

Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive is a specialized collection focused on American politics and history with special attention paid to the American Presidency. Between 1940 and 1973, six American presidents from both political parties secretly recorded just under 5,000 hours of conversations. The tapes chronicle these presidents' deliberations and decisions during such critical events as the prelude to the Second World War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Mississippi and Birmingham civil rights crises, the Vietnam War, and the opening to China. Some of the more important presidential speeches of the past 60 years are available in their entirety in multiple audio formats and, when possible, transcripts of the speeches are provided. The Presidential Oral History Program is systematically and comprehensively debriefing the principal figures in the administrations of Presidents Carter, Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Clinton, with plans to do the same for future presidents.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, the use of the primary source materials of GPO Access, and how one can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities. And, just as GPO Access provides locator services to U.S. Government sites, Ben's Guide provides a similar service to U.S. Government Web sites developed for kids.

CD-ROM Resources identifies Web equivalents for most government CD-ROM products available in the UCF Library.

Congressional Gold Medals (Dallas Public Library) provides an unofficial list of the Congressional Gold Medals given over the period between 25 March 1776 through to the present day.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports:

• Index of Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports is no longer available - See 108th Congress bill H.R. 3630 from Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) and letter from Congressman Mark Green (R-WI) regarding need for providing links to full-text of select CRS Reports.
• CRS Reports (Univ of North Texas) aims to provide integrated, searchable access to many of the full-text CRS reports that have been available at a variety of different Web sites since 1990.
• Open CRS (Center for Democracy & Technology) provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain and encourages Congress to provide public access to all CRS Reports.
• Key Workplace Documents (Cornell Univ) includes a collection of Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs.
• The National Library for the Environment provides access to hundreds of CRS Reports dealing with the environment.
• U.S. Dept of State, Foreign Press Centers - selected CRS reports
• Legislative Process in the House (House Rules Committee) - selected CRS Reports
• Federation of American Scientists - selected CRS Reports primarily addressing national security, weapons, foreign policy, space policy, and related topics.
• U.S.-Japan Policy (Gateway Japan) - 1990-1996
• WWW Accessible CRS Reports (Gary Price)
• Penny Hill Press provides a subject directory with abstracts of CRS Reports

Federal Government Resources on the Web (Univ of Michigan) provides information in the following categories: Agency Directories & Web Sites, Bibliographies, Budget, Civil Service, Copyright, Executive Branch, Executive Orders, General Accounting Office, Grants / Contracts / Auctions, Historic Documents, Judicial Branch, Laws & Constitution, Legislative Branch, Office of Management & Budget, Patents, President, Regulations, Taxes, and White House.

Federal Newsmaps and World War Poster Collection are among the digital collections available from the University of North Texas.

Federal Reserve Banks

    The UCF Library has some periodicals on microfilm and in the General Collection for the following:

• Atlanta [HC107.A13.F455] (1919- )
• New York [HC101.F4] (1920- )
• Richmond [HC107.A12.F457] (1915- )
• Some periodicals for the other Federal Reserve Banks are available in the UCF Library from 1969 forward.

        Fed in Print - an index to Federal Reserve economic research

        Foreign Exchange Rates includes historical search from 10/05/1993 to the present

        FRED II (Federal Reserve Economic Data) - a database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series.  FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research) provides scanned images of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

FedWorld provides a comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information.

Forms from the Feds (Univ of Memphis) provides links to downloadable versions of frequently requested federal government forms.  FedForms is another resource providing forms needed for the top 500 Government services used by the public.

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) - The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has been slowly replacing the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) in various resources since 1997.  Many business sources provide indexing by both the old SIC and the new NAICS.

NARA Archival Research Catalog (ARC) - In addition to describing roughly 50% of National Archives & Records Administration holdings, some archival materials have been digitized and are available through ARC. They include: 64 architectural and engineering drawings items, 62 artifact items, 326 maps and charts, 58,101 still pictures, and 15,236 textual documents.

National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books (George Washington Univ) "provide online access to critical declassified records on issues including U.S. national security, foreign policy, diplomatic and military history, intelligence policy, and more. Updated frequently, the Electronic Briefing Books represent just a small sample of the documents in our published and unpublished collections."

Social Security Bulletin is known for its comprehensive coverage of Social Security's issues. Articles focus on the OASDI and SSI programs, the income of the aged, private pension coverage, the poverty status of various groups (such as women and children), and other timely subjects. The UCF Library has complete backfiles [HD7123.S56] on microfilm (1938-1963) and in the General Collection (1964- ). Online coverage begins with 1990. Alternate public site for issues beginning with 1999. Descriptive abstracts for many articles as far back as 1972 may be available in LexisNexis Statistical  Also indexed in the paper version of PAIS International [Index H 1.P8] from 1938 forward.

THOMAS (Library of Congress) provides Legislative Information on the Internet, including the status and full text of current legislation, roll call votes, Congressional Record text, Committee Reports, and more.

Treaties/International Agreements identifies resources for locating documents in the UCF Library and on the Internet.

United States Commission on Civil Rights Collection (Thurgood Marshall Law Library) provides online access to historical publications.

Looking for something else? Ask for assistance at the UCF Library's Reference Desk.

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Prepared by:  Rich Gause, Government Documents Librarian
URL of this page: http://library.ucf.edu/govdocs/federal.asp

Last update:11/06/06 11:29:27 AM