Florida Government Information and Related Resources

Popular Resources:

Florida's Budget [FLA DOCS Ready Reference GOV A3:B83/ ]

Florida Administrative Code - the print version is located on UCF's Florida Documents Reference shelves.   The Orlando Public Library has the Florida LawDesk CD-ROM version.

Florida Administrative Weekly [FLA DOCS SS.C 3: ] provides proposed & recent changes to State regulations.

Attorney General Advisory Opinions provides a searchable database, 1974+.  Print copies are available at UCF in the Annual Reports [FLA DOCS AG.B1: ] for 1915-16, 1935-36, 1949-50, and 1965+.  The Orlando Public Library has volumes for 1941+.

Professional License Information (Florida Dept. of Business & Professional Regulation)

State Tax Forms (Florida Dept. of Revenue)

Sunbiz (Florida Division of Corporations) provides online searches for corporations, trademarks, limited partnerships, fictitious names, etc.

Florida Research & Economic Database (FRED) provides labor market information, economic, and demographic data for the state. 

Florida Lottery - Previous Winning Numbers

Florida Park System - Central Florida (District 3)

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

State Library of Florida and Florida State Archives and Division of Historical Resources

• Florida Biography & Citation Index contains references to biographical information on notable Floridians in the books, periodicals, vertical files, newspapers and maps of the State Library's Florida Collection. Some of the resources indexed are rare, but many are current periodicals that might be found in the UCF Library or other local libraries. The records in this index are a subset of the State Library of Florida's library catalog and are searched through the main catalog at http://library.florida.gov . To search for just the Florida Biography/Citation Index citations, click on the "Power Search" option (under the search box), and then on the search form, choose Florida Biography & Citation Index from the "Location" dropdown box. On the results of your search, you will see a list of the records with a call number in the format FLCITE(374332.1). Click on the "Details" button to see the record. On the detailed record click on the "Catalog Record" tab to see the list of citations for that record.
• Florida Photographic Collection
• Florida Memory Project
• Florida Historical Markers Program - see also Boone's Florida Historical Markers & Sites [REF F312.B66 1988]
• Florida Library Directory

Florida Heritage Collection is an ongoing cooperative project of the State University System (SUS) of Florida to digitize and provide online access to materials broadly representing Florida’s history, culture, arts, literature, sciences and social sciences. Thematic areas in this growing collection include Native American and minority populations, exploration and development, tourism, the natural environment, and regional interests. See also Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).

Legislature & Statutes:

Online Sunshine (State Legislature) provides access to the status & full text of current legislation, addresses & biographical information for legislators, etc.

Florida Statutes & Constitution

Search Statutes, Constitution, Court Rules, & Advanced Legislative Service

Florida Government Accountability Report (Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability) - FGAR is a free Internet service for legislators and the public to monitor the activities and performance of about 400 state government agencies and programs. 

Office of Economic & Demographic Research (EDR) publishes all of the official economic, demographic, revenue, and agency workload forecasts, including Population Data.

Documenting Florida Legislative Intent

Judiciary:

Florida State Courts (Supreme Court & State Court System)

Local Circuit Courts and Local District Courts of Appeal

Other Resources:

Frequently Asked Questions About Florida Government (State Library of Florida)

Telephone Directory / 411 Direct (State of Florida) - This directory includes telephone numbers for state agencies, personnel, universities, public schools, community colleges, counties, and cities. It also has a searchable subject index.

Florida Government Information Locator Service (FGILS) is a virtual card catalog of government information
available on the Internet and beyond.

Florida Electronic Federal Depository Library contains links to Florida county and city government websites, demographic and statistical information, and federal depository library administration sites.

My Florida is the Sunshine State’s new online gateway to government services.

Purchasing Direct (Florida Dept. of Management Services) provides a vital link between vendors and state purchasers. Look up prices, compare vendors, obtain purchase order information and much more.

Florida Monitor Weekly (Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability) - is a free source for brief announcements of research reports, conferences, and other resources of interest for Florida's policy research and program evaluation community.

Florida Newspapers identifies Florida newspapers for which the UCF Library has available either indexing/abstracting or full text for back issues.  

Florida Microform Sets identifies historical materials about Florida which are available on microfilm or microfiche in the UCF Library.  Most of the information is from the 1800's. 

Florida History Resources

Genealogy Resources

Geographic Information System (GIS) & Map Resources

Search the Florida Documents Index to identify specific print documents which may also be available in the UCF Florida Documents Collection. UCF is a member of the Florida Public Documents Depository Program (FPDDP) (older information).

Local Government Resources  (UCF) provides information about counties, cities, chambers of commerce, economic development councils, water management districts, transportation agencies, etc.

Federal Government Resources (UCF)

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
and Pete Spyers-Duran, Reference Librarian
URL of this page: http://library.ucf.edu/govdocs/florida.asp

Last update:06/16/06 12:41:42 PM